A very busy hospital and a busier er can combine as they did for me into a five hour wait without being able to talk to a medical doctor.
Busy er waiting room.
Someone mentions a multicar crash on the highway.
The average er wait time in the united states is about 40 minutes.
Inside the waiting room is packed.
Triage as an emergency room system has widely proved effective as a way of prioritizing care however inconvenient or unfair it may seem to those waiting.
Waiting room patients can be rotated to an assessment stretcher and should be periodically reassessed.
However if you need to visit one of our three local emergency rooms this site will show you the current wait times at each location see below.
At the er entrance emts are wheeling in patients on oxygen.
Have you ever rushed to the emergency room then waited and waited.
May 30 2020 at 7 30 am edt.
Emergency room wait times.
Istock by erin blakemore.
You should always dial 911 in an emergency.
Please consider these wait times drive times and the severity of your concern when deciding where to go for care and.
On busy days emergency room triage is one of the leading causes of long emergency room wait times.