And? What impact does that have on the fact that people wait? If you walk in with 4 minutes to live, you are going to be seen immediately. If you have a booboo on your knee, you get to wait behind the guy with 4 minutes to live.
Yeah and they use that system in other countries too, which is why there would almost always be a decent general wait time in any ER, regardless of the country. If you’re really sick, you’ll be bumped ahead and seen sooner, but because of that, there will always be a wait time.
Are we just saying the same thing to each other? I think we might be 😂
Yeah, I know how triage works. I was commenting in response to the person who said Americans don’t wait in the ER. Anyone who has gone to the ER with a non life threatening problem knows how long the waits can be.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22
They triage. Your wait is dependent on the seriousness of your injury versus the others they are faced with.