Kristin, How frightening that must've been for you. Fortunately, I haven't been to an ER in about three years and while I understand that wait times are relative to one's ailment or injury -- six or seven hours -- which is what I've waited -- seems ridiculous. It seems to me that your daughter bumping her head and the following unresponsiveness should've fallen into a much lower wait time or no wait time at all.
I'm glad to hear that your ER has taken measures to streamline the process.
On a positive note, when I broke my foot three years ago (the last time I was in an ER) I was admitted immediately. I didn't sit in the waiting room for one minute. Once I filled out the paperwork, I was scooped up in a wheelchair by an attendant and wheeled back to a doctor who, for working New Year's Eve had a great sense of humor. He was really wonderful and poked a little fun at me for my injury which was absolute clumsiness on my part. He was right on in determining what I was in for -- telling me I would definitely need surgery and about three or four months on crutches with about two to three months of physical therapy. So I guess you can say this was a positive experience as far as emergency rooms go.
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Kristin, How frightening that must've been for you. Fortunately, I haven't been to an ER in about three years and while I understand that wait times are relative to one's ailment or injury -- six or seven hours -- which is what I've waited -- seems ridiculous. It seems to me that your daughter bumping her head and the following unresponsiveness should've fallen into a much lower wait time or no wait time at all.
I'm glad to hear that your ER has taken measures to streamline the process.
On a positive note, when I broke my foot three years ago (the last time I was in an ER) I was admitted immediately. I didn't sit in the waiting room for one minute. Once I filled out the paperwork, I was scooped up in a wheelchair by an attendant and wheeled back to a doctor who, for working New Year's Eve had a great sense of humor. He was really wonderful and poked a little fun at me for my injury which was absolute clumsiness on my part. He was right on in determining what I was in for -- telling me I would definitely need surgery and about three or four months on crutches with about two to three months of physical therapy. So I guess you can say this was a positive experience as far as emergency rooms go.
January 2, 2009 - 6:53amThis Comment
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