they took their time about getting things together, and so it wasn't until about 4am
I think that's why. Obviously, I don't actually know.
Certainly, there's a very persistent rumor up here in Boston that if you drive yourself to the ER, you automatically hit the bottom rung of the priority list. Because if it wasn't that bad, you wouldn't have driven yourself in.
Naturally, this fails spectacularly -- there are cases of men driving themselves to the hospital complaining of chest pain (with a history of cardiac disease in their family, no less)... and the "frequent fliers" who know that they need to call an ambulance to get the attention they want.
Still, if your tongue is swelling up enough that it's getting hard to talk, I'm surprised that they didn't immediately nail you with epi and benadryl. (The reason I'm surprised is that the only time I've ever seen an experienced medic hustle is with an anaphylaxic patient.) But then, my medical knowledge fits quite snugly into a very, very tiny box, so there may be a very good reason I'm surprised -- like, say, total ignorance. :)
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they took their time about getting things together, and so it wasn't until about 4am
I think that's why. Obviously, I don't actually know.
Certainly, there's a very persistent rumor up here in Boston that if you drive yourself to the ER, you automatically hit the bottom rung of the priority list. Because if it wasn't that bad, you wouldn't have driven yourself in.
Naturally, this fails spectacularly -- there are cases of men driving themselves to the hospital complaining of chest pain (with a history of cardiac disease in their family, no less)... and the "frequent fliers" who know that they need to call an ambulance to get the attention they want.
Still, if your tongue is swelling up enough that it's getting hard to talk, I'm surprised that they didn't immediately nail you with epi and benadryl. (The reason I'm surprised is that the only time I've ever seen an experienced medic hustle is with an anaphylaxic patient.) But then, my medical knowledge fits quite snugly into a very, very tiny box, so there may be a very good reason I'm surprised -- like, say, total ignorance. :)
Glad to hear you're okay. :)