Mickey Burnham

Review of Women of Salt Lake Region

My sister is currently in the ICU for her 2nd time...

My sister is currently in the ICU for her 2nd time in a week. She was brought by ambulance the first time with chest pains and specifically asked to be taken to SL Regional because her cardiologist practices there. She never even got to see him. But they decided it was a reaction to her Rheumatoid Arthritis meds and not a heart attack. Then they performed a Stress test and changed their minds. They did an angioplasty because they thought she needed a stint placed. Turns out she didn t and her heart was ok. They sent her home a few hours later that same day still not having diagnosed the reason she was there in the first place. She had a friend drive her back about 36 hours later experiencing the same symptoms all over again. They diagnosed her with severe pneumonia. It seems like this is what was wrong from the very beginning! Her white count when she was admitted was 19 and then jumped to 23. Normal is between 5 and 10. She s had some good nurses and some not so good. But if the reason a person is placed in ICU is to monitor them closely, I m not impressed. I have been there when she s had alarms going off because some of her leads came loose for as long as 10 minutes. No one comes in. Yesterday I was there in the afternoon and her dirty dishes from dinner the night before were still sitting there. I asked a question about her general condition and was told I d have to wait until her nurse was on the floor because only he was familiar with her case. Are you kidding me??? So
If she needs something while her nurse is away she s out of luck because only her own nurse is familiar with her case??? Not impressed overall and would not feel good recommending this hospital to anyone.