• terranoid@lemmy.cafe
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    6 days ago

    how do people not understand triage? The longer you wait, the less of an emergency it is.

    If your experience with ER is waiting for longer than an hour, then you went to the Emergency Room without an Emergency.

    • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com
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      6 days ago

      Though I totally agree that triage is important, you can absolutely be left waiting for more than an hour with an emergency. It’s just not as pressing of an emergency as other people. There’s plenty that an urgent care can’t do for you that requires an ER but that is not life threatening within the next few hours.