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Carson Tahoe Hospital
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Number of Contributors: 17
WARNING: Does this hospital have less than 25 reviews?
If so, don't let a small sample size bias you.
Subjective reviews below are relayed merely as a partial and incomplete
research tool.
Survey Questions:
- How would you rate its overall value? (“Overall Value”)
- How well equipped was the hospital to handle overweight patients? (“Oversized Equipped”)
- How sensitive was the staff to the needs of overweight patients? (“Oversized Sensitive”)
- How safe did you feel that the hospital was well equipped enough to handle any medical
emergency that might arise during your stay there? (“Multi Security”)
- How much privacy did you feel the hospital gave you? (“Privacy”)
- How responsive did you feel the hospital was in giving you pain medications? (“Pain Medications”)
- How restfully quiet did you find your experience? (“Quiet”)
- How accommodating was the hospital in allowing visitors to see you? (“Visiting”)
- How responsive do you feel the staff was in helping you with your general needs during
your stay? (“Staff Responsive”)
- How would you rate the parking accomodations? (“Parking”)
- How did you select this hospital? (“How Selected”)
- How would you compare this hospital to others that you have been to? (“Competitors”)
- What other comments do you have about this hospital? (“Comments”)
| Posted by: |
Kymber E. (Posted on April 14, 2005) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Average |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Excellent |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| How Selected:
| My new Dr. who is Lee Trotter now performs at CTH and completely restructured the Bariatric Program. |
| Competitors: |
I have only been to one other hospital and Reno and it in no way compares to Carson Tahoe Hospital |
| Comments: |
I must say I don't like spending time in the hospital but this is definately by far the best stay I have ever had. The newly trained and restructured bariatric staff were wonderful. I only had one problem with one nurse but that was due to a language barrier. I am very happy with the care I received and would never doubt going back there again. |
| Posted by: |
Maggie G. (Posted on May 18, 2004) |
| Overall Value: |
Poor |
Oversized Equipped: |
Average |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Average |
| Multi Security: |
Average |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Poor |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Average |
| Parking: |
Very Poor |
| How Selected:
| My surgeon did all of his RNY procedures there. |
| Competitors: |
It is a small hospital but seemed okay at the time |
| Comments: |
The hospital cancelled RNY procedures by my surgeon without notice which cancelled surgeries scheduled for the next week for patients who had waited for months for this surgery apparently for a financial motive. The hospital wants to bring in their own "team" of surgeons. Dr. Skogerson is A+ rated and the best surgeon for this procedure in Northern Nevada. |
| Posted by: |
Darcee V. (Posted on March 2, 2004) |
| Overall Value: |
Very Poor |
Oversized Equipped: |
Poor |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Poor |
| Multi Security: |
Very Poor |
Privacy: |
Poor |
Pain Medication: |
Average |
| Quiet: |
Very Poor |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Very Poor |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| My sister was a patient there. They ignored her syptoms and she died. |
| Competitors: |
I am a nurse and I can say they just throw you in a room and hope you make it! |
| Comments: |
very strange... they don't even have a morgue. My sister was not dead 10 minutes and they were pressuring us to pick a mortuary. And they refused an autopsy, saying we would have to pay for it. My gosh she was only 31! Thankfully one of the docs and the sheriffs department ordered one! |
| Posted by: |
Kathie D. (Posted on January 27, 2004) |
| Comments: |
As of this date, Carson-Tahoe Hospital is not allowing baratric surgery. They said they are just "reviewing" after a death, but Dr. Kent Skogerson is sueing the facility. This is the only facility Dr Skogerson preforms bariatric surgery. This is very typical of Carson-Tahoe Hospital. I was never there as a baratric patient, but had inpatient stays for other conditions. |
| Posted by: |
Deactivated Member (Posted on November 4, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| It was surgeon's choice |
| Competitors: |
I do not have any other local hospital experience |
| Comments: |
All of the nurses and nurses aides except one were excellent. They were caring and considerate. One seemed to have a chip on her shoulder. She was no help and unfortunately she was supposed to help me bathe on my first day after surgery. I am glad I don't have her karma.
