Opinion: ER Boarding Is A ‘National Crisis’ That Needs A Solution : Shots – Health News : NPR
ER Boarding Is A ‘National Crisis’ That Needs A Solution : Shots – Health News : NPR
On a good day in the emergency room where we work, patients who need to be admitted to the hospital might expect to wait four or five hours, including evaluation and treatment, before they are sent upstairs to a ready bed.
On a bad day, ER patients might wait two or three times as long, and sometimes much longer.