In the US, emergency departments receive about 139 million patient visits each year. With that many patients, it’s no wonder that only 40% of them get seen by a doctor in less than 15 minutes. Indeed, most ED patients wait for hours before they get discharged. The average ED visit-to-discharge time is 2.25 hours. Patients with broken bones also wait for almost an hour just to receive pain medication. Now that you have a possible bone fracture yourself, you may […]
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