I got to pass the line once when we couldn't stop the bleeding from my forehead and another time when my finger was shattered and wouldn't stop bleeding. Both times I got evil looks from the rest if the waiting room.
Triage is the process of sorting patients into three categories:
- Those who are likely to live, regardless of treatment.
- Those who are likely to die, regardless of treatment.
- Those who's fate may likely be determined by immediate action.
Those in the third category are treated first.
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So if you're in war or a disaster scenario, and you're not the one rushed to treatment, you may have just been left to die.
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I've had Kaiser since I was 7. My pediatrician was not attending to bleeding head wounds in the ER while my parents and I waited in the waiting room, then in the private room for an hour every. single. visit. She was filling out bureaucratic paperwork and/or with another patient because she was overbooked in order for the hospital to make as much money as possible.
The doctor seeing you for your appointment is not working the ER that shift!
- Those who are likely to live, regardless of treatment.
- Those who are likely to die, regardless of treatment.
- Those who's fate may likely be determined by immediate action.
Those in the third category are treated first.
.
So if you're in war or a disaster scenario, and you're not the one rushed to treatment, you may have just been left to die.
.
This optimistic fact brought to you by FunStats.
The doctor seeing you for your appointment is not working the ER that shift!