Man in US Complains About Waiting 15 minutes in ER; Meanwhile Patient in 3rd World Country Limps 11 Miles, Waits 4 hours, and is Grateful for Tylenol

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Man in US Complains About Waiting 15 minutes in ER; Meanwhile Patient in 3rd World Country Limps 11 Miles, Waits 4 hours, and is Grateful for Tylenol

DENVER, CO – 46 year old Marcus Stillbee is furious after waiting for 15 minutes to be seen at the local Quicky Care Medical Center in Denver yesterday.  Mr. Stillbee injured his ankle during an intense game of flag football in an over 40-year-old intramural club team.
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Waiting Room Questionnaires: Actually Giant Distraction

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Waiting Room Questionnaires: Actually Giant Distraction

Philadelphia, PA – Doctor’s offices around the country use questionnaires and multiple intake-sheets in their offices. Sometimes filling out these forms can take upwards of 40 minutes. A typical waiting room in the US will have 10 people with clipboards filling out forms.
Please fill out your add…

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Tired of Waiting, Patient Develops ‘Chest Pain’ in ER

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Tired of Waiting, Patient Develops ‘Chest Pain’ in ER

Chest Pain Waiting to Happen

ARLINGTON, VA – 32 year old patient George Hightower rolled his ankle playing basketball this Saturday afternoon.  He went to the ER only after much persuasion from friends to make sure it wasn’t broken.  Sitting in the waiting room he noticed people arriving after him were being seen. Watching dozens of old men “cut in line”, he complained to the receptionist that he’s been waiting for over three hours.

Ms. Nelson informed him that there was a priority list for patients with chest pain. Moments later George had an idea and upgraded his chief complaint to ‘crushing substernal chest pain’.  “I heard a few docs use the term substernal chest pain when they went to see patients, so I thought that must be a good term to use,” said Hightower.  He then added “feels like an elephant sitting on me” for bonus points.

Mr. Hightower was immediately fast tracked and seen by an emergency medicine physician. When visiting with the EM physician, Mr. Hightower claimed to have recovered from his chest pain and wanted to focus more on his foot.  X-ray was negative and he was discharged home.

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