angela long

Review of Palmdale Regional Medical Cent...

I am visiting from Alabama and forgot one of my B/...

I am visiting from Alabama and forgot one of my B/P meds at home my blood pressure was 223/110 when I got to the ER. The place was packed, they had one EMT checking in patients and one RN ATTEMPTING to triage. I explained to the young man my symptoms and gave him my vitals and he just stated that there is a five hour wait. The nurse has no clue how to triage as she let a person with pinkeye, one with a sprained ankle and some dude that s depressed go first. Ummm hello????? STROKE LEVEL PEOPLE!!! I know nothing about the area so I can t go anywhere else but I can promise you these people need to be sued .......so I was able to edit. I am on hour 5, I still haven t seen a provider, they have changed shifts And my blood pressure is still high. I asked the triage nurse to retake it, and she is satisfied with my new reading, which is 197/113. She says, well it has went down well, that s because I took my night time bp med!!!! I am a visitor here and I swear this is the worse service I ve ever had in a health care facility especially since Cali is supposed to be soooo much more advanced than the south. There is a paper taped to the desk talking about they have possible stroke patients seen in 15 minutes or less....I guess the staff that s been working today didn t read that memo.