Concerns have been raised over emergency department waiting times at the Logan and Redlands hospitals after patients revealed they had waited days for treatment.

Key points: 314 patients attended the Logan Hospital Emergency Department on Monday

314 patients attended the Logan Hospital Emergency Department on Monday A 192-bed expansion is underway at the Logan Hospital

A 192-bed expansion is underway at the Logan Hospital Australasian College for Emergency Medicine president says the delays are "unacceptable"

A Queensland Health spokesperson confirmed yesterday 314 patients attended the Logan Hospital Emergency Department — the highest number ever recorded.

It comes after an emergency physician at Redlands, Dr Michael Cameron, wrote an open letter to the community urging patients to carefully consider which hospital they attended.

President of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, Dr Simon Judkins, will tour Logan and Redlands hospitals today, saying patients were waiting an "unacceptable" amount of time for treatment.

"In my mind no emergency actually lasts more than four hours," Dr Judkins said.

"Most patients come to emergency departments given the right staffing levels, given the capacity in the system and the resources to be able to investigate patients, we should be able to make decision on patient care and whether they need to be admitted or discharged home within a very defined timeline.

"If you don't provide the right resources and there's not the capacity in the system you'll get this situation where patients will be stuck in EDs as we've said for days and that's clearly, clearly unacceptable."

Lizan Yee from Mt Ommaney told ABC Radio Brisbane her husband attended the Royal Brisbane Hospital about a month ago with appendicitis.

"He was there for two days before they even saw him and his appendix burst on the second day," she said.

"What was a one-hour operation turned into a two-hour operation.

"He was there for a total of four days.

"If he had been seen straight away it would have been a one-hour operation and he would have been out on the second day, but it turned into a two-hour operation with possible complications for life."

'Huge increase in GP-style presentations'

Dr Judkins said these types of examples were rife.

"These sort of cases really highlight the fact that if you're operating a hospital system at 100 per cent capacity, seven days a week, people are going to suffer," Dr Judkins said.

"There's going to be significant delays and those delays mean people have poorer outcomes.

"We're keenly observing what's happening in Logan and Redlands and we'll visit them and find out more today but we know this is happening in Cairns, we know this is happening in New South Wales, we know this is happening in South Australia and Tasmania."

A Queensland Health spokesperson said patients are generally being treated inside four hours.

"Of course we are seeing more people turn up at our emergency departments — unlike GPs they are free, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year," the spokesperson said.

"As well as more patients with higher levels of chronic disease — who may not be able to easily access a GP when they need — we are also seeing a huge increase in GP-style presentations that clog up EDs.

"These hospitals are located in one of Queensland's fastest growing corridors. Each year, we are seeing more patients with more complex health needs than ever before because they are not getting the primary care they need.

"This means that despite the best efforts of our staff, people are sometimes in our EDs for longer than they need to be.

"Planning for a 192-bed expansion of Logan Hospital is underway, as well as an expansion of Redland Hospital's emergency department. We're also getting on with the new Redland Hospital Infrastructure Master Plan 2019, which includes an intensive care unit (ICU)."