Civista Hospitol in La plata
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I took my then 2 year old daughter there just before summer to have above her eye stitched up. It was packed but I could not tell who was patients and who was supportive family members. I asked at sign in if they had an estimated wait time (if it was too long I was gonna drive to a different hospital) and was told they could not give me one until triage. When I was being walked into triage the nurse told the other nurse that I would like an estimated wait time. The nurse took one look at my daughter and said "considering this is not a bs visit like all the rest of the (whispered idiots) here it should not be over 5 minutes before they take her to the back. We barely made it to our seats before she was taken in the back and the Dr's were all right there and fixed up her eye. I think the main problem with hospitals is every one wants to use them as a regular Dr. because they do not have insurance and probobly do not ever pay their bill.
More likely they did not have an anesthesiologist to take care of you, depending on when you are talking about. They only had 3 on staff when I worked there.
Agreed - I worked there and have worked at several other hospitals since -- bad news in La Plata.
slotpuppy
Ass-hole
I was supposed to be put to sleep, but when I arived my doc said they had no anesthesia so I was awake but numb. It was not a bad experence except when the doc scraped the tools against my skull. I was a "low priority" sugery so maybe the anesthesiologist were busy at the time. I was in and out the same day so I cant complain too much.
FISHTAIL
Coordinating the Truth
I've heard they still use leaches for blood letting. lol.
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.
I have been in there recently for more mundane things, and for that they seemed fine, but if I had any major surgery that needed to be performed I would be going back to Inova, and not using the local hospital. It's just not worth saving 45 minutes in the car when your health is on the line.
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.
I have been in there recently for more mundane things, and for that they seemed fine, but if I had any major surgery that needed to be performed I would be going back to Inova, and not using the local hospital. It's just not worth saving 45 minutes in the car when your health is on the line.
Lurk
Happy Creepy Ass Cracka
But, then, the nurses, cooks and their union leadership always try to paint the place in the worst possible light, don't they?
Lurk
Happy Creepy Ass Cracka
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?
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
CIVISTA HEALTH JOINS THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM » Civista Medical Center
MMM_donuts
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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.
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FISHTAIL
Coordinating the Truth
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.
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FISHTAIL
Coordinating the Truth
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.
I worked there as a nurse but was not a member of the union. It is not a closed shop.