Inside the waiting room is packed.
Busy er waiting room.
A very busy hospital and a busier er can combine as they did for me into a five hour wait without being able to talk to a medical doctor.
Emergency room wait times.
Hen3ry february 18 2010 3 55 pm.
Have you ever rushed to the emergency room then waited and waited.
Please consider these wait times drive times and the severity of your concern when deciding where to go for care and.
On busy days emergency room triage is one of the leading causes of long emergency room wait times.
The average er wait time in the united states is about 40 minutes.
Triage as an emergency room system has widely proved effective as a way of prioritizing care however inconvenient or unfair it may seem to those waiting.
At the er entrance emts are wheeling in patients on oxygen.
You should always dial 911 in an emergency.
Istock by erin blakemore.
As a relatively stable patient in an overcrowded.
Waiting room patients can be rotated to an assessment stretcher and should be periodically reassessed.
The emergency department is a busy chaotic environment where lives are at risk and the needs of individual patients must be met and patient flow must be maintained.