Can someone explain how triage in emergency works?

[Butterfly Dawn]

yeah its weird
I waited 7 hours with a shattered elbow and broken collar bone before packing a fit and getting seen- then spent 3 weeks in hospital 2 on a morph drip- so think it really depends on who is on and what time you go. The more moaning you do I bet helps, fake a faint if you need to? Not a place I would want to work in, the ED is an insane place- hats off to those that work there

[Cranky Kitten]

I have a lot of respect for those who work in ED - really can't be an easy place to work. I was impressed when I had to take DH to hospital as he'd been sick for over a week, diagnosed with pnuemonia by a GP and was having trouble breathing - we had his x-rays with us and were seen straight away, they brought a wheelchair with oxygen bottle. Mind you it was 7am on a Tuesday morning, so not exactly the busiest time.