The Emergency Room or Urgent Care?

[@StrangeFacinations]

I thought it would be a U turn for hangnail.

[@average4098]

😂 exactly what I was thinking!

[@paigegainey7099]

Thought they’d toss her out on the curb, then thought back to my days as a nail biter. Crazy infections, immediate treatment required. 😂

[@blancaochoagarcia7286]

Nope 👎🏼

[@jcrocks6698]

Maybe the finger became septic?

[@drewjay8940]

I assume they mean a more serious nail injury, like a nail bed injury. Those can be EXTREMELY painful and an infection risk

[@amielawhorn3537]

I wish we could have this playing in the ER lobby over and over again

[@Daughterofthemosthigh53]

And then people would still not get it

[@samsworld8933]

The taxi service.....I mean ambulance, a video is needed for them as well as to when an ambulance is needed 😳

[@Jacoe413]

As a cardiac patient, I would love it if people used the ER for it's intended purpose.

[@Daughterofthemosthigh53]

@@samsworld8933 absolutely

[@Genxtravels1979]

😂😂😂

[@alisadavis9916]

I've said for years that if urgent cares were open 24/7, then ERs wouldn't be so crowded.

[@canigetahoooyyyaaaaa7319]

@NovaScotiaCanadadisastershow’s the “free healthcare” working out for ya? 🙊

[@crazycatlady312]

​@canigetahoooyyyaaaaa7319 it's the same in America.

[@waroftheworlds2008]

​@@canigetahoooyyyaaaaa7319 😂 you say that like visiting your doctor or a specialist isn't a muli-month wait.

[@Aplrjybfkwlsbc]

Yep, there have been times I've gone to the ER for things that were not really an emergency that if the UC was open I would have gone there instead.

[@itsaaronlolz]

It’s cause people bring their babies for a fever and a cough all the time. Or people using the ER as their primary care doctor since we don’t have access to healthcare😂

[@godisincontrol7407]

This is, most people know the difference. In the US the real problem is no health insurance. Need help but have no money or health insurance? Your only option is the ER. The system is broken, not the people

[@jaidaseiters2723]

For real…also sometimes you work at a job where you need a doctors note and the urgent care is too understaffed/overbooked the ER is the only place that can save your job because they can’t turn you away..you can’t even get into a regular physicians office without booking 6 months out

[@Daughterofthemosthigh53]

Yep illegals pouring in clogging up the ERs and will never be able to pay it back

[@minjay44]

Even if you have insurance urgent care for me is a 300$ copay and it’s due when u get there! Nope!

[@briannamontano279]

That’s exactly what I was going to say! I tried urgent care and was charged 450$ on sight. ER mails my bill and I make payments that way. No insurance leaves much less options..

[@kate8351]

I was going to say the same thing. Urgent care wants the full 💯 before they see you.

[@hannahj8099]

If you have back pain that travels down your leg, especially if you have leg weakness and numbness it is absolutely an ER visit.

[@jennifers.3818]

And then the nurses/dr at ER treat u like a drug addict, claim your drug seeking, or say "its just sciatica" u need to see your general physician.

[@GemVelastros]

Unfortunately not the case anymore. Only if you have loss of bowel & bladder. My elder dad fell outside, went into the ER via ambulance; couldn’t walk or even weight bear on his leg, it was totally number to him; They tried to d/c him that same night. They only admitted him cause both my husband and I work health care and were able to advocate for him.

[@Elizabeth45576]

Agree, but that would be acute not chronic

[@christinestrachan4025]

Good luck getting someone to take you serious. That’s the sad part

[@petelancaster6715]

@@jennifers.3818No ER doctor or nurse will send you home if you’re having sudden onset weakness in a leg. If you get sent home to follow up with your PCP it’s because they have ruled out an emergency condition. Their entire job is to rule out life-threatening conditions. They’re not “primary care on demand” for you.

[@warroom17]

Urgent care happened to be closed when I was experiencing chronic back pain, so I ended up going to the ER. The ER noticed some issues regarding my WBC count. They ended up admitting me, and after running biopsies, they found I had stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. While this isn't common, I'm grateful UC was closed, even after they accepted my appointment because it would have been a few extra steps I would have had to take, as opposed to just going to the ER. I wouldn't have even known where to start.

