Study: Doctors and nurses not as good as they think they are.
I think self-confidence varies from one person to the next and is influenced by many factors — including personality. It’s a human trait to view ourselves as competent and any adverse outcomes or mistakes as merely being human. Doctors are taught to exemplify confidence when working with patients. The AMA used to oppose physician advertising and any individual claims that one doctor is better than the next. The AMA’s argument was based on the notion that if patients are told that one doctor is bad; they may begin to wonder who else might be bad. The AMA did not want anyone questioning the competency of doctors. I suspect doctor’s self-confidence is (at least in part) based on this old notion.
The 991 call delay was in 2007 and was caused by the explosion of mobile phones. California soon identified the problem and implemented a program to correct it.
“Even with the project only partly done, it has shown results. The 4.9 million unanswered calls per year statewide in 2007 have dropped to 639,000 since the RED Project began. Unanswered calls are expected to decrease further as the project is completed. And this is happening while the total number of wireless calls continues to grow.”
It’s not that california has inadequate resources so much as people don’t bother to understand a system that could potentially save their lives. There isn’t a state in the union that could subsidize the cost of point of origin location for every emergency call made on a cell phone.
If you call 911 from your cell phone in California, prepare for a busy signal or wait times of 20 minutes or more.
Most people nowadays (especially single individuals, living alone, on the road most of the time, with time consuming jobs that allow them to spend very little time at home) do not own a landline. Like me, they only own a cellphone…what’s left for them?? Just hope for the best I guess.
I wonder how much of the reason behind the uncontrolled high blood pressure is the patients’ lack of consistency when taking their medication, and how much falls into the physicians’ responsibility for not properly following-up with their patients and doing…well…their job as their health care advisor.
First, over 4 million 911 calls dropped in California alone. Then physicians and nurses poorly qualified to render services? Man, this makes me want to pack my bags and get out of, not California, but the U.S. period.
Study: Doctors and nurses not as good as they think they are.
I think self-confidence varies from one person to the next and is influenced by many factors — including personality. It’s a human trait to view ourselves as competent and any adverse outcomes or mistakes as merely being human. Doctors are taught to exemplify confidence when working with patients. The AMA used to oppose physician advertising and any individual claims that one doctor is better than the next. The AMA’s argument was based on the notion that if patients are told that one doctor is bad; they may begin to wonder who else might be bad. The AMA did not want anyone questioning the competency of doctors. I suspect doctor’s self-confidence is (at least in part) based on this old notion.
So if California doesn’t have adequate resources for police and emergency personnel, it begs the question, what do they spend all their money on?
The 991 call delay was in 2007 and was caused by the explosion of mobile phones. California soon identified the problem and implemented a program to correct it.
http://www.emergencymgmt.com/safety/California-Analyzes-Cell-Phone-911-Project-Red.html?page=1&
“Even with the project only partly done, it has shown results. The 4.9 million unanswered calls per year statewide in 2007 have dropped to 639,000 since the RED Project began. Unanswered calls are expected to decrease further as the project is completed. And this is happening while the total number of wireless calls continues to grow.”
It’s not that california has inadequate resources so much as people don’t bother to understand a system that could potentially save their lives. There isn’t a state in the union that could subsidize the cost of point of origin location for every emergency call made on a cell phone.
Study: Doctors and nurses not as good as they think they are.
I think that overconfidence is a dangerous think that most of us are subject to.
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639,000 emergency calls unanswered is still a bit too many for my taste.
If you call 911 from your cell phone in California, prepare for a busy signal or wait times of 20 minutes or more.
Most people nowadays (especially single individuals, living alone, on the road most of the time, with time consuming jobs that allow them to spend very little time at home) do not own a landline. Like me, they only own a cellphone…what’s left for them?? Just hope for the best I guess.
Unbelievable!
I wonder how much of the reason behind the uncontrolled high blood pressure is the patients’ lack of consistency when taking their medication, and how much falls into the physicians’ responsibility for not properly following-up with their patients and doing…well…their job as their health care advisor.
First, over 4 million 911 calls dropped in California alone. Then physicians and nurses poorly qualified to render services? Man, this makes me want to pack my bags and get out of, not California, but the U.S. period.
Very alarming situation going on in California. Glad to live in Texas!