Dr. Ehud Drucker, director of the emergency medicine department in Ichilov, explains in which cases it is important to go to the hospital, and when it is better to wait (Wala system!)
None of us want to find ourselves in an emergency room in the middle of the night, yet - sometimes there is just no choice.
Against the background of the congestion in the emergency rooms, which plagues us every winter anew, Dr. Ehud Drucker, director of the emergency medicine department at Ichilov Hospital, was a guest on the "Expert Clinic" podcast to explain in which cases it is important to go to the hospital, and when it is better to wait a moment.
Dr. Drucker He explained that in case of pain or distress there is no need to face the question of whether to go to the hospital or not.
"I think it will be very difficult for a person himself to decide for himself when he should contact and when not, so every health insurance fund has a mechanism that allows the patient to contact and receive instructions," he said.
To the question of what time is best to go to the emergency room, Dr. Drucker replied that the morning hours are almost never busy. , and then it begins to relax again towards the morning." Dr. Drucker added that during the winter period there is a load due to seasonal diseases, flu and pneumonia.
Take a breath, it will take time.
A doctor in an emergency room (Photo: ShutterStock)
To the question of whether there are many people who arrive unnecessarily at the emergency room, Dr. Drucker replied that, unfortunately, this is a widespread phenomenon. Even if I really want to help them," he explained, "for example, a guy who suffered from a diabetic foot wound arrived yesterday, he arrived very sore and nervous and yelled at the staff, and it turned out later that he was being treated with long-term painkillers, for nerve problems.
So in the emergency room I have no way to help him, he needs to be treated in a pain clinic.
So this referral is a misguided referral because it misses the mark."
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But of course there are also a lot of very justified emergency calls, and unfortunately many of them are from young people who are injured after riding scooters.
"There are a lot of injuries from electric scooters, I personally won't let my daughters ride on such things, it's really dangerous. Hitting a vehicle with such a scooter can end in very serious consequences, and we see it every day," said Dr. Drucker .
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The most important thing: arrive with a lot of patience
You should know that when a person arrives at the emergency department (emergency medicine department), a triage process is performed, or screening, which determines the severity of their condition. , but people who come to the department themselves go through a first screening that tells them where they are going to be admitted, is it to the 'walking' or 'lying' ER, and this is done upon entering the ER," explained Dr. Drucker.
To the question of how long it takes to see a doctor from the moment of arrival at the ER, but Dr. Drucker because it varies depending on the load in the emergency department, but in any case, you see a nurse already in the first step.
"I think that when you get to the emergency room, in situations that are not shock rooms, you have to be patient, because our health system today is underperforming," he said.
On the topic of violence in emergency rooms, Dr. Drucker said that he had not encountered violence himself, although it is a phenomenon that certainly exists, but he described the pressure cooker in which they operate. not simple.
And when family members arrive and see the person suffering or in a situation they see as difficult, they are very stressed.
This is a very understandable point that needs to be contained and understood all the time, but at the same time there is a general lack of reciprocity in Israeli society that you see both in the emergency room and in other places - a short fuse, a lack of consideration for the other, and here it is intensified because of the pressure," he explained.
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