Abington Memorial Hospital

Overall: Not Recommended

If you are pregnant - especially in the 2nd trimester or earlier- AVOID the ER here if you have complications or suspect a problem. I went here at 15+ weeks pregnant because I was having contractions. A RESIDENT saw me in the ER- my advice is to always ask to see someone actually on hospital staff and NOT a resident. Her name was Jennifer Weidner- AVOID her! She refused to send me up for an ultrasound and fetal monitoring. She did not take my complaint of contractions seriously. She sent me home - telling me to take Tylenol. They had taken blood samples (which I found out later were not tested- had they been, they would have seen elevated platelets and white blood cells - as we're discovered as I was miscarrying- but before I bled). They also took a urine sample. All they did with that urine sample was do a pregnancy test (even though they heard the heartbeat and I had been at AMH the week before for an ultrasound). I was back in the ER a few hours later half-delivering my dead baby. Again I had to deal with Jennifer Weidner - long story short she almost sent me home AGAIN prematurely (telling me to "monitor my symptoms and to come back if they worsened")- thank GOD at this point 2 competent OBs were called in, told Jennifer Weidner that if she sent me home I could have hemorrhaged and required a blood transfusion later. They also mentioned she had scheduled me for a D&E later that day at 2pm - which was never told to me nor my husband. After my D&E, I was wheeled out to the curb and that was it. No mention of what happened to my son's remains, no option for testing, no grief counseling (although I was clearly crying heavily and in shock). After this debacle, I requested my medical records and also noticed errors and discrepancies in them. I had to go back and advocate for myself so many times and do my own research. It made a very difficult time even worse. I will say the nurses were fantastic- very supportive and sympathetic. Also, the actual OBs also seemed knowledgeable.  Just beware that if you go to the ER you will see a resident- and I would recommend asking to see an experienced doctor. Or, actually, AVOID this ER altogether and find a non-teaching hospital in the area.