Doctor doctor,?

crackcrack30

Could some one (para) in west offaly or east galway recommend a sharp doctor for me, as both my parents have hypertension and I want a doc that will put some overall corrective management on their BP rather than a basic pill pusher with little or no follow up........................
Im in the Mid west so dont know any up there first hand thru the job.

Mods - dont move this from emergency forum cheers.

MajorMax

Gimme the news, I've got a bad case of loving you.............I'll get my coat

crackcrack30

MajorMax wrote: »

Gimme the news, I've got a bad case of loving you.............I'll get my coat

Whas does this BS mean????????

Zambia

Why do you need this in the es forum?

Hightower21

crackcrack30 wrote: »

Could some one (para) in west offaly or east galway recommend a sharp doctor for me, as both my parents have hypertension and I want a doc that will put some overall corrective management on their BP rather than a basic pill pusher with little or no follow up........................
Im in the Mid west so dont know any up there first hand thru the job.

Mods - dont move this from emergency forum cheers.

Cant recomend a doc in that area but you need your parents to get put on a 24hr BP monitor. (you wear in on your arm for 24 hours and it takes your BP every so often) this is downloaded to a computer so the doc can look at it and make up his mind as to what treatment is required.

The usual treatment plan is
1st excerise, Give up the fags,
2nd Healthly living, eating etc.
3rd Medications.

crackcrack30

Zambia wrote: »

Why do you need this in the es forum?

Paramedics meet these guys regularly in their clinics and in pt's homes ect
So they know the good ones that go the extra mile........

TylerIE

crackcrack30 wrote: »

Paramedics meet these guys regularly in their clinics and in pt's homes ect
So they know the good ones that go the extra mile........

To be honest I agree with you, and hope somebody here can supply that information!!!

If ya fail to get it that way try find a nurse from a hospital ward or Emergency Department in your parents cachement area - they will know who the GP is for their patients, and over time this allows them a great idea of who is on the ball and who is not, and of patients opinions of their GPs.

Failing knowing a hospital nurse, perhaps you could contact a Nurse Specialist in the hospital, and ask if they know any GPs who specialize or have a special interest in patients with cardiac issues.

Last suggestion would be to look at some of the medical journals and their contributers, e.g. this articleon hypertension. See if there are any regular contributors in your area. This method is perhaps not the most ideal in that they may be academically competant but have awful people skills. The Irish Medical Times may be a good source of doctors who publish.

crackcrack30

Thanks tyler, will ring first, and probably will take a trip over to tullamore hospital to talk to someone, they are in their early 60's ,dont smoke and are active, as in still busy working but both are > 150 systolic last time I checked..............cc30

Delancey

MajorMax wrote: »

Gimme the news, I've got a bad case of loving you.............I'll get my coat

Think that was sung by the late Robert Palmer ?

goldie fish

Delancey wrote: »

Think that was sung by the late Robert Palmer ?

My thought at the title was the Thompson Twins hit from the early 80s..


I'm old.

Muas Tenek

TylerIE wrote: »

To be honest I agree with you, and hope somebody here can supply that information!!!

If ya fail to get it that way try find a nurse from a hospital ward or Emergency Department in your parents cachement area - they will know who the GP is for their patients, and over time this allows them a great idea of who is on the ball and who is not, and of patients opinions of their GPs.

Failing knowing a hospital nurse, perhaps you could contact a Nurse Specialist in the hospital, and ask if they know any GPs who specialize or have a special interest in patients with cardiac issues.

Last suggestion would be to look at some of the medical journals and their contributers, e.g. this articleon hypertension. See if there are any regular contributors in your area. This method is perhaps not the most ideal in that they may be academically competant but have awful people skills. The Irish Medical Times may be a good source of doctors who publish.

Also outside my area of practice but good advice there