There Are Hospitals, And Then There Are Hospitals

Some hospitals are great at taking care of sick people. Some excel at different things. We have one that does trauma fairly well, but will kill your ROSC cardiac arrest victim in a matter of minutes. It's as if they're personally offended that you brought them an arrest victim with an etCO2 of 35, an spO2 of 97%, and a BP of 100/60, and immediately go about changing those things, albeit with not quite the outcome they had in mind.

And then, there are the hospitals that every medic has on their "For the love of God, don't take me there under any circumstances" list. TOTWTYTR says you should avoid any hospital with Saint, Mercy or Memorial in the name, and St. Mary of Mercy Memorial Medical Center will probably kill your patient before the ink is dry on your PCR.

We've got some hospitals like that. They're the kind of place capable only of caring for people that, well… don't need to be in a hospital anyway.

And funny thing is, the size of the hospital seems to have little to do with it.