How bad shape do you have to be, in order for hospital to think it's real emergency?
Yesterday I had to make a trip to HOMS and we sat through over 5 hours for my wife to go in to go in to emergency room. I know everyone is different and even smallest thing seems larger than life for loved one, but as I hang around near emergency room for more then 10 hours, I noticed people are in bad shape and others seems normal(walked in and out in 2 hours). As it got more crowed it has gotten worse and worse. There was a little kid almost passed out clinging on to his father barely and father finally gave up to be called and screamed and ran in and there was a kid who seems normal but threw up once and were sent in to emergency room immediately and walked out in less then couple of hours.
My wife was in bad shape as well, pale, temp at 104 degree and going over, vomited couple of times at home and almost another time in waiting room. I think just as she was passing out she got into the emergency room as she doesn't remember many of the things before and after she was wheeled in. She hanged in there like a champ and now she said she is little better since she is home now.
If someone knows if there a way to speed things up, please let me know. And please tell me there's some kind of secrete emergency room for those that are seriously hurt, like a car or other critical accidents. This would make me feel a lot better.
And another one.
What is the deal with absolutely no kids in emergency room? So if I don't have anybody that is close enough to leave my kid, I have no choice but to wait outside? As long as the person who is being treated is ok, I don't think it's really a necessary. I don't want to call up people to leave their work/home/what ever for non critical matter. (Does US have same rule?) I don't remember as I am dead tired.
Yesterday I had to make a trip to HOMS and we sat through over 5 hours for my wife to go in to go in to emergency room. I know everyone is different and even smallest thing seems larger than life for loved one, but as I hang around near emergency room for more then 10 hours, I noticed people are in bad shape and others seems normal(walked in and out in 2 hours). As it got more crowed it has gotten worse and worse. There was a little kid almost passed out clinging on to his father barely and father finally gave up to be called and screamed and ran in and there was a kid who seems normal but threw up once and were sent in to emergency room immediately and walked out in less then couple of hours.
My wife was in bad shape as well, pale, temp at 104 degree and going over, vomited couple of times at home and almost another time in waiting room. I think just as she was passing out she got into the emergency room as she doesn't remember many of the things before and after she was wheeled in. She hanged in there like a champ and now she said she is little better since she is home now.
If someone knows if there a way to speed things up, please let me know. And please tell me there's some kind of secrete emergency room for those that are seriously hurt, like a car or other critical accidents. This would make me feel a lot better.
And another one.
What is the deal with absolutely no kids in emergency room? So if I don't have anybody that is close enough to leave my kid, I have no choice but to wait outside? As long as the person who is being treated is ok, I don't think it's really a necessary. I don't want to call up people to leave their work/home/what ever for non critical matter. (Does US have same rule?) I don't remember as I am dead tired.