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Well we're not only talking about adults but also talking about children here. At 9pm you get a small AND deep cut requiring stitches. It won't stop bleeding i

Well we're not only talking about adults but also talking about children here. At 9pm you get a small AND deep cut requiring stitches. It won't stop bleeding if you take pressure off. what do you do? At 9pm your family member accidentally drops a kettle of of hot but not life threatening water on your child and they get a large blister on their chest, what do you do? These are probably not serious situations but the pediatrician will tell you to go to the ER even if you wait till the next morning.

Rebelgecko 4y ago
Why not an urgent care?
- denimnerd42 4y ago
  Fine in theory, but the experiences I've had leave something to be desired. Ideally, I want to see doctors I have relationships with, aka my PCP, to facilitate and advise. But they are not interested in that.
  - brewdad 4y ago
    Yes. The past three times I've gone to Urgent Care I have been punted to the ER for no good reason twice and received an incorrect diagnosis complete with a prescription that did nothing to alieviate my symptoms. If you get sick/injured in my area between 4pm Friday and 9am Monday...good luck.
    - ejb999 4y ago
      That has been my experience as well - best advice, don't get really sick or really hurt outside of regular business hours. Broke my foot a few months back and called all the urgent care outfits in my area for an appt - none of them were seeing patients due to lack of staffing. Waited a few days to be seen at an ortho office once I had a referral from my primary care physician in place.
- treis 4y ago
  Urgent Care has an annoying habit of charging a bunch of money to punt to the ER for liability reasons. Stitches and X-rays to see if you broke a bone are about the only thing they're good for.
dsfyu404ed 4y ago
Pretty much anything up to and including a non-life threatening bullet wound can be solved with readily available drugs, a good back country/extreme sports first aid kit and the internet. Expensive machines and complex diagnostics are really the only big things an ER can do that you can't.

Rebelgecko 4y ago

Why not an urgent care?

denimnerd42 4y ago
Fine in theory, but the experiences I've had leave something to be desired. Ideally, I want to see doctors I have relationships with, aka my PCP, to facilitate and advise. But they are not interested in that.
- brewdad 4y ago
  Yes. The past three times I've gone to Urgent Care I have been punted to the ER for no good reason twice and received an incorrect diagnosis complete with a prescription that did nothing to alieviate my symptoms. If you get sick/injured in my area between 4pm Friday and 9am Monday...good luck.
  - ejb999 4y ago
    That has been my experience as well - best advice, don't get really sick or really hurt outside of regular business hours. Broke my foot a few months back and called all the urgent care outfits in my area for an appt - none of them were seeing patients due to lack of staffing. Waited a few days to be seen at an ortho office once I had a referral from my primary care physician in place.
treis 4y ago
Urgent Care has an annoying habit of charging a bunch of money to punt to the ER for liability reasons. Stitches and X-rays to see if you broke a bone are about the only thing they're good for.

dsfyu404ed 4y ago

Pretty much anything up to and including a non-life threatening bullet wound can be solved with readily available drugs, a good back country/extreme sports first aid kit and the internet. Expensive machines and complex diagnostics are really the only big things an ER can do that you can't.