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[foxywoods]

It could be the procedures for Rehab or SNF is differnt depending on your state.

In my area, the SNF first must have a bed available. The one you are choosing may not have a bed for you.

AND you have a better chance with medical provider assist to find a bed and to be sent to SNF from a medical setting - doctor office or ER

1. Call 911
2. Ambulance comes to retrieve you - to ER. 
3. Ambulance carrying acute Emergency patients are higher priority than walk-ins.

At least this is how it worked with my Mom,  she had LifeAlert who dispatched the ambulance, and some years earlier, when she was caring for my Dad, and he collapsed from a gallbladder attack,  she called 911.

When LifeAlert dispatched the ambulance,  by the time I got to ER in my car Mom she was in a treatment room already w/IV. 

[Kachina624]

Did I miss something?  I didn't read anything about blood clots.  ECBG said here ankles were swollen and she'd been prescribed diuretics.  That's not the treatment for blood clots.  Fluid retention can be the result of many things.

[Trinity11]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

Did I miss something?  I didn't read anything about blood clots.  ECBG said here ankles were swollen and she'd been prescribed diuretics.  That's not the treatment for blood clots.  Fluid retention can be the result of many things.

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In a call out to Shanus, ECBG said she had a blood clot @Kachina624 ."Calling Shanus, August 6". Among Friends.

[cheriere]

@ECBG 

I'm so very sorry to hear about this.  Please keep us posted.  You're in my thoughts and prayers.🙏❤️❤️❤️

[SandySparkles]

@ECBG Yay! I was SO excited to see this update, and somewhat reassured when I read that you slept WELL!💝 I am hoping you will be evaluated soon though, because you need medical intervention ASAP based on your current symptoms! It is unfortunate that obtaining it can sometimes be a nightmare of conflicting information, as is the case with you!😔 I know that your family is taking GREAT care of you in the interim!💝

I will be checking often for your next update with hopes of encouraging news!🤞

Take GREAT care!!🤗💝

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

[On It]

For those who know:  If an ambulance takes a patient to the ER, doesn't that patient automatically go to an exam room? No waiting out front? Ambulance patients have priority?

[Kachina624]

@On It.  No, that not necessarily true.  Patients are triaged according to the seriousness of their condition.

[LTT1]

@On It 

@ECBG 

This is what I was thinking too!

Perhaps the ER is the entity that does the admitting to the care facility?

ECBG...

I'm wishing you a complete and speedy recovery❤️‍🩹

[Zaimee]

@ECBG  You said that you were starting Eliquis on 8/4.

Swelling and pain in ankles are a side effect of this medication. Call your prescribing physicians office.

Maybe I missed siomething but are you signing yourself into a rehab facility? Don't you need a physician to approve this?

Good luck. I hope you get the proper care and on the mend soon.

[Alsace Gal]

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@On It wrote:

For those who know:  If an ambulance takes a patient to the ER, doesn't that patient automatically go to an exam room? No waiting out front? Ambulance patients have priority?

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@On It 

Not necessarily, you move ahead of the walk-ins. This happened with both my dear sister and I, ambulance took us to emergency and we stayed on the gurney with the emergency medical team by our sides. They take vitals, administer fluid, and go over all meds you may be taking. Then, it's a wait, albeit a short one to be admitted to a room. Available rooms are the problem. 
I believe ECBG would be expedited.