[@yvonnestyer7197]

Praying for you 🙏🙏🙏

[@kgkg9523]

If your back pain was chronic though (meaning lasting for a month or more) what made you make the decision to go to the Urgent Care/ER? If the UC was closed, it was probably later at night, if you’ve been having the same back pain chronically, without any changes, you should have been able to wait until the UC was open to go in. Now if your pain became severe very suddenly, or caused numbness, sudden weakness, inability to walk, loss of bowel or bladder control, etc, then that is a very very valid reason for an ER visit.

[@marieess3469]

@@kgkg9523 If you have back pain that long, if you come to a point where you feel you absolutely need to be seen, you go to the ER. Chronic back pain is very common with many types of cancer. Mine were.

[@dilypopp]

@@kgkg9523Just because something is chronic, that doesn’t mean it can’t suddenly get worse. Idk where your confusion is even coming from. Also, why in the hell would you wait when you can’t handle the pain of something anymore? That’s just stupidity.

[@anonymouse7491]

​@@kgkg9523 as others have said, "acute on chronic" is a valid escalation of pain requiring a visit. Whether it's better to be seen in UC vs the ER is a different question, which is better triage when the patient arrives.

[@debbie4503]

I went to Urgent Care only to be told I needed to go to the ER. Had to drive myself there.

[@mmmmmmmm1942]

Ok?

[@dawnjordan2860]

Yes! Being told by ER to go to urgent care and being sent from urgent care back to ER while driving myself, I feel your pain! Has happened to me more than once!

[@brendacarter9695]

Went to urgent care, feeling very fattged and light-headed. After waiting for my turn to be seen by the nurse. My vitals were taken, and then I was rushed into an exam room. The nurse asked me how I arrived at the doctor's office, and I said that I drove. The nurse asked to see my car keys. Little did I know an ambulance was outside waiting to take me to the E.R!!. Sometimes, you never really know 😮.

[@Green2Red2]

​@@dawnjordan2860🤔 So...this video needs to be shown to the Triage people at BOTH, right? 😅

[@rickjames553]

​@@myinmyin1997 This is not saying dont use it. They are trying to help people decide what facility is best (and cheapest) for the care they need. The UC or primary care can do most of what people use an ER for and for over half the price.

[@bonkers5016]

The hospital I went to...and I was 53 at the time....was sooo good about seeing my pain...I had appendicitis...outta the blue...hurt sooo bad! I didn't mean to be so dramafied...but I was in so much pain!!!! They were awesome! Next morning had an appendectomy...doc said it literally exploded when he took it out! Bless all y'all health care workers 🙏❤

[@StephenB-iy7pr]

I don’t because a lot of them are pure demons.

[@jazminegoss4055]

Some people don’t have insurance and don’t have any other option than the ER. Especially if they have to miss work and are told they have to have a doctor’s excuse.

[@awalker281]

You go to the UC first for diagnosis then they will tell you what else they see then ER

[@jazminegoss4055]

Where I’m from urgent care won’t see you without making a payment

[@barb8335]

I wish more people would use urgent care for non life threatening problems. It's less expensive and more than likely a shorter wait time.

[@guppy0536]

Thats great till you go find out their closed or cant hang a iv bag 😢

[@imzadi83fanvids7]

Or that they don't take your insurance. @@guppy0536

[@esta8651]

@@guppy0536true!

[@jennifers.3818]

​@@myinmyin1997usually the last one!

[@sabias3932]

Urgent care refused to see me for a cut on my finger that wouldn’t stop bleeding. ER looked at me like I was crazy for going there.

[@SheilaRough]

One thing I learned while taking care of my mom , if they're on blood thinners, always ER

[@Orticai]

So this is why my local ER takes 3 hours to be triaged for a gsw.

[@roni-leest.laurent5788]

Yeah, it's sad in a way that should be illegal. If a person knowingly abuses the emergency department they should be fined😊

[@Daughterofthemosthigh53]

Yes because people abuse the system

[@phoenixdavida8987]

A golden state warrior? Lol what does it stand for?

[@sarahwickham359]

it stands for gun shot wound@@phoenixdavida8987

[@beccaroo1990]

Gun shot wound 😂😂😂​@@phoenixdavida8987

[@TallCFarms]

These are cool. Chronic back pain really needs to be heading to a specialist, though, not urgent care or the ER.

[@giannadeluca2082]

The urgent care can get them referrals for proper pain management. The ER needs space for people in critical condition

[@alicecamaratta6010]

Ok but if if your doctor and uc told you if the pain is too much to go to er ?

