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HockeyDad1981 t1_j1583pf wrote

If they could wait 4.5 days, they probably didn't need to be in the ER in the first place.

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EzualRegor t1_j15fpx2 wrote

Majority of ER visits are for non-emergencies.

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BustAMove_13 t1_j17h5d3 wrote

My husband is a paramedic and good lord the calls he gets 🙄 He took a kid in for a broken finger. Mom followed in her car. She did it because people believe if you arrive in a squad, you get priority treatment. I wonder how long it took her to figure out that that's not true lol

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Meverseyou t1_j1bgv7b wrote

I am a paramedic. We bring people straight to the waiting room all the time. I will give certain patients a heads up that they will most likely go to the waiting room.

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gonewild9676 t1_j18mv2r wrote

It depends on the situation. I went to the ER many years ago with a 140 resting pulse rate.

It turned out to be benign, but even they couldn't tell that without running a battery of tests and several follow up visits to a cardiologist.

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