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Review of Huddersfield and Bradford Roya...

Arrived at 5.30am to A&E Sunday morning due to che...

Arrived at 5.30am to A&E Sunday morning due to chest pains, shortness of breath, coughing, when I walked in I was unusually the only patient there. I thought 'sweet I should be in and out in no time'.

The nurse took around 30 mins to call me in, she seemed quite abrubt, she checked my blood pressure, it was slightly high, asked me if I had asthma.

I told her that my GP had recently put me on a steroid inhaler, and shown it to her, because he suspected asthma as a cause of chronic coughing. To then watch her type 'none asthmatic' on the notes. I told her that my chest was tight and painful. For her to then write 'chest pain only when coughing'. I have never had an asthma attack before so I wasn't sure if it was one or not, I assumed that the staff there had the relevant training and so didn't dispute it.

I was then sent back to the waiting room, more patients arrived, I grapped a cup of coffee that seemed to help ease the tightness, I sat there for 2 hours. Watching patients being seen and sent home whilst I was still sat. I then politely asked reception how long, they said as soon as they can see me they will.

It got to about 9.30am and my chest began to get quite bad, I was struggling to breathe, I began to feel light headed. I went back to the reception clutching my chest, told her I was struggling to breathe, and her responce again was 'You'll be seen as soon as we can see you' bare in mind I was there before any of the other patients that were getting treatment. I watched them going in and out.

It wasn't until a doctor was walking by, who noticed me, stopped and listened to my chest that I was taken into a room, given steroids, and put on oxygen due to having a severe asthma attack. The doctor dispeared and then came back with the nurse, pointed at me and said to her 'what the hell is this!'

Very good doctor, didn't catch his name, but thank god for him. Lazy nurses swiveling around in chairs at reception drinking coffees rather than help sick patients.

Do not use HRI.