The ER: Now with only 2 hours waiting time!

What have been some of your experiences with the Emergency Room?

Last night I had a wonderful experience involving a suitemate who got drunk, then got over-the-top pissed when her booty-call didnt pick up. Long story made short, she decided it would be smart to punch the light in her room. After breaking the cover, she punched the light bulbs themselves. We wrapped up the suspiciously clean cuts across her hand and arm, but when she complained of a pain from the tip of her pinky all the way down to her wrist, we suspected a fracture, got our coats on, and dragged her ass to the Emergency Room at two in the morning.

Surprisingly enough, she was pulled into the back almost immediately after giving her information, and we only had to wait an hour and a half before she returned. I was expecting to be there at least until 5am, as my other emergency room visits have proven to be not so quick. In the past, my sister broke her arm and they left us sitting in the waiting room for at least 3 hours before they saw her. Another time, she couldnt breath, she waited for 2 hours in the waiting room, and then they basically forgot about her in the small room they placed her in, leaving her there for ANOTHER 2 hours. She finally just walked out.

I suppose that in retrospect, 2 to 4 hours isnt that bad of a wait. What are some of your ER horror stories? Or are you one of the lucky ones that has an ER that actually takes the whole 'emergency' thing seriously, and gets you right in?

Jam it back in, in the dark.