Our ED sees about 32,000 a year with medium-low acuity (no trauma, STEMIs, Brain attacks, unless come POV), and we rarely board patients. In our state, maintaining an art line is an advisory...
In that situation where it just causes you more work, I can see your frustration. It's really a delay in care. All of that chasing should happen in the ICU, or they should just let your docs do it....