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Topic	I've been waiting for 4 hours to get admitted to a room at the hospital.
crazygamer21 05/20/18 1:18:40 PM #27:	I was able to get a few hours of sleep. First I've slept since Thursday night. I'm not sure how long they're gonna keep me here this time. I'm hoping I can be sent home by later tonight, but it likely won't be until tomorrow. Mango Sauce posted... yeah last time I went to an ER it was for a panic attack, I wasn't really experienced with them and I thought I was gonna die and everything. My only option was to ride that shit out in the waiting room. Thanks a lot, the ativan you gave me would have been really helpful an hour earlier. Panic attacks are a bitch. I'm pretty sure this hospital has a separate psychiatric emergency area that doesn't seem to get too many people there. I've never really seen anyone come in for a panic attack here. Doom_Art posted... Only been to the ER twice in my life knock on wood Got bitten by a dog in fifth grade and it drew blood. Had to get the doctor to look at it and get some shots. I got bit around 5 or 6PM. I was home and in bed around when South Park came on the Comedy Network. So around midnight I think I got bitten by a dog around the same age before too. My mom was able to get me an appointment with my pediatrician that same day since it happened in the morning while I was waiting for the bus. A neighbor a few houses over would let their dog out of the house in the morning without a leash or supervision to go take a shit in other people's yards. The dog was pretty aggressive and I was alone at the bus stop that morning. He ran right up to me and I stuck my hand out and got bit. Got a rabies shot at the doctor, and I never saw the dog again lol. DrizztLink posted... Last time I went to the ER, I sat down to get my vitals, then got moved to a wheelchair and taken back. 10 minutes or so. Tip: if you vomit bloody bile they bump you up the list really fast Vomiting blood? That's certainly not good. What was wrong? Hope you've been doing alright. dawiseone4 posted... emt here you can blame everyone and their mother calling 911 for ambulance transports to the ER because they think they'll get admitted faster. nope. if you're stable and can walk we're sending you to waiting room and now you got an ambulance bill as well. only maybe 15% of our calls are actually critical and require advanced life support intervention. worst part is if the patient isn't ambulatory or unable to sit in the waiting room we have to sit with the patient on our gurney until they get a bed in the ER. longest i've waited with a patient while holding the wall was 8 hours. i got paid for it, sure, but damn is it frustrating. I feel like in general, there are a lot of people that are clogging up the ER system for stuff they should just be going to their doctor for. Last time I came the guy next to me in the waiting room was there for a mild stomach ache, he wound up walking out after a few hours anyway. It's weird people think they're going to get quicker treatment if they call an ambulance. I wonder what gives them that idea. I've been in so much pain that I'm mostly unable to walk and still just have someone drive me to the ER. Maybe they just don't have anyone that can take them? --- https://rateyourmusic.com/~peekingpanda <cite>crazygamer21 posted [p:901679251] in I've been ... [t:76625880]...</cite> <quote>I was able to get a few hours of sleep. First I've slept since Thursday night. I'm not sure how long they're gonna keep me here this time. I'm hoping I can be sent home by later tonight, but it likely won't be until tomorrow. <cite>Mango Sauce posted...</cite> <quote>yeah last time I went to an ER it was for a panic attack, I wasn't really experienced with them and I thought I was gonna die and everything. My only option was to ride that shit out in the waiting room. Thanks a lot, the ativan you gave me would have been really helpful an hour earlier.</quote> Panic attacks are a bitch. I'm pretty sure this hospital has a separate psychiatric emergency area that doesn't seem to get too many people there. I've never really seen anyone come in for a panic attack here. <cite>Doom_Art posted...</cite> <quote>Only been to the ER twice in my life knock on wood Got bitten by a dog in fifth grade and it drew blood. Had to get the doctor to look at it and get some shots. I got bit around 5 or 6PM. I was home and in bed around when South Park came on the Comedy Network. So around midnight I think</quote> I got bitten by a dog around the same age before too. My mom was able to get me an appointment with my pediatrician that same day since it happened in the morning while I was waiting for the bus. A neighbor a few houses over would let their dog out of the house in the morning without a leash or supervision to go take a shit in other people's yards. The dog was pretty aggressive and I was alone at the bus stop that morning. He ran right up to me and I stuck my hand out and got bit. Got a rabies shot at the doctor, and I never saw the dog again lol. <cite>DrizztLink posted...</cite> <quote>Last time I went to the ER, I sat down to get my vitals, then got moved to a wheelchair and taken back. 10 minutes or so. Tip: if you vomit bloody bile they bump you up the list really fast</quote> Vomiting blood? That's certainly not good. What was wrong? Hope you've been doing alright. <cite>dawiseone4 posted...</cite> <quote>emt here you can blame everyone and their mother calling 911 for ambulance transports to the ER because they think they'll get admitted faster. nope. if you're stable and can walk we're sending you to waiting room and now you got an ambulance bill as well. only maybe 15% of our calls are actually critical and require advanced life support intervention. worst part is if the patient isn't ambulatory or unable to sit in the waiting room we have to sit with the patient on our gurney until they get a bed in the ER. longest i've waited with a patient while holding the wall was 8 hours. i got paid for it, sure, but damn is it frustrating.</quote> I feel like in general, there are a lot of people that are clogging up the ER system for stuff they should just be going to their doctor for. Last time I came the guy next to me in the waiting room was there for a mild stomach ache, he wound up walking out after a few hours anyway. It's weird people think they're going to get quicker treatment if they call an ambulance. I wonder what gives them that idea. I've been in so much pain that I'm mostly unable to walk and still just have someone drive me to the ER. Maybe they just don't have anyone that can take them? --- https://rateyourmusic.com/~peekingpanda</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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