Exactly. Pain in the arm like that is often a sign of a heart attack. Weakness in an arm is often the sign of a stroke. ER staff are highly trained to triage issues. They get the order right more often than not. Imagine if that old lady was having a heart attack and died because they let someone who needed some stitches go in first. Can you say lawsuit?
People always demand immediate service, but maybe, just MAYBE that older womans arm was a bigger issue than yours and since you're not a doctor, you don't recognize the signs. So just shut up and wait your turn, princess
I always explain it to people this way, if you're sitting in the er waiting area you're a low risk of dying. I've been on both ends of the spectrum, so sick I didn't even make it in the front doors of the er before getting taken back (a nurse on her break out front seen me crawling towards the door) and I've waited one hour to be seen.
You wouldn't believe how many people in the er self-diagnose their problems as a higher priority than everyone else.
We get it. Nobody likes waiting. Believe it or not, trained professionals are running the show. That's why you're here, right?
I get that the old lady coulda been at risk for a heart attack or a stroke, but if you read through, he didn't just need stitches. A head wound, bleeding, going in and out of consciousness is also pretty serious. Could be having a brain haemorrhage or something equally severe.
That's not what he said, though he IS pretty bad at describing what happened. 2 meters is head height, so he fell down and bumped his head. Open head wound? Show me the picture. The scalp bleeds like crazy and almost always looks way worse at a glance than it truly is.
And that's assuming he's not blowing things out of proportion, which is highly likely given that he's on the internet and in a bitching mood.
We get it. Nobody likes waiting. Believe it or not, trained professionals are running the show. That's why you're here, right?
And that's assuming he's not blowing things out of proportion, which is highly likely given that he's on the internet and in a bitching mood.