WOODS2665: Father Saved Son AMA From Hospital
Tom Woods Podcast #2665
https://tomwoods.com/ep-2665-we-saved-our-son-by-ditching-the-hospital/
Will Boytim’s son drowned several years ago, and his experience with the medical establishment was harrowing yet revealing and instructive — they knew nothing about the kind of treatment that would eventually save him (outside the hospital), and “organ donation” ghouls kept implying that they should just let the boy go — think of all the lives they could save!
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Listening to this podcast episode was mind blowing.
Especially listen to the Czech doctor, who went along with the treatment plan, to humor the parents and figuring it couldn’t do any harm. He rewrote “the book” (i.e., the standard plan for drowning victims) based on what he saw with his own eyes.
Points that I took away:
- Never EVER leave your child alone in a hospital;
- You MUST be prepared to be a VOCAL “patient advocate”;
- Have an organized way to keep a record of EVERYTHING that impacts you or your patient;
- Be familiar with, and keep your own, SOAP <<Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan>> notes (a highly structured format for documenting the progress of a patient during treatment)
- Have pre-set up an effective communications tool to keep my family and friends informed about conditions with the minimum of effort. (I recommend Caring Bridge. It’s free and puts readers in control of how they receive information. I have one for myself with two co-contributors for when I’m not able to update either.)
- With the Patient, it is important to stay optimistic and positive. To a certain extent, I agree that the Universe does supply what you focus on; so NEVER let patient see anything but your “happy face”.
- With everyone else, it is important to stay realistic and objective. Facts only; not opinions since you as PA are not an “expert”.
- But with the Medical People (i.e., doctors; specialists; nurses; bureaucrats), you ARE the “expert” in your patient (i.e. complete history with lots of data).
- As her PiA (I call it being the “patient advocate”; been called PIA), I keep all the notes, do the RXes, nd generally fuss over her like a mother hen.
Clearly in my mind, the medical establishment is NOT your benevolent friend with your or your patient s best interest at heart.
I should write up my experiences with my sainted wife’s medical struggles as I tried to be her patient advocate.
Maybe it might help all future patient advocates get ready for their mission!
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