ye like for real when i was diagnosed w smth that i’m not gonna say i got called back before i could even sit down bc it was so dangerous that my organs could’ve shut down and then some rando started screaming at me like bro calm down
4 years ago, I slipped and fell on a glass window, shattering it completely, thinking I was fine I stood up. Turns out, i cut my head open. drove to the hospital and still had to wait over 8 hours to get checked
Scary when the ER nurses apologize for taking the Car crash victim before you! Even though I was septic, I wasn’t in “danger of dying” in that moment. That came after I threw a 106+ degree fever and I got to use every ice machine in the hospital! Being sick sucks, but there are worse outcomes! Thank you to all the Life Savers out there! Nurses are truly my hero’s!
I have asthma and a ton of allergies, and those are the only reasons I've ever been to the ER. I've never waited for more than thirty minutes because my allergies are very severe and they typically cause me to have asthma attacks
When I was 10 I had a backwards dislocated and fractured elbow and I was stuck in the waiting room almost vomiting from all of the pain for around 3 hrs. Then, I know this is necessary but I had to walk myself over to a height and weight area and do those tests. And then when I finally got a room they gave me morphine and let me wait around another 2 hours before they brought in a doctor to reset my arm. But…the doctor couldn't reset it so, 1hr later a whole team of doctors came to reset my arm. Eventually it got fixed and we waited until my medicine wore off to get a sling and go home. The overall process went from around 6pm-11am
When I was 6, I was on the waiting list for a lung transplant for 2 years and there was a pair of lungs. First call came out to not be a good match so this was the 2nd time and we could go by car, as the doctor first had to fly 8 hours to go check those lungs. We came in to the ER and some people didn’t like it that a lil tired enthusiastic 6 yo was going before them, which is understandable if you don’t know the circumstances 😅 (I got the transplant the next morning btw)
Dude, when I was in grade 3, I tripped going upstairs stairs and I tripped smashed right into one of the steps split the top of my nose. My mum took me to the ER. I don’t know what happened. There was no one with worse things than everyone’s someone had a sore throat eight people in that waiting room that day someone has a sore throat. Someone has swollen toe. It was mildly swollen. I was gushing blood from my note from the top of my nose with gas in it, and there was one person that was just like me who’s in blood really bad the top of their fingers cut off and when they were checking me, and I heard what they said They were cutting vegetables. I heard what they said cause the waiting room was so quiet that’s how I heard what they said everyone else could go back except that person the little top of their finger missing and me with the gas in my head guess who got called back first Two rooms were available so we got called at the same time finally and then a kid walked in with a car talking to them, saying how they were still having to get the cast off, but I was holding a tissue to my head while it was stained red and I needed a new tissue to keep my blood in the school nurse even put blood before my mom was making my classroom my mom‘s teacher I’m not trying to make it sound like I’m up everyone. I’m just saying there was little burns sore throats and swollen toes and fingers that could last cause I could’ve just waited eight more hours and then fine. I’m not trying to sound cookie. I’m just trying. I was losing blood at a alarming rate and I was one of the lost people to get called back. If I kept losing more blood, I would’ve died. I drink diesel. Once an ambulance fell on concrete stairs, rushed by the hospital stairs, rushed by my mom to the hospital so for two of those things, I lived on the couch eating soft foods because I couldn’t eat other food without ended up, throwing it up because it tasted like diesel or and the incident with the stairs at my school. The concrete stairs was at home the wooden stairs incident, the top of my nose to my jaw it may I when I try to eat something hard it really hurt so I have to eat something things like beef noodles, Ramen, mashed potatoes, ice cream, chicken, and a good drink apple juice, chocolate milk, chocolate milk, so that was actually surprising when I got the chocolate milk
by the way, unconscious does have someone going before them the ones who are barely conscious but still have extreme injuries like a broken neck(like severed) and car crash unconscious maybe is the cause of shock and they fainted but a dangerous injury does not necessarily mean you are unconscious
One time my mother couldn’t hear cause her ears were internally bleeding or smth and she had to stay in the waiting room OVERNIGHT. She had to sit in a room hearing muffled sounds for 12 hours😢
Had an experience where I first started my seizures/convulsions and apparently I was in the middle of two-three in a row and instead of bringing me back they took in someone with a mild cough first, there was only two more people in that waiting room. Second time we went I was having a convulsion/seizure and they took me in right away and it was so much more busy that day. It really depends on the people at the desk, some of them do take them in by order which they shouldn’t, yet they still do
I remember going into an ER, explained my symptoms, my parents were behind me, I was like 16, I nearly fainted, my eyes were unfocused. They pulled me back immediately. Another time I went in with my mom, 'it hurts to breath', we still don't know what it was. I was labeled as a fall risk both times because both times I was dizzy. People looked so mad both times.
