Dr. Cassie McKay, MS3 Victoria Javadi and others in “7:00 A.M.”

Dr. Cassie McKay

Patients, they check in for registration here. A nurse eyeballs them, makes sure they're not dying. If not, they're moved to one of two triage rooms for vitals and a quick chair exam where you can order your labs and your X-rays. And then they come back to Waiting room, until a bed opens up.

For how long?

McKay

Eight hours, if they're lucky. A lot of times, 12.

Uh, is it always this busy?

McKay

Uh, no. It gets a lot busier.