[@alicecamaratta6010]

I have chronic back pain from 2 disks and I'm in pain management and they tell me if my medication is not working and pain is too much to go to er but when you are in pain management er will not help at all

[@jessisamess8]

I went to the ER for back pain , found out I had kidney stones and was admitted to the hospital.

[@darkclaws1234567891]

Sure tho you probably don't know this but chronic back pain could be a symptom of something much worse

[@Romerix11]

For those of us living near the Mexican border, we just go to Mexico for all of those! Fast and efficient medical services at affordable prices.

[@cindybrown7527]

The problem is Urgent Care clinics require cash, credit or insurance. Many people don’t have the ability to pay, but ERs are required to provide care regardless of ability to pay.

[@alexisdunlap3934]

Except in my small town the urgent care closes at 5pm

[@johnunsicker7440]

Be glad you have UC my town doesn't closet one is 20 miles away hospital is in town so it is er all the time.

[@lindamerz3168]

Problem is that many uninsured people do go to the ER.

[@naomideleon8363]

I agree with this statement. I pay for Healthcare first before even buying groceries cuz that's how important it is to me . I've always had great insurance plus 2nd insurance as well and yes the problem woth ER is many are uninsured and short staff on nurses and ER doctors

[@triciaking7321]

I went to ug for back pain, then again, then a month later the ER. It was gall stones and noone knew it!

[@perhaps82]

Because the drs these days don't know shit. Its very sad. It's all about money these days.

[@sarahe7515]

ER misdiagnosed two of my uncles who had back pain. They were both in pain from undiagnosed prostate cancer and are now dead. When my daughter cut open her head the urgent care wouldn’t take her. The ER did a horrible job at stitching her. I think that my old doctor’s office did better stitching in the past. When my C-section incision was opened in one area the ER didn’t want to touch me. I was stuck in limbo for hours until I had them call the lead OB. (Same hospital that i delivered). Miraculously, I healed well on my own. I have little faith in the ER. Urgent care has come a long way. I wish physicians would do more in their office like the olden days.

[@jenburns6265]

Yay, but urgent care doesn't seem to know what they are doing. Every time I've gone, I was put on the wrong medicine, or I was told I had this, but it was something different.

[@Daughterofthemosthigh53]

Then go to a doctors office

[@perhaps82]

Er don't know shit either. 😅

[@hastyink]

laughing at the fact you think doc offices have walk ins. And thats not why UC and ER are a thing@@Daughterofthemosthigh53

[@alaskancoppertop]

I needed this!! I never knew what urgent care was until about 10 years ago. All my care was done at military hospitals and *if* they had an urgent care, you triaged in the same line as the ER and they decided which side got you and you found out when your name got called from the same waiting room. Went to a stand alone urgent care for the first time last month because the V.A. Triage Nurse Hotline told me which one to go to.

[@nurjahan31]

Some VA hospitals now have something called the fast track for when people don’t have emergencies, you still have to check in the ED and then the nurse will take your vitals see what’s going on if it is not life threatening you go the fast track. And get off in like 2 hours.

[@jodisimeral4531]

As an RN, I greatly appreciate this message!!!! And don’t even work in the ER. But I can feel the pain!! This should be a series!

[@gamergirl209]

Lies about back pain. My mother went to urgent care and they did nothing. TWICE. Went to the ER. Cancer diagnosis. And it was right

[@darrylkyle8142]

Yes, how in the world is that urgent care issue? Heart also has back pain, kidney infection or failure, cancer. They got that one wrong .

[@Matoskah-if9xt]

Last time I went to an urgent care I got screamed at by the receptionist on my follow up because the doctor forgot to schedule my x-ray, and they charged me $90 for the pleasure. The original visit, the same doctor had to watch a KZbin video in front of me to figure out how to stitch my tongue back together. They also charged me to remove the stitches that dissolved on their own. I think I'll just die instead. 😂

[@rosestar8293]

I was turned away from urgent care and told I had to go to the emergency room at a hospital because Medicare wouldn't pay them

[@benkavanah8140]

Love my Nurses What 🎁 gifts they all our.❤😊🎉🎉 Especially the Nurses on transplant floor. 9 west. Yale New Haven Hopspital. In CT. The Best all of you!!

