5 yr-old dies after doctor turns her away for being 10 min late

As an asthmatic, if the child is wheezing that bad then it is an emergency room visit. I am happy my mother took me immediately to the emergency room if my medication wasn't working when I was young.
. I know several cats who died from asthma attacks who neglected it. Shit is a serious disease.
I don't get why she took her to a gp and that if anyone in the office noticed she was having a severe attack didn't immediately get her to an ER. It is not something to gloss over.
 
As an asthmatic, if the child is wheezing that bad then it is an emergency room visit. I am happy my mother took me immediately to the emergency room if my medication wasn't working when I was young.
. I know several cats who died from asthma attacks who neglected it. Shit is a serious disease.
I don't get why she took her to a gp and that if anyone in the office noticed she was having a severe attack didn't immediately get her to an ER. It is not something to gloss over.


That's why I carry both of my inhalers at all times
 
It's a sad thing but at most doc offices, the receptionist has no real triage type training. Most of those who take that "medical assistant" course online or DeVry type course, learn office/administrative type stuff. Nothing about patient care. So what would they know.

No parent should be taking a child to a doc office anyways in an emergent type situation. He/She probably doesn't even have the means there to treat that there for an acute asthma attack.

good point
 
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