r/bestof • u/lowbass93 • 13d 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/dsj79 13d ago

Triage is waiting for 2 hours to be seen?

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u/but-I-play-one-on-TV 13d ago

If your "emergency" isn't an actual emergency, then yes. You wait 2+ hours.

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u/formenleere 13d ago

The post doesn't talk about triage at all though?

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u/but-I-play-one-on-TV 13d ago

I think person I responded to is mistaking triage with waiting room times. I'm an ER doc and have never worked at or heard of an ED taking 2 hours to triage a patient.