Emergency rooms are for emergencies, and secondary care facilities and walk-in clinics are for non-emergent care.
Don’t not waste valuable ER staff time on things that can be easily treated at a secondary care facility or outpatient clinic.
Most don’t realize non-emergent cases clogging our ER facilities can send hospitals into “over capacity” protocols which in turn takes valuable time away from those who TRULY need it.
That’s not ignorance that’s fact.
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Even when I have emergencies I hate going! It’s all full of who knows what kind of germs. Why pregnant women want to take that gamble to get something so minor checked out beats me. Call your drs and talk with the nurse line.
To admittedly abuse the Er because you don’t want to do something yourself is beyond me
It was deleted. I didn’t get to read the comments 😒😂
We can't go to the urgent care here. Our urgent care requires a referral and my boys doctor and my doctor refuses to send referrals there so we can only be seen in office during hours. The teladoc or ER. (We don't go to ER)
What type of insurance do you have. Urgent care is there to assist people who cant be seen by their PCP
@beakymcspence, Nope! Very small town. We just got an urgent care in the last 2 years!
@beakymcspence did the post get deleted or am I blocked lol. I do have a point though
It amazes me how many don't know this. I've never taken daughter to the emergency room. She had a severe allergic reaction and I panicked took her to the urgent care because there we always go. They were able to treat and said it was probably faster considering how backed up emergency rooms are
Yep our daughter got stung by a bee last summer we went to urgent care because it was closer in and out in 35 mins. Done deal. Urgent care can ultrasound, X-ray and do bloodwork.
I used to work for a family
Physician and I remember seeing a report that said ER record reason: gum in hair.....🤦♀️
I have triaged a patient who was prescribed suppositories and she came in simply because she didn’t want to do it herself.
Gum in hair is hilarious. That’s one for the record books. My best to date was a man who wanted nicotine gum.
I don’t get it. With my insurance, you automatically have to pay $500, then I would have to pay everything up until I reached my $5000 deductible. Uh, no. Urgent care is $50 and a dr visit is $25. Unless somebody is dying, we don’t go to the ER.