I’m an ED nurse. I think where people are getting it wrong is- Triage isn’t 100%. We look at face value things- vitals, symptoms, how you present (are you pale? Sweaty? Look like death?). And it’s CONSTANT flexibility. You might be alert and awake and come in for toe pain, and then pass out- guess what? You just got moved up 😂 (not the best example).
I remember I was rlly sick in december, and had to go to the ER because we couldnt get the fiever down. We get there and get to a room immediately. A tourist Was there with I think a broken leg, and was so pissed about not getting a room before me. I swear if I wasnt half way to heaven I wouldhave told the person to piss off.
Ive personally been to my local ER a whole bunch of time (both as patient and as company) and NEVER have i seen more than 4 occupied rooms, and basically never even seen the waiting room, its so empty im sure the shift change makes it look like a backrooms level… weird 😐
Sometimes it can be dangerous for a person if there's an understatement of the dangerousity, I heard a story about a girl who came to the ER for a fever and a shallow hand saying that she's been bitten by her cat and it's been a few hours that the her hand is hurtinf asf, they put her down the priorities and she keeps waiting, after a while she faints and when she wakes up, the doctors tell her she's been amputated of the hand to stop the infection from spreading.. this story freaked the shit outta me, now I'm trying to learn biology to be sure it doesn't happen to me 😂
Its never dying person versus a cold though. Its way too often all non life threatening symptoms so it becomes the war of how miserable are the miserable not gonna kill you symptoms. Seriously, its a sprained ankle against vomiting or cold vs migraine. Maybe in a big trauma hospital its different but most ERs you end up with so many people who belong at urgent care but cant afford the copays or insurance doesn't even cover urgent care.
The one time I was okay with waiting in the er I got called back before I could sit down. I had burns on my chest, and I'm 99% sure when I said "my chest hurts" it was an auto send. My chest hurts because my boobs have second degree burns, not because I'm in cardiac arrest, but I wasn't mad about it lol
The only time I've ever gone back to the desk in emergency was when my very stoic husband was in acute pain, vomiting, unable to pass urine or poop & I was worried he'd pass out every time he went to the toilet for a failed trip. He wasn't someone who would scream in pain or complain, & often understated his condition because he didn't want to be a bother.
That being said, I wasn't rude or demanding of the triage nurse, just anxious he be seen.
As it turned out his previously repaired iguinal hernia had burst (as we suspected), but it was more serious than prior. The herniation now included part of his bladder & a portion of his bowels. It was no wonder he couldn't void, was in severe pain & vomiting. Needless to say he was whisked up to a ward & surgery, and spent multiple days on the ward after.
Sometimes… only SOMETIMES, people are triaged incorrectly & that's part of the reason people die in emergency rooms, (as well as understaffing etc.) If possible, always have an advocate accompany you to emergency, but do make sure they aren't going to be aggressive or hostile. There is always someone worse off than you who needs assistance, so do bear that in mind, even if you're worried about your loved one.
One time I was in the er for (no joke) 12h with my dad
I got rushed to the ER bc of an allergic reaction (I looked like a pufferfish) and they still haven't told me what I'm arlegic to
ye like for real when i was diagnosed w smth that i’m not gonna say i got called back before i could even sit down bc it was so dangerous that my organs could’ve shut down and then some rando started screaming at me like bro calm down
Slightly graphic:
4 years ago, I slipped and fell on a glass window, shattering it completely, thinking I was fine I stood up. Turns out, i cut my head open. drove to the hospital and still had to wait over 8 hours to get checked
I literally had a disease and needed to wait five hours for some person who is just sick
Do you have a answer now?????
Scary when the ER nurses apologize for taking the Car crash victim before you! Even though I was septic, I wasn’t in “danger of dying” in that moment. That came after I threw a 106+ degree fever and I got to use every ice machine in the hospital! Being sick sucks, but there are worse outcomes! Thank you to all the Life Savers out there! Nurses are truly my hero’s!
