Civista Hospitol in La plata

[Lurk]

Originally Posted by FISHTAIL

But seriously, I avoid that hospital as much as possible. So much so that when we had our child and lived about a mile from it, my wife insisted we drive clear up to fairfax for the birth (and we made it thankfully), rather than use Civista.

This usually indicates you hadn't a regular doctor or mid-wife to look after your wife. Lots of MEDICAID folks do that, shuffle from hospital to hospital because they become notorious at E.D.s they frequent too often.

Not saying you were a MEDICAID case. Just observing that bypassing Civista for Fairfax is especially unusual when the wife you love is in active labor in the seat next to you. Isn't P.G. county closer than Fairfax?

[abcxyz]

Civista has greatly improved since the University of Maryland Medical System became involved.

CIVISTA HEALTH JOINS THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM » Civista Medical Center

[MMM_donuts]

Originally Posted by Lurk

This usually indicates you hadn't a regular doctor or mid-wife to look after your wife. Lots of MEDICAID folks do that, shuffle from hospital to hospital because they become notorious at E.D.s they frequent too often.

Not saying you were a MEDICAID case. Just observing that bypassing Civista for Fairfax is especially unusual when the wife you love is in active labor in the seat next to you. Isn't P.G. county closer than Fairfax?

My coworkers have opted out of using St. Mary's hospital for their birthings. They take their chances with making it to Calvert. I thought it was a little weird at first but I seems to be somewhat common, especially if you've received all your prenatal care from a specific doctor.

For reference, we are in St. Mary's county so traveling to Calvert is out of the way.

[Roman]

Calvert's L&D is outstanding to say the least. The E.D. is a place to avoid there!

[FISHTAIL]

Originally Posted by Lurk

This usually indicates you hadn't a regular doctor or mid-wife to look after your wife. Lots of MEDICAID folks do that, shuffle from hospital to hospital because they become notorious at E.D.s they frequent too often.

Not saying you were a MEDICAID case. Just observing that bypassing Civista for Fairfax is especially unusual when the wife you love is in active labor in the seat next to you. Isn't P.G. county closer than Fairfax?

Actually, there were two major reasons for the decision. First, my wifes OBGYN is based out of Inova Fairfax, since my wife works in Tysons. She preferred that her doctor be the one that delivered the baby, but more than that, civista doesn't have a NICU and Inova does. My wife was adamant about going to a hospital with an on-site NICU in case of an emergency, and didn't want to have to wait for a flight out like you would at Civista. If Civista had a good NICU, she probably would have opted for the closer hospital, but they don't, so she didn't.

We've also avoided using Civista for orthopedic surgeries. When I had to have my collar bone fixed (had to have a plate put in) I went to an orthopedic that was based out of Invoa Fairfax. My wife did the same with her knee. From what I've seen, Invoa just has better doctors, more nurses, and better facilities than Civista does. Most of my doctors are still in the Tysons area in fact, so other than my primary care (which is in Waldorf), I drive into NoVa for doctors visits.

[FISHTAIL]

Originally Posted by Roman

Calvert's L&D is outstanding to say the least. The E.D. is a place to avoid there!

I can somewhat vouch for the second part of this. When I broke my collar bone on a mountain bike trail a couple of years ago, I caught a ride down to Calvert because that was the closest hospital I knew how to get too (and, my Mom was/is a nurse there on Level 5, so I could catch a ride home). When I got there, the x-ray tech first tried to make me lay down (which is just a flat out stupid thing to ask someone with a broken collar bone) then ended up taking my x-ray's while I was standing. This would have been fine, except she did it without removing my make shift sling.

As a direct result of this, you could not see that my bone wasn't a clean break (it was in 3 pieces). Since you couldn't see it, and the orthopedic didn't know about the sling we took the usual route of attempting to let the break heal naturally. After 8 weeks of near constant shoulder pain, it was still not healed. So I went into surgery. As soon as the doc opened me up to install the plate, he saw the problem, and used it to make a bone graft for me. Had the x-ray technician removed my sling, my shoulder would have separated enough for the 3rd piece to be visible and I would have had surgery right away. As it was, I had to suffer for a couple of months because subsequent x-ray's also obscured the piece due to how my shoulder "set".

So while in the end the outcome was the same, there was roughly an 8 week period where I dealt with all kinds of fun with my shoulder thanks in no small part to some idiot x-ray tech at Calvert.

[kinmd]

for a bad leg infection. I also have nothing but good things to say about my treatment. I was seen as soon as I finished the short paperwork, and ended spending about 5 hours being treated (I needed an IV). Everyone was professional and helpful

[jedi2814]

Originally Posted by Lurk

But, then, the nurses, cooks and their union leadership always try to paint the place in the worst possible light, don't they?

I worked there as a nurse but was not a member of the union. It is not a closed shop.