Beyond The White Coat: Seeing The ER From A Patient’s Perspective

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Ryan H. Fitzgerald DPM

I recently had the opportunity to spend a long, anxiety-ridden day waiting in the emergency room in an unusual capacity: as the family member of a patient. As many of us, I spend a fair amount of time in the emergency room. However, I have learned that time spent in a professional capacity has a very different feel than time spent watching the clock, waiting for the nurse, the physician and the eventual “news.”