What you described isn’t an ER, it’s called another thing that I can’t recall in english sorry.
I’m Spanish and we have one of the best healthcare systems in Europe even though other Spaniards complain. Here you call and can see your family doctor in 1-2 days where they see a patient every 15 mins non-stop almost, or go to a small ER-like thing where they only do triage work. They are almost nonstop in triage too, think McKay on The Pitt.
If you need to go to the ER though, Urgencias here, there will be multiple doctors ready to take care of whatever is happening to you. Last time I went with my mom, we were in a room called a Box where the doctor came about every 30 mins to review the case or present results. Idk what they were doing out of the room but they looked busy.
Also, for context, Whittaker (the dude that gets the drug skilled), Santos (the woman that’s the bully kinda type in the first chapters) and Javadi (the youngest girl that gets sent to triage after fainting) are student doctors who still haven’t finished their degree, they are doing internship. Those are usually more free than others because they mostly need to shadow actual doctors.
Also the reason there’s so many people waiting is because most patients that aren’t in need of urgent care should be sent upstairs, where more nurses would take care of them; it’s not that the ER doesn’t have the manpower, it’s that they don’t have the room. The show does explain that but maybe not fast enough for you, idk.
Aaanyway, sorry if I’m being overly verbose, I really don’t feel like working RN :)










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