BTW, we no longer have insurance but hubby practically cut this thumb off last night using his Leatherman tool at midnight, so off to the ER we go. Turns out the triage doctor was probably a libertarian, and the subject quickly turned to Obamacare, which he says will be an absolute disaster. We were there for 3-1/2 hours and had to share a 3-bed room when he finally got taken back for stitches. The people in the room with us included an infant with an ear infection, a 10-year-old with a mysterious rash, and a late 20s woman with a UTI. I’m not a doctor, but I did work in the medical field for almost 30 years, and IMO none of those situations constituted an ER visit at 1a.m. According to the ER doc, this is the future.
You were bunked with the wrong group for a laceration injury. Patients needing stitches should be kept well away from the infectious ones.
My personal favorites are the 2 am Emergency Vaginal Discharge, or the 2am Emergency STD check.
” IMO none of those situations constituted an ER visit at 1a.m”
That’s a bit harsh....if you have an infant in pain,,it’s not cool to let it ride until the next time the doctor’s office is open. Well, maybe for you it is. BTW - most patients can’t diagnose their own ear infections, or UTIs,,and rashes can turn into hives which can be life threatening. Hindsight is 20/20,,and btw,,your husbands thumb? I suspect that wasn’t life threatening either,,but you have no problem disparaging the other patients.
Those types of cases have been the future here for over 20 years.