Emergency room wait times.
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.
At the er entrance emts are wheeling in patients on oxygen.
Inside the waiting room is packed.
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.
May 30 2020 at 7 30 am edt.
You should always dial 911 in an emergency.
Istock by erin blakemore.
Have you ever rushed to the emergency room then waited and waited.
Someone mentions a multicar crash on the highway.
On busy days emergency room triage is one of the leading causes of long emergency room wait times.
Waiting room patients can be rotated to an assessment stretcher and should be periodically reassessed.
Hen3ry february 18 2010 3 55 pm.
However if you need to visit one of our three local emergency rooms this site will show you the current wait times at each location see below.
As a relatively stable patient in an overcrowded.