This document from the QLD gov demands sexual assault victims be at the top of the triage list in QLD hospitals. "Within 10 minutes" would see them above cardiac patients. These people are not dying, traumatised, sure, give them a support person who is not an ED nurse and let the ED staff do what they do best, save lives.


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greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 9^th, 2025 at 7:59pm:


I knew someone, like you, would pick that nit. Read the next.
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My youngest son works in ED and is at the front line of this. I'm asking because he has ignored the ministers directive to actually save lives. He doesn't like being put in the position of having to ignore pragmatic triage.

Edit: Beyond that, is ED be the best place to deal with what is not life threatening at top priority.

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 9^th, 2025 at 9:42pm:


You've got nothing as usual. No thought, just buzz words.

Ah ha, another quote from my link.
"ensure victims of sexual assault are seen by medical professionals within 10 minutes"

But as usual, not addressing the topic but finding nits. You'd make a fine chimp. I'm done with you.

Hi set
Yes my wife works at small hospital 22 beds 60 km from Brisbane.

I'm sure your son would agree it's hard to focus on the patients casualties were set up for because of system stupidity.

Cas should be for road trauma
Acute chest pains and strokes
Abdo pains from appendix or gall bladder or kidney stones.
Meningitis snake bites fractures lacerations
Blood clots, ectopic pregnancies
Shingles ,eye trauma. Pneumonia.

Instead,  and ask your son if he agrees, it is full of 90 yo dementia patients who families can't deal with any more or nursing homes are sick of. And who get dumped there, old fat diabetics with infected toes who never get better.
Old fat immobile people who can't toilet themselves.
20 yos with their 20th panic attack. Alcohol and drug addicts with mental health issues. Ndis patients who have run out of funding .
People wanting to be examined so they can get a piece of paper saying they are a DV  victim so they can use it in a custody dispute. Homeless people looking for a bed and 3square meals.

The staff get demoralised.
The government give all the power to the patients.
The tail wags the dog


And the genuine casualty patient waits 8 hrs to be seen and then can't be admitted because the wards are full of obese 80 yos who can't cope at home and lay about the hospital for 6 months waiting for a nursing home bed and then when they go there they don't like it. Discharge themselves. Go home and come back in through casualty.

Ask your son if he agrees 

"where possible"

aquascoot wrote on Oct 10^th, 2025 at 8:28am:


"where possible"

freediver wrote on Oct 10^th, 2025 at 10:16am:


"where possible"