Please consider these wait times drive times and the severity of your concern when deciding where to go for care and.
Busy er waiting room.
Hen3ry february 18 2010 3 55 pm.
Istock by erin blakemore.
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.
Have you ever rushed to the emergency room then waited and waited.
Someone mentions a multicar crash on the highway.
The average er wait time in the united states is about 40 minutes.
On busy days emergency room triage is one of the leading causes of long emergency room wait times.
Emergency room wait times.
You should always dial 911 in an emergency.
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.
Waiting room patients can be rotated to an assessment stretcher and should be periodically reassessed.
Inside the waiting room is packed.
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.
As a relatively stable patient in an overcrowded.