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Originally posted by VINMAN
I ended up in the ER last week with my head split open and blood pouring out. Being that I had my turnout gear on(I'm a firefighter). I figured that i'd get quick attention. I sat there for 45 min before a triage nurse even looked at me. another hour until i actually went into the treatment area, and 2 hours before I was finnally attended to. I must have used up a whole box of guaze sponges to soak up all the blood. Which I had to get myself.
A *****load of staples in my head and 5 hours later I finally left.
I was at the point where I was going to go to a different hospital. the ER really wasnt that crowded, except for the mass of Mexicans in there getting "treatment" for relatively minor ailments.
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Sorry to hear that. It would not have happened that way where I worked in New York. Firefighters and police officers to the front of the line unless that meant delaying treatment of a true emergency.