I really feel like suggesting to the ER nurses to put up a common fund for public education.
We used to have a sign in the local VA:
"Is this an emergency?"
And it proceeded to list a whole bunch of proceedures. At the very end, near the bottom, it read: "If this was a real emergency, you would not have had the time to read this sign"
I think that sign needs to be blown up and posted at the front of every ER.
It maynot do much but maybe goody-two-shoes with an hang nail won't be screwing up triage time.
Sadly, I also realise that the ER is often the primary care provider (and sometimes, the ONLY careprovider) for a whole bunch of people, primarily the uninsured.
