ER Wait Time in Milwaukee Hospitals
These are the average wait times Milwaukee hospital ER's from fastest to slowest. Actual wait times will depend on many factors.| Hospital | City |  Total Wait Times |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora St Lukes Medical Center | Milwaukee | 2h 25m |
| Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare- St Francis | Milwaukee | 2h 31m |
| Columbia St Mary's Hospital Milwaukee | Milwaukee | 2h 36m |
| Wheaton Franciscan- St Joseph | Milwaukee | 2h 45m |
| Froedtert Mem Lutheran Hsptl | Milwaukee | 3h 2m |
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These are the average time from entering the ER to being admitted to the hospital by a doctor. In a busy ER, patients will be seen by a triage nurse first. Then the wait time will vary by severity, and how busy the ER is at the time of day. Patients with less serious problems could have substantially longer waits.
There is a 37 minute wait difference between the fastest Milwaukee emergency room and the slowest.
Stories
May 19, 2019, 7:17 PM
: "Went Evergreen ER in Monroe, WA. My son having severe abdominal pain. Toks then sitting up made it worse. There was one person in front . 5others came in afterwards. They called in 3 9f the 5 before him including the kid tha5vwas bouncing around the lobby. After 1.5 hours , they called him,back to room where there was a plethora of available beds. They let him suffer when he asked to be able to lie down. This us ridiculous. We are not cattle but people." - Karen
Apr 27, 2019, 4:53 PM
: "UMC Banner gaging. 8 hrs and left on own accord. Sat in a two small of a waiting room for 8 hrs, rather go home and keel over then stay and be in that hospital any longer. BBB should be aware of the horrible customer service. We arrived at 4:40pm Wed evening, okay not to bad a few people in the waiting area (which holds maybe 20). Get called back at about 5:00pm. Great this is going to go well after taking information with a person who seemed less than interested took a seat in a small in the back which had 5 seats. Go for a chest Xray, after approximately and hr the employee comes out and takes him into a room for a EKG. Done he sits back down took about 5 minutes. Wait wait wait another hr goes by it is now 6:00pm we are informed that we all need to leave that area go into this other room I peek my head in there are about another 20 seats, but no empty ones so we are told well then go back out to the main lobby where we were. We are in the main lobby listening to a obnoxious auto door open close open close at about 9pm a couple employees come around taking vitals and even stated (its been 5 hours)of everyone still waiting. Funny no one is moving any closer to going home or being admitted we are all just sitting feeling like crap. They hook him up to oxygen and the wait continues. I go to the window to see what the heck is going on and try to get someone to assist us as well as another person (late 40ish women) having issues with nausea and dehydration from her chemo treatment. Basically told that nothing could be done they are busy. 10:30 pm another employee comes out calls us back Yeah we are finally either going to go home or get a admitted. Nope draw blood insert IV and are told your almost up we are next for a room. Okay this all sound promising. He goes to the counter this time to inquire about himself and again for the female chemo patient. Nothing. Anther 2 hours goes by the chemo patient now goes to the window, she comes around the corner and says she is done she can vomit at home. After 7 hrs of waiting she leaves. We hang in for one more hour at 1:15am he has them remove the IV we leave. What kind of hospital is this??? This is the same place that will be doing major surgery on him and it makes me very hesitant that this is the only place in town we can have this done. My biggest concern is the lack of empathy, and the lack of importance that the staff thinks it is okay for very ill seniors to just hang out in an emergency room for 8 hrs and be okay with that. I would never ever recommend Banner medical Center for anything." - Theresa
Apr 17, 2019, 9:16 PM
: "I have NEVER waited more than 30 minutes at Calvert Hospital" - George
Mar 26, 2019, 10:05 PM
: "Absolutely the worst ER! Waiting 6 hours and patients are not getting seen. The waiting rooms are littered with trash. What a disgrace. " - Annette
Mar 26, 2019, 2:22 PM
: "Waited 4 hours to see doctor for a burst appendix. Don’t come here unless you want to die. " - Bill
Mar 26, 2019, 5:23 AM
: "Worst e r room on the east coast do not come here unless your truly dying no one's name was called for more than 3 hours gross the way the staff is about treating people" - Joe
Mar 15, 2019, 5:15 AM
: "i went to the er in the worst pain i've ever had, and sat in the waiting area for almost 5 hrs. the pain subsided so i left after not being waited on. They went thru 3 different rounds of patients. i didnt want any pain meds, i cant take them, they make me sick, i just want to be fixed
" - Malinda
Oct 15, 2018, 11:09 PM
: "Got to Maryland university ER at 4:00 still waiting to get in arv11:00 on 10/15/2018" - Caroline
Sep 22, 2018, 11:31 AM
: "Went to aurora Sinai on 12th st milwaukee with heavy urinary tract bleeding and sat for over 4 hrs waiting to be seen it was obvious r
That government funded health plan s took a lot longer to see.private health plans were given preference" - Gerald
Aug 12, 2018, 4:42 PM
: "Went to Bayhealth Milford yesterday. Got there at 3:30 pm for a bowel obstruction, severe abdominal pain 8/10, chest pain 5/10, nausea. Saw the triage nurse. Wasn’t brought back until after 11 pm to fast track. Never had anyone with chest pain and an implanted device go to a fast track, revitalized, rechecked, or otherwise approached. Nothing had been addressed until well after being brought back. When I arrived at the hospital, I checked Hospitalstats, and they indicated the wait time was a 2:55 minutes. I worked as an RN in their facilities for more than 15 years in their ER and other It took about 8 hours to go back. Never saw an employee come into the waiting room to check on anyone else. VERY dissatisfied. God bless the other patients, especially really sick ones." - Ray
