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This is why I won't go to the ER unless I am really dying, gee, by then It might be too late.?

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OK, has anyone out there been treated like crap in an Emergency room? I have. I overheard a nurse say "let's fast track her" once. Why, well I suppose it was because I visited their little ER room too many times in too short a time. I was never once rude, didn't want drugs, just some damn answers. I get refered to my familly Dr. who can only do so much, she refers me to an ortho. I get in to see him after 6 weeks. I suppose something is better than nothing. Doctor's and Nurses, If you are burned out in your profession please do something else until you remember why you chose it in the first place. Sorry, I don't feel so hot right now.

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in part i must take their side. but then i have worked with several ER staffs as an EMT-B and i must say there are a few that are very rude. the ER room is for exactly that EMERGENCIES if what you want is advice I would not recommend the ER room. Instead go to www.webmd.com or another site like that.

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if you can't get answers from you doctor or orthopedist, what makes you think the ER will have answers for you?
That depends if it is an EMERGENCY or not. Your EMERGENCY might not be one to the medical field. Too often our EMERGENCY sytem is abused by people who think they are having an EMRERGENCY when in fact they have a boo-boo or just the common cold. You would be suprised at what ER's see that are supposed to be EMERGENCIES. Education is the only way to fix this and it is probably not going to happen in our country anytime soon. But yes some ER professionals need to think about why they are in this line of work in the first place.
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You are put into fast track according to the severity of your injury or illness. If its not life threatening and can be taken care of rather quickly and easily this is where you go. Its not b/c you have visited the ER too many times. But you have to realize that working in an ER is very stressful work. And that sometimes the compilation of all that stress can come off as being rude. Not that it is intentional.
Worked in the EMS Field for 3 years. I know alot about the ER
YOU ARE EITHER A NARCOTIC ADDICT OR YOU HAVE ANXIETY ISSUES .. I AM LEANING TOWARDS YOU BEING A HIDDEN DRUG ADDICT .. WHY, LIE ABOUT IT ? YOU NEED TO GET HELP CAUSE FREQUENT TRIPS TO THERE ER , DOES MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT , IF YOU ARE NOT A ADDICT!