Patients who check into a hospital s emergency room er often experience long wait times.
Emergency room waiting area.
The estimated waiting time to see a physician in emergency is approximate and is for informational purposes only.
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Estimated wait times are updated every 2 minutes see the disclaimer.
This area will have dedicated em physicians along with em nursing staff looking after the patients.
All priority i patients are managed here.
A patient maybe shifted to the resus area from outside or from an area within the hospital or emergency department itself.
All priority ii patients are managed here.
These wait times are mainly due to the triage process that s required for hospital admission patient boarding waiting for a bed shortage of medical staff and sometimes an abnormally high number of patients from local accidents or disasters.
Many emergency room patients however can physically afford to wait for some period of time rather than booking an appointment.
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Major trauma medical area.