Uk Emergency Unit Sheffield

[ukanonymous]

My friend who was pregnant with twins went to A&E after her waters broke at 21 weeks. She was taken in and then given an injection to stop the contractions. She was then left on a trolley for 5 hours until seen again. she said it was mainly immigrants which were there (not being racist) who didn't look in bad shape at all. Anyway after 5 hours she was admitted to hospital where she is now.

Is this normal? I remember going in 8 years ago with a gash on my head and within2 hours I was stitched up and on my way.

What is happening? We should all take medical health cover or something. I feel terrible and I hope my friend doesnt lose the babies :(

[MallyJ]

The wait may well have been because of a difficulty finding a bed.... eg someone may have had to be discharged before a bed was available for her. Others may have had problems that could have been sorted out there and then

[naomi24]

//What is happening?//

Nothing is happening that hasn't been happening for years. It's not unusual for people to have to wait for beds to become available.

[ukanonymous]

Some one pregnant with twins gone into labour at 21 weeks and beemn left in the corridor on a trolley for 5 hours is what the NHS is all about?

[naomi24]

No, that's not what the NHS is all about. It's about giving people the appropriate treatment - and that's what they gave your friend. The fact that she had to wait for a bed is unfortunate, but it didn't put her or her babies lives at risk.

[ukanonymous]

This is before they monitored the unborn childeren etc. Simnply game her an injection that was all. Then waited 5 hours for a proper examination.

[naomi24]

I'm pretty sure they wouldn't leave her in a dangerous situation but if she's unhappy with the treatment she's received she must take it up with the hospital.

[ummmm]

So they didn't send her to maternity?

I was hospitalised quite a few time during my pregnancies and never was I taken to A&E.

[jno]

The fact that she had to wait for a bed is unfortunate, but it didn't put her or her babies lives at risk.

so as long as the NHS doesn't actually kill you, it's doing okay?

Sadly, I think that probably is where the bar has been set.

[ukanonymous]

Well her waters broke at 21 weeks so she called an ambulance and that is where they took her :(

[ukanonymous]

And I am not saying that they will save her babies but the lack of urgency about it was really horrible to hear.

[hc4361]

Once the injection has been given to stop contractions it really is 'wait and see'. It is getting that injection that is the urgent part of it.

[naomi24]

jno, //so as long as the NHS doesn't actually kill you, it's doing okay?

I didn’t say that – you did. This woman got the urgent treatment she needed straightaway but had to wait for a bed - that's all.

[jourdain2]

Some 30 years ago I went into an early labour. I was also given an injection to stop the contractions and left for a good couple of hours on a trolley - it took time to see how well I was responding. A couple of nurses did find time to have a few quick words with me as to how I felt. When the contractions had finally stopped, I was admitted to a maternity ward and kept there as it turned out I had a placenta preaavia which can be complicated.

I do hope all goes well with your friend and her babies, I was OK and so was my daughter. I don't think most medical health plans cover pregnancy, do they?

[ummmm]

The ladies waters have broken. How much time is there between waters breaking and having to deliver?

[Sqad]

\\\\The ladies waters have broken. How much time is there between waters breaking and having to deliver?\\\

That really isn't the point.

Contractions are the bottom line.

Contractions occurring at 21 weeks with ot without the "waters breaking" is a bad sign.

ukanonymous seems to be complaining about the lack of empathy rather than the medical care..........and i must say.....I agree with her.

[naomi24]

I didn't read it like that Sqad. She hasn't mentioned empathy. I assume she's complaining because the lady wasn't given a bed right away.

[Sir Alec]

My cousin needed an emergency caesarian and was taken to the Northern General in Sheffield, which was the nearest with a maternity wing. She was turned away because they were already full. My uncle, her father, asked the nurse in charge if it was because the beds were full of Asian women having theirs, and she said, "Well, frankly, yes." My cousin ended up in Chesterfield. Luckily everything went okay and her daughter was born healthy.

[Sqad]

naomi....maybe.....maybe.

[Fusion5]

I thought once the waters broke, infection can set in. Giving an injection to stop contractions, was this for the convenience of the hospital not beI got able to deal with her.

If this had been my daughter laying on that trolley for five hours not being monitored, heads would roll.

[Sqad]

We are all getting pretty hysterical over this (quite naturally of course), but here is the bottom line:

Woman of 21 weeks pregnant with twins has contractions which have been suppressed by injections as the survival if twins born at 21 weeks is extremely unlikely.

What more can the hospital do...either on a trolley or in a ward?