The food was peculiar and dreadful. The Jello was the only thing that made me throw up so they may have accidentally given me regular instead of diet. All in all, the hospital is a hospital but almost all of the nurses are wonderful. |
| Posted by: |
Deactivated Member (Posted on November 4, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| It was surgeon's choice |
| Competitors: |
I do not have any other local hospital experience |
| Comments: |
All of the nurses and nurses aides except one were excellent. They were caring and considerate. One seemed to have a chip on her shoulder. She was no help and unfortunately she was supposed to help me bathe on my first day after surgery. I am glad I don't have her karma.
The food was peculiar and dreadful. The Jello was the only thing that made me throw up so they may have accidentally given me regular instead of diet. All in all, the hospital is a hospital but almost all of the nurses are wonderful. |
| Posted by: |
Virginia H. (Posted on September 13, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| This is the only hospital that my surgeon is affiliated with at this time so his patients have no other choice |
| Competitors: |
N/A |
| Comments: |
The hospital staff from the nurses down to the volunteer staff make the visit as enjoyable as they can considering you just had surgery and are not the most cooperative of patients |
| Posted by: |
Rebecca W. (Posted on August 23, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| My surgeon selected the hospital. |
| Competitors: |
Carson Tahoe Hospital provided very good care to me. I was surprised that my bill was as low as it was. |
| Posted by: |
Michael (Mike) K. (Posted on July 31, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Excellent |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| Hospital of choice fo surgeon. |
| Competitors: |
Above average. |
| Comments: |
I found the people who staff the hospital were very professional in meeting the public. I could not have asked for better treatment than I received at Carson Tahoe. |
| Posted by: |
Michael (Mike) K. (Posted on July 31, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Excellent |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| Hospital of choice of surgeon. |
| Competitors: |
Above average. |
| Comments: |
I found the people who staff the hospital were very professional in meeting the public. I could not have asked for better treatment than I received at Carson Tahoe. |
| Posted by: |
Charlotte R. (Posted on January 1, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Excellent |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Good |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| It is my local hospital, and Dr. Skogerson is on staff there. |
| Competitors: |
For surgery I liked it, for emergency room care it is awful. |
| Posted by: |
Kathy G. (Posted on November 13, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Poor |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| How Selected:
| It's my surgeon's hospital. |
| Competitors: |
Better than anything I have locally. |
| Comments: |
I beleive that as time goes on, the hospital accommodations (the beds)will improve. Realistically, this is a fairly new field. Give them time to catch up! |
| Posted by: |
Andrea P. (Posted on August 9, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Average |
| Multi Security: |
Average |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Average |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| It is the only hospital Dr. Skogerson, my doctor, works out of. |
| Competitors: |
It is small but I thought It was just fine. |
| Comments: |
Over all they did a great job! I think they needed more staff and could use some more information on the emotional needs of overweight patients that have just had WLS. I would go there agin if need be. |
| Posted by: |
Lauri G. (Posted on July 27, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
N/A |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
N/A |
| How Selected:
| hospital doctor uses |
| Posted by: |
Dustra S. (Posted on June 2, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| My doctor selected it. |
| Competitors: |
It was above average in comparison. |
| Comments: |
I was very happy with my stay. |
| Posted by: |
Peggy R. (Posted on May 14, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
Very Poor |
Oversized Equipped: |
Poor |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Poor |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Very Poor |
| Quiet: |
Poor |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Poor |
| How Selected:
| It is the one that my surgeon works out of. |
| Competitors: |
I was not at all happy with this hospital |
| Comments: |
The staff at carson tahoe hospital was very bad at handeling gastric by pass patients and people in general! I would not go back if I had any say in the matter!
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| Posted by: |
Shannon M. (Posted on February 16, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| Carson Tahoe is where my surgeon currently operates and also the preferred provider under my new insurance, Humana. |
| Competitors: |
I've always had good care at Carson Tahoe. |
| Comments: |
The ICU staff was exceptional and extremly attentive.
Only problem I had was arranging for the oxygen when going home --- I had to wait 4 hours for my supposed provider to appear and bring oxygen (it was Superbowl Sunday). |
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