University Medical Center
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Number of Contributors: 7
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Subjective reviews below are relayed merely as a partial and incomplete
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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: |
Rachel C. (Posted on May 3, 2008) |
| Overall Value: |
Average |
Oversized Equipped: |
Average |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Average |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Good |
| Parking: |
Very Poor |
| How Selected:
| I work there, so is was very cost effective for me to have the surgery there. |
| Competitors: |
The nursing staff is not nearly as overworked as in other hospitals in the area. UMC is not for profit, so they can get away with giving better patient loads, where as other, for profit, hospitals try to load their nurses up to be as cost effective as possible. I know this only from my and my co-workers experience. |
| Comments: |
Although my stay was mostly psositve. I did have some complaints. The radiology department was not very receptive to my needs after surgery during the swallow evaluation. My discharging nurse should have been more receptive to my needs as a bariatric patient (I needed a large wheelchair). I was also disappointed with the nursing staff's assistant with my ADLs ( I was never offered any help to bathe). |
| Posted by: |
Tracey B. (Posted on November 28, 2006) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Poor |
| Quiet: |
N/A |
Visiting: |
N/A |
Staff Responsive: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| I had to go in to the ER for left side chest pain following my release. |
| Competitors: |
UMC is the Trauma Center for the county I live in - and I know they have the most comprehensive equipment and training in Clark County. |
| Comments: |
I was in the ER for left side chest pain. I was taken by ambulance from the Urgent Care. AMR Ambulance now has 1 Oversized gurney/Ambulance especially for large patients - which uses a wench system to raise and lower you to their truck - which is great.
The ER had fair size gurneys, however, no BIG gowns. I had to use two gowns to cover my body.
I had to explain my problem at least four times, but the nurses in the ER were great - Kate and Amber. They were very attentive to most of my needs.
I could have really used some pain meds though! They took a CAT scan of my abdomen and chest to make sure I had no blood clots or leaks/hernias of my new pouch. Those came back negative. (And the CAT Scan people were not very helpful in helping me get on and off my gurney and onto the scanning table). |
| Posted by: |
Vincent W. (Posted on May 24, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Excellent |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Good |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| How Selected:
| Only hospital in Las Vegas that is covered by insurance. |
| Competitors: |
UMC is the best in town and a professional operation. |
| Posted by: |
Robert K. (Posted on May 24, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
Average |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Poor |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
N/A |
| Parking: |
Very Poor |
| How Selected:
| Only one available. |
| Competitors: |
Average |
| Comments: |
No real problems. Treated well. |
| Posted by: |
Carol Ann S. (Posted on May 23, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Good |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| UMC is the hospital where my surgeon Dr Barry Fisher operates and teaches. He trusts the staff and that's good enough for me. I trust him. |
| Competitors: |
This is the first time I've ever been in this hospital. I found the staff friendly and knowledgeable not to mention helpful when I had to walk for the first few times. |
| Comments: |
All in all I found that I was well tended to while in the hospital. I only had one instance that bothered me and it was the fact that after my first 24 hours drymouth I had to beg for a cup of ice. Seems someone forgot to take the NPO sign down. |
| Posted by: |
Sue B. (Posted on April 25, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Average |
| Quiet: |
Poor |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Average |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| This is the only hospital that Dr Fisher operates in. No choice in the matter. |
| Competitors: |
It's a teaching hospital so everything is very up to date but you have students to deal with. |
| Comments: |
Dr Fisher has trained the staff on his floor to deal with this WLS patients. They are very willing to help and are very cooperative. |
| Posted by: |
Betty T. (Posted on March 26, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
Average |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Average |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| This was were my surgeon did his Weight Loss Surgeries, so you could say it was selected for me. |
| Competitors: |
About the same, maybe a bit better. |
| Comments: |
I was well cared for. The staff was caring and did their best to accomodate me. |
