I’ll preface this by saying - I’m not American, and I just had my first experience with American healthcare
Had a panic attack today in the early morning and didn’t know what to do (was breathing heavy and lacked oxygen) so I called 911 to see if they could direct me to another hotline or the EMT give me something. Granted this was dumb but I was passing in and out of consciousness and didn’t know what was happening as my body stiffed up and I was on the floor.
Ended up in the emergency room of a public hospital because I told EMT I couldn’t afford much with insurance that I had
It was scary, there was a guy with an ankle monitor shouting to be discharged, another guy with a bible shouting to be discharged as well and various other individuals who seem to be talking to themselves.
I feared that they placed me in a psych ward since I mentioned the panic attack. So when the DR. Came to examine I was straight forward with him and said I passed out from exhaustion and fatigue - I just wanted to seem normal so they don’t keep me.
As I waited they let the ankle monitor guy keep walking around the ER - he eventually started making conversations with me and mentioned he had shot and stabbed several people. I was fine at first until he complimented my looks and said I looked like his GF - I broke down crying since he was just shouting about his GF and I thought he was about to attack me. Nurses intervened (thank god) and I had to wait 30 more mins until I could get my stuff while the dude was across from me. I immediately booked it after that.
Is the ER normally like that or was I placed in a small psych ward? I can’t imagine why they would let an individual who was just placed there by police be surrounded by other people he could potentially hurt
Didn’t know where to ask this and I’m still a bit shaken. I won’t be calling 911 even if I get stabbed that’s for sure
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