Passing time and advice in A&E

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At about three I had a bad fall. Wrist certainly broken; query vertebrae as have osteoporosis. Hoping not.

Waited nearly two hours for the ambulance in the rain and passers by were very helpful. wrist excruciating - had morphine in the ambulance. Very little communication, no Xray yet and haven't seen anyone else. Think I have been shunted into minor injuries. So many people seem to have been seen and have left.

I appreciate they are busy but it seems shambolic - the constant stream of high volume quiz shows doesn't help.

@Wineandroses3

You’re not in a Liverpool hospital by any chance are you? My relative was admitted a fortnight ago via ambulance to a & e and it was absolutely totally and utterly horrendous, he waited that long he discharged himself and then collapsed in taxi. Don’t think it helped that in whole time he was there he didn’t get so much as a glass of water and was very dehydrated and not able to help himself or communicate very well. It was horrific

My elderly neighbour fell recently and went to Aintree Hospital. Arrived late afternoon, was triaged, scanned after a wait then returned to waiting room and waited... and waited... and waited. This was a very elderly lady with other health conditions, bleeding longer than normal due to anticoagulants, missing her medication as she had not expected to be there so long. Eventually sent home around 5am and now waiting for other departments to ring regarding follow up appointments over a week later. She is of that stoic generation that never complains but it worries me if frail, vulnerable people are left this long

@IvorHughJarrs yes, yes exactly like DM! Of a generation that has nothing but utmost respect for doctors and nurses and loathes being a bother. She would also sit for hours without a drink a) not to be a bother b) in case that meant she needed wee the meant being a bother