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Taking a kid with fever to the ER is about as basic as you get.
by jakobegger 8y ago
Taking a kid with fever to the ER is about as basic as you get.
- DanBC 8y agoDoesn't the US have out-of-hours pharmacies, or out of hours doctors, or urgent but not emergency treatment centres?
- kelnos 8y agoNot really. There are non-ER/non-hospital urgent-care centers, but they usually keep to roughly normal business hours. For after-hours care, the ER at a hospital is often your only option.
- bradknowles 8y agoDepends on where you are. Some places have 24-hour Urgent Care centers that can handle the basic stuff that doesn't need a real ER. But many places don't have any kind of Urgent Care centers, much less one that is open 24 hours a day.
- AlexTWithBeard 8y agoFor those from tri-state area: folks, PM Pediatrics is a blessing. They're open till midnight, waiting times are reasonable and they are billed as PCP by the insurance.
- kelnos 8y agoYes, that's why I said "usually" and "often".
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoYes, kind of. They can handle a few things (ear aches, something that requires anti biotics, basic pain relief) with a nurse practitioner.
- filoleg 8y agoYep. Usually the rule of thumb is: * Potentially life-threatening emergency: ER * Something like a broken bone or fever that needs to be fixed asap, but not life-threatening: Urgent Care * Everything else that can wait a bit: regular doctor appt
- cm2012 8y agoNot really. I live in Queens, NYC and there's no 24 hour urgent cares I'm aware of within a 30 minute drive.