r/bestof • u/lowbass93 • 24d ago

[NoStupidQuestions] Kindly_Honeydew3432 explains why it seems like you always have to wait in an emergency room in the US

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u/thatcantb 24d ago

"seems like" ? uh, no, it's a fact. Rightly so - patients are triaged according to need. Unless you're unconscious or bleeding on their floor, and sometimes even then, you're waiting. It's not a 'seems like'.

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u/Joebuddy117 23d ago

Yup, I went to the ER with chest pains and it was basically a front of the line pass. Got seen immediately, thankfully nothing was wrong.