https://health.sunnybrook.ca/get-treated-first-hospital-emergency-department/ Stories and expert health tips from Sunnybrook Mon, 28 Oct 2019 18:39:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://health.sunnybrook.ca/get-treated-first-hospital-emergency-department/#comment-412 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 23:09:00 +0000 http://health.sunnybrook.ca/?p=4956#comment-412 Over 30 years, in Ontario I have accompanied my children, wife,and friends during trips to several emergency rooms. Maybe 20 visits including a potential heart attack, a real broken hip and an arterial bleeding situation. Three were in an ambulance. Never once was anyone treated within 2 hours. My wife’s broken hip had a wait of about 3 hours without pain medication while she, I, and 2 emergency ambulance paramedics waited in a hallway. Guidelines are nothing if they are not met.

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