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This 3 page paper explains that many people complain about long waits in emergency rooms around the nation. It goes on to provide statistics to prove that there is a problem. Solutions are provided. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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work. This is a real life example the student might have chosen to illustrate why the issue is important. In this example, the process of registration goes well at first
as the woman only has to provide information about the place of business so that the workers compensation claim would be filed. Yet, the wait for a physician is long.
While the woman arrives at the hospital about eleven oclock at night, she ends up with the diagnosis of a broken toe about 5 oclock the next morning. She returns
home after having her toe nail pierced and drained and foot bandaged. She wears a special, disposable open toed shoe that is smaller than her normal size because the hospital
only has two sizes: very small, and large. Because they do not carry her size, she goes home without the correct fitting and must first make an appointment with an
orthopedic doctor. Such an example is typical. The broken toe required triage, a nurses cursory examination, a physicians exanimation, X-Rays, bandaging, and the dispensing of pain medication, but the process
took about six hours. The problem here is that the woman was unconformable and in pain for much of the time. The trip was worthwhile because in the end, she
did receive her diagnosis of a broken toe, the matter was handled appropriately through the system, and some of the pain was reduced, but she had been up all night
as a result. Many people complain that emergency rooms are fraught with problems. A recent study revels that 90% of the nations emergency rooms are overcrowded ("Research and Markets:
2010 Healthcare Benchmarks: Emergency Room Throughput," 2010). There are long waiting times no matter what time of the night one goes. People are discouraged from going to the ER unless
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