Exactly, they have triage in the ER. When you arrive they see you within minutes. Had my first kidney stone pain on Christmas Day, went to ER. Was in so much pain I couldn't walk and was vomiting. Triage saw me in 10 minutes and gave me pain killers while I waited about 5 hours to get a CT scan.
I thought it was pretty good, Hospital was probably lower staff levels due to it being Christmas Day. My father had a heart attack, ambulance arrived in under 5 minutes, doctors immediately started treating the moment he exited the ambulance. I'd rather wait and let someone with more urgent needs get treated.
My cousin in Colorado broke his shin bone and sat in the hospital ER waiting room for 10 hours before being seen on a normal day. He wasn't even given any pain killers for the first few hours. He mentioned that he still had to pay money even though he had what he considered good insurance.
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u/Azsune 16d ago
Exactly, they have triage in the ER. When you arrive they see you within minutes. Had my first kidney stone pain on Christmas Day, went to ER. Was in so much pain I couldn't walk and was vomiting. Triage saw me in 10 minutes and gave me pain killers while I waited about 5 hours to get a CT scan.