Sounds like BS to me. Who checks concs at 8am? Your location doesnt have MMs, especially on Mondays?? Your location is below par for concs too?
I think you were laid off and now trying to make rotech look bad. If this really happened, your location is horrible. Btw, you could have given pt an mm tank or liquid base to provide o2 until you got a good one in. Either will always provide 99% concentration.
Sounds like BS to me. Who checks concs at 8am? Your location doesnt have MMs, especially on Mondays?? Your location is below par for concs too?
I think you were laid off and now trying to make rotech look bad. If this really happened, your location is horrible. Btw, you could have given pt an mm tank or liquid base to provide o2 until you got a good one in. Either will always provide 99% concentration.
Why are you on here at 8:00am. laid off also.
For both of you, welcome to 2014...there are these things called smart phones, its just like a computer and you can carry it everywhere so you can post on Cafepharma 24/7 even at work! I know I know, it is amazing for sure.
I worked for Rotech. Don't be posting on this site while driving.
Must be a rocket scientist.
Sounds like BS to me. Who checks concs at 8am? Your location doesnt have MMs, especially on Mondays?? Your location is below par for concs too?
I think you were laid off and now trying to make rotech look bad. If this really happened, your location is horrible. Btw, you could have given pt an mm tank or liquid base to provide o2 until you got a good one in. Either will always provide 99% concentration.
What are you? A moron?
Did the concentrator check last Friday, NOT at 8:00 am stupid. Not the 1st time I had to do this as our concentrators are always screwed up. And guess what?
The area manager has known about this before, and we left the concentrates with the patients until they finally blew out their sive beds out.
You, your manger, and the area manger should all be fire. Risking the health of not just one of your patients. But, he/she is a person. Even Rotech would agree to that. I think
Assuming your O2 analyzer was calibrated, and if that is an accurate reading, you have an obligation to the patient to go over everybody's head and notify someone who can rectify this. If that patient dies, rotech is 100% liable.
Letting the cat out of the bag here.
Went to do a concentrator check and analyzed at 60% at 2lpm. Since we didn't have any good concentrators in stock, I was told to keep my mouth shut for now till we get one in.
I really hate to treat patients this way.
I've been a PST at Rotech for a few years now. Fortunately, I've never been put in that situation. All of our concentrators at the warehouse analyze above 92%. When they stop working properly, we send them back to our transfill. Nowadays, getting more concentrators is an issue with the new policies, but we've been fortunate so far.
Anyway, I don't care what your superiors had to say about the situation. You didn't take care of your patient properly. Do you know what problems can arise when someone's o2 level isn't what it should be? Worst case, they could have a heart attack or a stroke.
You should have reported this to someone. If your LCM or AM didn't care, then you should have contacted the pt's insurance company, their doctor, SOMEONE. People don't have concentrators in their homes for decoration...their lives depend on it!
It's bad enough that PSTs now have to repossess concentrators from patients who need them because they aren't billing for some reason or another. But to leave a broken concentrator on a patient that is billing is inexcusable. It seems you have a career in Rotech management ahead of you, assuming the company survives long enough.
lets just stick to the facts,i see no need to make stuff up.
Letting the cat out of the bag here.
Went to do a concentrator check and analyzed at 60% at 2lpm. Since we didn't have any good concentrators in stock, I was told to keep my mouth shut for now till we get one in.
I really hate to treat patients this way.
I'm the PST that made the post just before yours. I think this was made up too. I always have a spare, working concentrator on my van. We also have spares back at the warehouse. For them not to have any working units at all just seems preposterous. What would they do if a patient calls in because theirs is alarming? Or if a hospital or doctor's office calls in with a continuous order?
And why don't they even have MM tanks on Mondays? Do they not give them to continuous patients during setup on certain days of the week? This just all seems ridiculous.