'We care who is closest to dying' is crazy 😂😂
I have asthma and a ton of allergies, and those are the only reasons I've ever been to the ER. I've never waited for more than thirty minutes because my allergies are very severe and they typically cause me to have asthma attacks
How fast does difficulty breathing get you back there?
small tip guys! If you have a broken bone, just knock yourself out!
Is it normal to wait like 8 hours in a hospital waiting room
so you're telling people they're fine by wasting their time
Is it just me but i never wait
When I was 10 I had a backwards dislocated and fractured elbow and I was stuck in the waiting room almost vomiting from all of the pain for around 3 hrs. Then, I know this is necessary but I had to walk myself over to a height and weight area and do those tests. And then when I finally got a room they gave me morphine and let me wait around another 2 hours before they brought in a doctor to reset my arm. But…the doctor couldn't reset it so, 1hr later a whole team of doctors came to reset my arm. Eventually it got fixed and we waited until my medicine wore off to get a sling and go home. The overall process went from around 6pm-11am
When I was 6, I was on the waiting list for a lung transplant for 2 years and there was a pair of lungs. First call came out to not be a good match so this was the 2nd time and we could go by car, as the doctor first had to fly 8 hours to go check those lungs. We came in to the ER and some people didn’t like it that a lil tired enthusiastic 6 yo was going before them, which is understandable if you don’t know the circumstances 😅 (I got the transplant the next morning btw)
Dude, when I was in grade 3, I tripped going upstairs stairs and I tripped smashed right into one of the steps split the top of my nose. My mum took me to the ER. I don’t know what happened. There was no one with worse things than everyone’s someone had a sore throat eight people in that waiting room that day someone has a sore throat. Someone has swollen toe. It was mildly swollen. I was gushing blood from my note from the top of my nose with gas in it, and there was one person that was just like me who’s in blood really bad the top of their fingers cut off and when they were checking me, and I heard what they said They were cutting vegetables. I heard what they said cause the waiting room was so quiet that’s how I heard what they said everyone else could go back except that person the little top of their finger missing and me with the gas in my head guess who got called back first Two rooms were available so we got called at the same time finally and then a kid walked in with a car talking to them, saying how they were still having to get the cast off, but I was holding a tissue to my head while it was stained red and I needed a new tissue to keep my blood in the school nurse even put blood before my mom was making my classroom my mom‘s teacher I’m not trying to make it sound like I’m up everyone. I’m just saying there was little burns sore throats and swollen toes and fingers that could last cause I could’ve just waited eight more hours and then fine. I’m not trying to sound cookie. I’m just trying. I was losing blood at a alarming rate and I was one of the lost people to get called back. If I kept losing more blood, I would’ve died. I drink diesel. Once an ambulance fell on concrete stairs, rushed by the hospital stairs, rushed by my mom to the hospital so for two of those things, I lived on the couch eating soft foods because I couldn’t eat other food without ended up, throwing it up because it tasted like diesel or and the incident with the stairs at my school. The concrete stairs was at home the wooden stairs incident, the top of my nose to my jaw it may I
when I try to eat something hard it really hurt so I have to eat something things like beef noodles, Ramen, mashed potatoes, ice cream, chicken, and a good drink apple juice, chocolate milk, chocolate milk, so that was actually surprising when I got the chocolate milk
They left me 4 hours in the waiting room, half passed out on a chair after I got hit by a car… French ER I guess
yeah but what about open wounds? i had a giant wound on my elbow and a concussion but had to wait 3-4 hours cuz im in canada
I had acute appendicitis and had to wait for 8 hours a person wth a broken toe got called wayyy before me
Waited 12h one time .. my mom had enough after 6h so my 15yo self had to sit there another 6h alone with horrible Abdominal pain ._. yea wasnt great
by the way, unconscious does have someone going before them
the ones who are barely conscious but still have extreme injuries like a broken neck(like severed) and car crash
unconscious maybe is the cause of shock and they fainted
but a dangerous injury does not necessarily mean you are unconscious
I was waiting 2.5 hours with blood leaving my body…. They had no more gauze
I had pneumonia and sat in the ER for 4 hours.
