My husband arrived at the ED with altered mental status and loss of strength. Was triaged at the TVRH ED and waited in the ED for 5 hrs. After waiting 4 hours and noting my husband condition was declining, I went to the triage nurse as people who has spent the evening texting on their cell phones were taken before him. After about an hour, he was finally taken back. They did a CT scan, found he had a large brain bleed that was life threating and was taken to surgery. Fortunately, he was fine after surgery however I question the triage nurses' knowledge and skill to diagnose a severe problem...my husband could have died!
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