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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Was told from a nurse friend that you can pretty much disregard the posted wait times as something is causing them to be critically wrong.
Lots of people going in thinking a couple hours and leaving 15-20 hours later. Best of luck with whatever your kid is going through. This must be hell on parents.
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The wait times from what I've experienced are an average time to first see a doctor, not the amount of time you'll be at the ER. Of course the busier it is, the more patients the staff are dealing with, and the longer it takes to be assessed, treated and released.
I took my 2yo daughter in earlier this week. The wait time was showing a 2.5 hour wait at about 5pm. We got put on higher priority so ended up seeing the doctor around 2 hours after arriving. Factoring in all the tests, imaging, waiting for results, etc, we didn't leave until close to 1am. I think we were sadly very fortunate with that timing.