My grandpa 18 hours in the ER in excruciating pain cause he cant pee before getting into a catheter and sadly died 5 days later due to kidney failure
What abt a horse bite
One time my mother couldn’t hear cause her ears were internally bleeding or smth and she had to stay in the waiting room OVERNIGHT. She had to sit in a room hearing muffled sounds for 12 hours😢
Had an experience where I first started my seizures/convulsions and apparently I was in the middle of two-three in a row and instead of bringing me back they took in someone with a mild cough first, there was only two more people in that waiting room. Second time we went I was having a convulsion/seizure and they took me in right away and it was so much more busy that day. It really depends on the people at the desk, some of them do take them in by order which they shouldn’t, yet they still do
Just a question do bleeding from the head because you split it open go after sprained ankle? (This happened to me)
Okay, but my cousin was pail white, and was throwing up, and it was like an hour
Love it how you teach them who are in dire need.
ITS CALLED NATURAL SELECTION!!!!!!😂😂
I remember going into an ER, explained my symptoms, my parents were behind me, I was like 16, I nearly fainted, my eyes were unfocused. They pulled me back immediately. Another time I went in with my mom, 'it hurts to breath', we still don't know what it was. I was labeled as a fall risk both times because both times I was dizzy. People looked so mad both times.
I’m an ED nurse. I think where people are getting it wrong is- Triage isn’t 100%. We look at face value things- vitals, symptoms, how you present (are you pale? Sweaty? Look like death?). And it’s CONSTANT flexibility. You might be alert and awake and come in for toe pain, and then pass out- guess what? You just got moved up 😂 (not the best example).
What if I was there for 7 FCKING HOURS
I remember I was rlly sick in december, and had to go to the ER because we couldnt get the fiever down. We get there and get to a room immediately. A tourist Was there with I think a broken leg, and was so pissed about not getting a room before me. I swear if I wasnt half way to heaven I wouldhave told the person to piss off.
If you can get mad about someone going into the er before you, chances are, youre fine.
Its not who arived first its about whos abt to arive at gods door first
I had to wait a few hours after throwing up blood
Ive personally been to my local ER a whole bunch of time (both as patient and as company) and NEVER have i seen more than 4 occupied rooms, and basically never even seen the waiting room, its so empty im sure the shift change makes it look like a backrooms level… weird 😐
Sometimes it can be dangerous for a person if there's an understatement of the dangerousity, I heard a story about a girl who came to the ER for a fever and a shallow hand saying that she's been bitten by her cat and it's been a few hours that the her hand is hurtinf asf, they put her down the priorities and she keeps waiting, after a while she faints and when she wakes up, the doctors tell her she's been amputated of the hand to stop the infection from spreading.. this story freaked the shit outta me, now I'm trying to learn biology to be sure it doesn't happen to me 😂
Its never dying person versus a cold though. Its way too often all non life threatening symptoms so it becomes the war of how miserable are the miserable not gonna kill you symptoms. Seriously, its a sprained ankle against vomiting or cold vs migraine. Maybe in a big trauma hospital its different but most ERs you end up with so many people who belong at urgent care but cant afford the copays or insurance doesn't even cover urgent care.
The one time I was okay with waiting in the er I got called back before I could sit down. I had burns on my chest, and I'm 99% sure when I said "my chest hurts" it was an auto send. My chest hurts because my boobs have second degree burns, not because I'm in cardiac arrest, but I wasn't mad about it lol
Supercell should give kenji some love and give him infinite range and damage
Went in for an attempt to unavlive myself and went in first 😋
The only time I've ever gone back to the desk in emergency was when my very stoic husband was in acute pain, vomiting, unable to pass urine or poop & I was worried he'd pass out every time he went to the toilet for a failed trip. He wasn't someone who would scream in pain or complain, & often understated his condition because he didn't want to be a bother.
That being said, I wasn't rude or demanding of the triage nurse, just anxious he be seen.
As it turned out his previously repaired iguinal hernia had burst (as we suspected), but it was more serious than prior. The herniation now included part of his bladder & a portion of his bowels. It was no wonder he couldn't void, was in severe pain & vomiting. Needless to say he was whisked up to a ward & surgery, and spent multiple days on the ward after.
Sometimes… only SOMETIMES, people are triaged incorrectly & that's part of the reason people die in emergency rooms, (as well as understaffing etc.) If possible, always have an advocate accompany you to emergency, but do make sure they aren't going to be aggressive or hostile. There is always someone worse off than you who needs assistance, so do bear that in mind, even if you're worried about your loved one.
Love the mug! ☕