A report grading the conditions of the nation’s emergency departments said Connecticut’s are 15th best in the country, with a ‘C’ grade.
That was down from a 14th-place ranking in 2009, when Connecticut earned a ‘C+’ grade.
The American College of Emergency Physicians, which created the report card, commended Connecticut for having a low rate of fatal injuries and residents with “general good health.”
But the state’s emergency departments lost points for having an average wait time of nearly six hours, the sixth longest in the country.
Points were also docked on the report’s access-to-care category. Emergency rooms in the state have a high occupancy rate, despite the high number of trauma centers in the state.
The report also said that Connecticut has not kept pace with other states in preparing for a large-scale disaster.
