The ER crisis up close:
We asked the doctor how to avoid spending a day in the ER just to get antibiotics. She explained that had I arrived in an ambulance, I would have received immediate treatment; ambulances were handled immediately. After 10 hours at the hospital, I left with a prescription and a first-class education in the ER crisis. Trust me, it is real.
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I can assure you, if he had come in by ambulance, and was not appreciably sicker than those in the waiting room, he would have been triaged straight to the waiting room.
Too many people call the ambulance for just that reason – to be seen quicker. A majority of them are not sick enough to need emergency care of any kind.
The EMS system is in crisis right along with the ERs.
Maybe market forces should determine care in the ER. First onw to the counter with a 1,000$ bill gets seen first.
In Louisiana, it is quite common for people to spend days in the ER.
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