Big city ER doesn't compare to having our own

My husband fainted and fell to the floor June 8 in an exhibition hall at the San Diego County Fair. Although the EMTs, paramedic, and nurse provided by the fair quickly tested and assessed his situation and he recovered, at their suggestion I drove him to an ER.

When we arrived at Palomar Medical Center on advice of our primary physician group, a nurse checked him in and directed us to wait his turn. Off and on for about an hour, ER staff checked his vitals, administered an EKG, took his blood pressure and an X-ray, and then we waited. Sitting beside us were a husband and wife who’d arrived be...