I am posting this to see how fast or slow the ER doctors are to see my son.

 

Back story: my son was walking up the sidewalk of his girlfriends apt when he was hit in the head by a landscape rock, about a foot in length. A 8 year old girl threw it off the 3rd floor balcony and the rock nailed him in the head.

 

The rock broke in half as it hit his head which is actually a good thing if you know physics. Good news is he didn't pass out and no stitches will be needed. But he has an enormous bump on his head and a pretty good headache. Don't know about concusion yet because they haven't seen him in the ER yet.

 

We got here at 10:10 and am curious how long it will take until they finally see him.

 

I am writing this due to personal experience at the ER my last time. I had kidney stones and waited to be seen for over 3 hours before a nurse cAme out and said it would be a couple more hours before they had a room available. I left and passed the stones at home.

Hope your son is okay...

 

Which ER?

Tell him to fall over onto the floor, I'm sure they would get him back right away.

 

Seriously, hope he is ok.

The only good experience with ER is only if you take an ambulance there, and usually that means you are pretty messed up. I hate the ER with a passion mostly because of the people who use it as a regular doctors office.

So true Loogy. We've been here 45 mins so far and still waiting.

So true Loogy. We've been here 45 mins so far and still waiting.

 

Just glad it's not the weekend.

So true Loogy. We've been here 45 mins so far and still waiting.

 

Hopefully your son isn't too bad.

Hellbird, I have a lot of experience and normally the ER is pretty decent at moving the traffic through the system. It is normally a function of how many patients roll in at a given time and how urgent each patient needs attention. Just look around the waiting room and do some simple math.

Hellbird, I have a lot of experience and normally the ER is pretty decent at moving the traffic through the system. It is normally a function of how many patients roll in at a given time and how urgent each patient needs attention. Just look around the waiting room and do some simple math.

 

The simple math is, since we've been here only 2 patients have been called back in an hour and there are 6 patients left including my son so it could be anywhere from another hour to 3 more hours.

1: Symptoms of stroke, heart attack or accident where you are bleeding out or have symptoms of brain injury, go to a trauma center ER.

2: If you need stitches, have the flu, kidney stone or other medical concerns, go to a walk-in clinic (9: am to 5: pm.) Service will be faster going to the walk-in than the ER.

3: If the condition could be life threatening, ALWAYS make sure it is a trauma center.

Well a new patient that just came in was told it would be 3 hours which really means at least 4.

 

Ever since they switched to St E's it's been horrible.

I hope everything is OK with your son. Working for an insurance company I see consistent flow of claims that come thru for non-emergent visits. If the ER was used the right way by all the waits wouldn't be nearly as long. Most plans can deny your services if they deem them non-emergent so know your policy and avoid the ER if you can hit the urgent care or walk in clinic.

Your son could tell them he is nauseous, dizzy, has a severe headache and unequal pupils. Maybe their plan is to wait for symptoms to occur before they see him. Then they can tell you to take him home, watch him and make sure he wakes up every hour. Sorry.

Sorry to hear about your son. How may beds in the ER? Did they order a CT? They can go ahead and do that, and have the results before the doctor sees him.

 

The knot is obviously a good sign. Is he acting normal? Nauseous? Complaining of dizziness?

He just got in after about 2 hour wait. He is getting sent back for cat scan.