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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet
Emergency care stabilizes the patient. The follow-up is done after the visit. It is a matter of timing. If she came in at midnight, she would be stabilized, then seen at 7 AM by a regular physician. If she came at 9 AM, she would be seen by a regular physician maybe by 2-4 PM, no later than 6 PM. If she needed further tests like CT or MRI, she could would wait 24 hours. If she had a obviously broken bone, she would have had X-ray at emergency and then the pictures would be relayed within 30 minutes to 1 hour to a radiologist......
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24 hours for an MRI or CT? I know in this area you get in as soon as you can with either of those, and it's definitely not as long as 24 hours. Well, MRI depends on if it's in the hospital or mobile MRI. Even so, at least in this area, there are plenty of radiology clinics opening up. If it's a STAT case, they will get in and they're images will be read right away, so long as mobile MRI is there. That's how I remember it when I worked at one. I don't remember if we got any emergency room patients, but I just assumed that in the ER they'll get in faster if it's life threatening.
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