ER

[annuin]

Unless you're bleeding profusely, or look sufficiently horrible, I suggest avoiding the ER. Especially with things that are going to get classed low priority on the triage ranklist.

Otherwise you too might spend a good 5 hours waiting, like we did. At least there's an Au Bon Pain in the hospital.

Upside, when we FINALLY got the x-ray, it at least verified that nothing was broken. They gave him a pair of crutches so he's more mobile with less pain, and a phone number for the Orthopedics department if it doesn't feel any better in a week to ten days, and then we were on our merry way.

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[sublimecontessa.livejournal.com]

Even if you're bleeding profusely and all that, you still have to wait at least 3 hours. I remember sitting in the waiting room with my chin split open. It was big enough to be a second mouth. They only took me in once I'd blacked out. -.-