[@sunowl5301]

Where I live in Canada, it’s a phone in lotto system to try to get a UC appointment same day. You start calling when they open and IF you get through, you get an appointment. If not, you start calling again the next morning. They usually fill up in the first 15 minutes. Most people don’t have a family doctor (GP) either. So ER is the only place to go if you’re really concerned. Our health care system is a nightmare.

[@chadinacalico5006]

Dude, urgent cares were not open when i nearly passed out due to having my toenail ripped off, so i more than wish i didn’t have to pay the bill 💀

[@DieGurkenfresser]

Dude, thats different

[@Kayoticmunkee]

I remember feeling bad when I showed up to an ER complaining of food poisoning symptoms, ended up getting a code sepsis to my bed # and in rolled all of the nurses 😅 I’m glad I went in even with all of the guilt.

[@terribrantley9875]

My cousin had back pain for a solid year. Went to the ER several times. No real help. Kept telling her it was a muscle problem. Turns out she had undiagnosed pancreatic cancer. Died in a month. So, just because your back hurts doesn't mean it's an Urgent Care issue like this video says. Know your body! Advocate for yourself.

[@CherryAmour]

UC never has any appointment openings and close early or late, and they sometimes will send you to the ER or somewhere else for testing

[@PaigeBatman92]

I wouldn't just say UC to everyone. Sometimes you have to trust your gut. I had back pain for two weeks. Went to the doctor's twice in that timespan. It wasn't until I threw up that my parents started taking me seriously. Went to the ER, they couldn't help me, so they sent me to a children's hospital. I had a bilateral DVT in my IVC and it got infected. I would have died if I waited until Monday (it was a Saturday night) because it was almost to my kidneys. Pulled out two ft of clot and I needed a lot of blood after my angio vac. Sometimes pain that feels muscular is not muscular. I had no history of clots. I found out after the fact that I have the factor 2 mutation and I was on birth control which contributed to it. I was 16, currently 20. Trust your gut when you know something truly isn't normal. Especially if you've tried all the other routes people said you should. I just remember that i was treated poorly by the nurses, who honestly assumed I was pregnant. The doctor took me serious but he was kind of clueless. The staff messed up my CT scan, otherwise i would have been flown to the hospital because they would have seen the massive blood clot. Instead they had my parents drive me to the other hospital. I was in so much pain and felt so sick. Glad my parents took me in and didn't make me wait.

[@DieGurkenfresser]

They Said "chronic". Google the Definition of it

[@PaigeBatman92]

@@DieGurkenfresser means it persisted for a long time. And it also means difficult to eradicate, which mine very much was. I had the back pain for a month and nothing I did made the pain go away. Chronic doesn't just mean forever and untreatable like you may think. It means for a long time and hard to treat/solve, which mine was hard to solve because nobody believed that I was in as much pain as I claimed. I couldn't even walk the day before I went to the ER, I had to get wheeled in.

[@Demenscous_edit]

I went to Urgent Care for wheezing and throwing up when I would cough really bad and they told me it was just allergies acting up. I ended up having severe asthma and vocal cord dysfunction

[@syd417]

I went to the ER when I was at a 9 on my pain scale once. I was in so much pain that I could barely stand up to walk and I was in pain all over. We told the triage nurse and she gave a look of sympathy. I have fibromyalgia, migraines, and hypermobility syndrome, and when my mom told the nurse about my conditions, I saw a microexpression on her face like she was trying to hide something from me. I knew that expression. Now, I would call it contempt, like she didn’t believe me. I sat in that waiting room for 6 hours in excruciating pain while everyone else got rooms. I was the last person to be seen that night (and no, that is not an exaggeration). When I finally got a room, I screamed at the top of my lungs from the pain. My dad doesn't show his worried face a lot, but I saw it clearly on his face that night. I remember him asking where it hurt and I looked at him and said "everywhere." It was pain that cannot be described in words. One of the interns tried pushing Norflex and did so way too fast. I choked on it (it went through the IV port, up my arm, up my nose, and back up my throat). I never knew that this could happen until this day. This medicine caused horrible acid reflux. I had to ask for something for nausea and then a GI cocktail afterward. I never did figure out what caused my pain that night. The best I can guess is I was put on Lyrica along with my Cymbalta. Lyrica caused my allodynia to flare up, so I'm wondering if it caused this too.

