Saturation

So haven't written in a while again. I really have to get on the ball around here. Any way I am going to try to do better. Here it is. The situation in the ER's is rediculous! I work for the City and we only answer 911 E M E R G E N C Y calls and when we go to the E M E R G E N C Y rooms...... (well one in particular) we have to wait with our patient on the stretcher and when I say wait...I mean wait! And wait and wait and wait! For hours sometimes. I have waited with a patient on my stretcher for up to 4 hours before they were placed in an emergency room bed. Any how they have this term called "ER saturation" and when the ER is on saturation that means they are full with no beds which means we are going to have a very long wait. So anyway we were pulling into the ER with a patient yesterday.......this is the first time I have seen her but obviously she has gone by ambulance many times and I'll tell you what tipped me off. When we were pulling into the ER she said "I hope they're not on saturation." All I could do was shake my head. No one other than Emergency workers should know that term for the emergency room and if you do know it THEN YOU ARE USING THE FREAKING AMBULANCE TOO MUCH!!!!!