http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/prepare-to-wait-if-you-go-to-er-with.html medical blog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:56:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/prepare-to-wait-if-you-go-to-er-with.html/comment-page-1#comment-88839 Throckmorton Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:36:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/prepare-to-wait-if-you-go-to-the-er-with-back-pain-dizziness-or-constipation.html#comment-88839 I think part of the reason that they wait is that they are in the Emergency Departmnet and not in the non Emergency Department. I love how patients who have the minimalist of complaints complain of the wait because those with acute MIs, those that need intubation and those that are dying go first. I guess that they dont believe in triage and just want us to go with the order that they came in. "Now serving number>" I think part of the reason that they wait is that they are in the Emergency Departmnet and not in the non Emergency Department. I love how patients who have the minimalist of complaints complain of the wait because those with acute MIs, those that need intubation and those that are dying go first. I guess that they dont believe in triage and just want us to go with the order that they came in. "Now serving number>"

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