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ER vs. Urgent Care
March 12, 2008 |
On any given day Doctor Larry Hobbs sees dozens of different ailments and
injuries pass through his emergency room. He says if a patient is having certain
kinds of symptoms or pain the ER should be their first stop. “Those type of
things are abdominal pain, chest pain, severe headaches, high fevers, persistent
nausea and vomiting those type of things require that you be seen in an
emergency room or any significant trauma.” Dr. Hobbs says especially this time
of year ER’s can become overcrowded with people who may not need emergency
attention. “If we have enough of them coming in at a particular time like during
a flu or cold season the emergency room waiting rooms tend to be filled with
those type of patients.” But the emergency room does not have to be your only
option or fast medical care. Urgent care centers may be a better option if you
have more run of the mill symptoms or injuries. “Colds flus, strains, sprains
even fractures, small lacerations bumps, bruises those types of things would do
well to go to an urgent care center. An urgent care center is ideal because it
is open at least part of the day. It’s walk in so you don’t need an appointment
and they’re trained to handle those types of injuries and illnesses,” says Dr.
Hobbs. For more information about local urgent care centers you can log onto
www.leememorial.org. |
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