I agree.

I agree. You can have someone arrange transfer after you are stable.

Calling 911 gets you in the back much faster with medical personnel at least available if situation worsens.

Not necessarily. Due to ER "abuse" by a small segment of the population, such as taking ambulance rides for a sore throat because it is "free", most ERs now triage the ambulance by the nature of the patient's problem/condition. If you call an ambulance for nonsense, they will bring you right to the waiting room. Hopefully this doesn't happen in TV anywhere near as often as it does in NY.

Recent TVRH ER experience
 

Went to ER at 4am with symptoms that would range from food poisoning to heart attack. Got EKG within 20 minutes and it was normal. Blood took longer due to shift change and new shift thinking blood had been taken. 1 or 2 items out of range on bloodwork. Asked how long till a doctor saw me and advised 3 people in my category ahead of me. Located 2 out of 3 and they each had been waiting more than 18 hours to see a doctor. Checked myself out of ER and went to Lake Sumter Urgent care. They scheduled CT and ultrasound. Made diagnosis of acute gall bladder disease with recommendation that I schedule immediate gall bladder removal. Went to Florida Hospital Waterman in Tavares. Was in a ER room within 45 minutes, had another ultrasound and admitted to hospital within 5 hours. Surgery the next day at noon. Fantastic experience with everyone at Waterman from surgeon and his staff on down to the guy who wheeled me out of the hospital. Highly recommend Waterman.

Again, I'm not doubting anyone's veracity, but I find it almost impossible to believe. Even at Kings County, with 6 or 7 gun shot wounds per night, major trauma 24/7, a person in that "category"--which sounds like chest/abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting---would see a doctor within 1/2 hour. And if it does take all those hours, they are setting themselves up for some hefty legal action when they miss an acute coronary syndrome.

Last week my Mother-in-law went to the ER in Orange County, CA by ambulance. The ER was not taking any more patients and she was sent to another hospital. The ER or EDs are overwhelmed by too many patients. This is NOT just a TV problem. They can only do so much. The EDs are just that. They are for emergencies. They are not because you don't go to your physician because you wait to see if you get better and then you panic. They are not because you don't have insurance or the myriad other reasons people go there. I know that you know this and have experienced it all too well because I think I have read you are a physician.

Worst hospital experience of my life
 

I was born and raised in a third world country, so I am familiar with what a third world healthcare experience looks like, but TV hospital (both ER and inpatient) is by far the worst hospital I have ever been. So pray you don´t get sick.