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To: Lane3 who wrote (125595)	7/16/2005 11:01:41 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

Kaiser HMO operates on the preventive maintenance concept. They do this very well. I don't think they do as well at the big ticket items that happen to be emergencies. Both Ben and Nick broke one arm when they were little (several years apart). Turns out that Ben's arm was set by a tech and the Dr. just ok'd it. It turned out fine. When I dropped a Cuisinart blade on my foot a couple of years ago, a nurse practitioner sewed me up, instead of a Dr. I was not amused. Both because we went to their After Hours Care instead of straight to a hospital emergency room. When Nick broke his arm, we took him to the emergency room, and the Kaiser orthopod fixed him up there. One thing I've learned from a heart attack case I handled -- in a dire emergency, dial 911.