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For real, that’s what triage is for. A lot of people go to the hospital for something they thing is serious but is actually minor. My ex started getting panic attacks at one point, and after taking him to the ER for like the third time and waiting like 2 hours he calmed down and we went home instead. People who are actually bleeding out or whatever will be seen first.

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Apytele@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
yeah you basically never wanna do psych stuff in an ER unless the behavior is unsafe enough that they’re likely to end up there anyway. The only psych interventions ED staff know how to do is emergently drugging a person unconscious which is rarely necessary. You more likely want some kind of specific psychiatric crisis services but you still need to be able to communicate effectively enough to let them work out a basic safety plan because if you go in with “I wanna die nothing will ever get better and you can’t talk me out of that” they’re gonna get you sent to an ER.

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Whostosay@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
What in the commy sense is this?

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- gilokee@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  what, you think it should be first come first served?
  
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  - Whostosay@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Just a poorly landed joke/pun on common sense
    
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    gilokee@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    oh, lol
    
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