Not only do patients with conditions of all degrees of severity congregate in the ER, the ER is also often a temporary refuge for homeless drunks, elderly people without friends or family, abused children, rape victims and drug addicts.
除了不論病情輕重的病患齊聚在急診室，急診室也常成為遊民醉漢、孤獨無依的老人、受虐兒童、遭受強暴婦女、嗑藥的癮君子的臨時避風港。