printer
Well-Known Member
Don't know how it works in the US but in Canadian hospital emergency departments you get people who are in dire need of attention to people who have lesser problems, cuts needing stitches, broken bones... The nurses at admitting triage the cases according to the seriousness of the problem, if you can wait longer without too much ill effect than the next guy they pick the next guy. So they already decide how to allocate resources. Basically same shit different pile. Doctors need to make this decision rather than nurses though.