CDC reports ER waits now average near 1 hour

KEVD18

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an hour is nothing.

you present to boston medical center er with some bs complaint, you had better pack a lunch.
 

mikeylikesit

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exactly, out here though there waiting at the door if you stubbed your toe.
 

mycrofft

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Here our primary trauma center has some waits over 24 hrs.

Sportsfans, how's LA doing with their magic disappearing County Hospitals? (MLK, then Harbor??).
 

emtjen15

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Out here in Mesa, AZ it depends on which ER you go to. I took my friend to the ER last friday afternoon and she was not admitted until Saturday Morning. I have Chron's Disease and I had meds in me with in 25 minutes. The ER I took my friend to was very weird, they had many people sitting in the waiting room with IV and puke bags. I will never go there, and I hope to never have to take any ones else there!:sad:
 

Jon

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if the average is approaching 1 hour... for every patient we bring in who gets a bed and gets seen in 1 minute, someone gets to wait 2 hours... etc.

Is there a solution?
 

Ridryder911

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I don't know where they got their numbers, but Emergency Nurses Association and many other describes an awaiting for more than 2 1/2 hours for a non-life threatening injury is to be expected and considered normal.

I agree that the numbers are severely skewed..

R/r 911
 

daedalus

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Sportsfans, how's LA doing with their magic disappearing County Hospitals? (MLK, then Harbor??).
MLK is gone, but we still have Harbor General. I LOATHE going into that hospital with a patient. Even with a complaint of chest pain, expect to wait 2 hours before a nurse even comes to your gurney to interview the patient. Than wait another 30 minutes for a bed. I kid you not. Read the LA times.
 
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