Cabell Huntington Hospital: Emergency Room — Local services in Huntington

Wow. The last hospital I reviewed with two stars was leagues above this visit. I started feeling really sick out of nowhere, really sick, like I was going to pass out. I shook and became very pale. My first thought was of a rusty nail I stepped on earlier, which my partner mentioned on the phone when she called me an ambulance, as I was scared and felt too uncoordinated to drive. I met the ambulance worker who met me with condescension immediately. He passive-aggressively made it very clear that it probably wasn’t Tetanus and that I’m wasting their time. He didn’t ask about my prior conditions, such as Crohn’s Disease, or the few medications I take, such as an antidepressant I JUST STARTED a couple of weeks ago. When I tried to offer this information, he replied with phrases such as, “Oh yeah, buddy, I’m sure. That’s real nice, Trenton.” I’m sitting there like, I’m not in pain, but I feel like I can barely stay conscious, and I don’t know what’s wrong with me, if my life could be in danger or something. And this hospital worker isn’t even asking how I feel. I truly don’t understand why, but they shoved me in a literal public hallway, told me to take some deep breaths, and again, same pattern as the ambulance. Didn’t ask precisely what my symptoms were, my medical history, what medication I was taking, lifestyle habits, seriously nothing. And when I would offer it, they wouldn’t type anything, would dismiss it like the ambulance, and sometimes wouldn’t acknowledge it outright. I never once listed more than a single medication to any person last night and did not have the chance to inform them of my Crohn’s. I sat there for a couple hours with a 6 ounce water cup, got a tetanus shot, and feeling the exact same, returned home, now $500 in debt for literally nothing at all. I never would waste money on an ambulance if I didn’t know for certain I needed it and could not control my muscles well enough to drive. I am writing this now after a whole day of feeling the same. It reached a point earlier today where I was many shades pale and could barely speak more than a few words. It scared my partner enough that she put her homework down just to make sure I didn’t pass out and call if I did. I did nothing unusual today, except that I have some very unhealthy eating patterns that could predispose me to hypoglycemia. I was fasting for almost a whole day before I ate and I do that every day. I have never experienced serious hypoglycemia, so I could not recognize it. This is one thing they could have easily found out with a simple question and a couple thoughts but chose to overlook, as I mentioned my binge eating of a highly fibrous food, unusual in my diet, which is horrible for Crohn’s, just the day before, and how dehydrated I felt altogether. They didn’t even offer me a bag of water, which I believe would have seriously helped me, as I feel even now that I have extreme dehydration (An issue for me in the past — I have proof of that), at the very least, and maybe light blood sugar issues, maybe worse, who knows! Certainly not me, after getting utterly ignored and treated like a child last night. I also just suffered an extreme, serious sinus infection from a water pipe busting and infecting our carpet for many weeks, which I have a severe reaction to already, and only recovered a couple days ago. on top of THAT, the aforementioned medication I started recently has many of these side effects listed as its first side effects to watch for, even the shaking and pallor. As you can see, there are many possibilities as to what my condition is. They never even offered these solutions to me, I spent hours digging for all this information on my own. I offered the rusty staple as a suggestion, and they acted like they knew I was a hypochondriac. Well, I am not. I still feel very unstable, dizzy, nauseous, and shaky, as I type this and will ask my psychiatrist about it when I can in five days. No matter what I’m going through, though, I don’t deserve to get treated like this when I feel sick and in danger, even if I’m...

Good luck trying to set up an appointment , no one ever answers the phone at Marshall Orthopeadics , OBGYN, or Marshall Family Health. If you're able to create an appointment it'll be a month later and then your doctor may cancel or reschedule on you and set you another appointment for ANOTHER month later and that appointment may randomly get cancelled and the people that make/delete appointments are just overall trash at their job.

My OBGYN (R.Edwards) was not the greatest I've literally been having my period nonstop and she has been guinea pigging me with lots of blood work and cycling through all of the birth control pills.

I tried going to Marshall Family Health and their solution for everything seems to be blood work , everything at the hospital in general no matter what division your at seems to require bloodwork it's as if the place is run by damn vampires.

If you want the results for your blood work or any tests it's a pain in the a**. You have to call them and have them send you a link to your email and create an account through that link etc and everytime you want to see your results you have to click on the link in the email and whoever designed that was rubbish at their job as well. Also my blood work said I'm blood type A when all my life I've been AB positive , I'm from Houston TX so I've really been questioning the quality of the doctors here... hmm..

The hospital wait time takes forever if you're trying to go there for an Emergency . Expect to sit in the waiting room for at least 3 hours. I went because I was sick and throwing up because I had had bunion surgery and my OOrthopeadic Surgeon had failed to notify me that since I was taking pain killers that they cause constipation and that I'd need a laxative so that's why I ended up getting sick. Overall annoying. Found pee in the container under the bed too, they apologized and changed it out but still.. everything there took FOREVER.

My Orthopeadic Surgeon , Dr Thomas is kind and did a nice job on the surgery though and the people that removed my stitches were kind and careful. (some guy and I don't know the ladies name but they're both friendly )

This is my full on honest review , thanks.

PS. It's nice that they have a pokestop and a gym . The pharmacy needs improvement. The consignment shop has cute things and the kitchen is great I also love the little...

Let me preface by saying I’ve been a nurse for 15 years, so I’m always sensitive to the nurse’s side of the situation. I’m more likely to make an excuse for a mistake (minor) or a bad attitude than to be upset about it because I GET IT. However, the pediatric unit at this hospital has the worst nursing staff I have ever encountered. Except Jackie. Jackie was wonderful. The other 4-5 nurses that I encountered while my nephew was there were rude, uncaring, not knowledgeable, and not compassionate. One nurse only entered his room 3 times during her 12 hour shift, and one of them was to unplug his IV so he could go to MRI. She then reported to the next nurse that she had to help him to the bathroom “a lot”. She did not help him to the bathroom a single time. That was a blatant lie, and it makes me question how much misinformation gets passed along at shift change. They did not address his parents or tell them what they were doing when they entered the room. They gave meds without any explanation. And when questions were asked, like, “what medication are you giving him?”, they were met with attitude. Not to mention, the nurses couldn’t answer most of the questions that were being asked. The neurosurgery PA came into the room and asked us who ordered a test. Seriously?? First off, no one is communicating anything to us, and second.... shouldn’t you know that?? You have access to his chart. There seemed to be a lack of communication in every situation, but the nursing staff was, by far, the worst part of the experience. I will say that the anesthesiologist was phenomenal and even gave him a piggy back ride because he was scared, and the resident seeing him was great too. The radiology staff was also really good. He spent a decent amount of time in radiology, and they were great at easing his anxiety. Those are the only good things I can say, and those encounters are the only reason I gave 2 stars instead of one. Oh, and they were able to get him transferred to a hospital that can provide the services he needs. I am...