[@Pam-vj3tx]

That's funny, my back went out and when I went to UC I was told " what do you expect me to do about it? Go to the ER

[@prxncesslea]

sometimes tho the lower back pain can indicate a more serious problem. i had lower back pain from a kidney infection. i had a uti turn into one because i went to urgent care a couple times and they either gave me wrong diagnosis or wrong prescription, then i went to the actual hospital but because urgent care gave me the wrong medication the day prior, it concealed my symptoms but didnt actually kill the infection so the first hospital sent me away thinking i was lying but even tho they couldnt see anything i still had something going on and then it finally got so bad to the point where i almost died for people to take my back pain seriously and i got admitted and taken care of at JH. point is keep pushing and dont downplay it just be straightforward and you know your body.

[@JimYeats]

Don't be telling the chronic back pain to go to the Urgent Care. Let's not wish that one on anyone other than pain management.

[@chippotatochip6094]

What would the ER do that the urgent care can’t? Unless u have Medicaid and u don’t care about taking up a real emergency. I have sciatica, and even I won’t go to the ER, urgent care does the same thing and the wait is not as long as

[@JimYeats]

@@chippotatochip6094 I’m saying that neither ER nor Urgent care want chronic back pain patients wished upon them. I work at both ER and Urgent care locations. I’m not talking about the fella who needs a toradol shot and go, I’m talking the make-your-shift-a-living-hell chronic back pain. The come-in-by-ambulance back pain, the family-drops-them-off-and-leaves-intentionally back pain. Edit: you seem like a normal individual who uses medical services appropriately, and thus going to the urgent care for sciatica IS totally appropriate, I’m talking about a whole ‘nother class of patients. In the ER - and to a lesser degree the urgent care- chronic back pain patients can often turn into half or full day social service arrangements or security being called.

[@vtwinbreed]

@@chippotatochip6094 depending on facility, MRI/x-ray. If the chronic back pain has other symptoms, potential diagnosis of life threatening illnesses could get delayed. But that's not saying that the ER won't dismiss the pain as BS anyway.

[@jodisimeral4531]

I have chronic back pain. If I end up in the ER, I did not walk in there and something is wrong! I have severe degeneration and stenosis (diagnosed at age 35) and have a horrible future ahead of me. Most likely a disc ruptured and I have severe nerve impairment. I had a period of time in 2014-2015 I was a frequent flyer because nobody took me seriously and I almost ended up paralyzed. I was labeled a seeker. Even though I was bedridden cuz I couldn’t walk for over a year. My nerves were compromised for sooooooooooo long that it caused lifelong severe problems for me now. I had multiple MRIs that recommended a surgical consult but nobody ever told me until I literally went crazy and went to the ER 8 times in 2-3 weeks. I was sick of being ignored. I don’t want more pain medicine although a little extra so I can breathe normal would have been nice! But I wanted fixed! A lot of times chronic pain (esp back pain) patients in the ER get inadequately treated because they are looked at as the “omg the frequent flyer again”! Well….. help them! I was actually stuck in a nursing home as a resident before age 40. And I’m an RN. Changed my attitude real quick after experiencing what I had to go through. Too young, too dramatic, too many visits……. It almost killed me.

[@FreeBird1276]

Good luck getting help at pain management. Healthcare in this country is a disgrace.

[@soniczforever5470]

Back pain...Urgent care...went there for my chronic migraines. was booked in with doctor next prescribed meds to prevent them next day reduced hugely. 18 year agony went away.

[@izzygee2216]

Have worked both ER and UC and boy do people get this so wrong all the time!!! 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ I wish I could give this video a million thumbs 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@naniiamoart98]

This would be great advice if there was a single urgent care facility where i live

[@doma1n346]

This is a good educational short for people who go to an ER for a mild backpain.

[@gremlin7264]

I get this however, Urgent Care in the area close at 8pm. If someone is in pain and has a dire situation that you can help with, they go to the ER

[@kaciewhitbeck379]

you guys did this video very respectfully thanks and thanks for all you guys do! y'all are greatly appreciated!

[@Overlandparkgirl]

I have recurrent UTIs and I always go to urgent care if I’m feeling really sick …unless it turns into a kidney infection which it did twice. I went to the hospital because I didn’t want to take chances and needed fluids and stronger antibiotics

[@CraftHarlot]

Hand lacerations are a judgment call. If it could involve muscle or tendons UC will send you to the ED.

[@lopezfamily6483]

Chronic back pain could be more than a UC can't detect. Like a 5cm mass coming out of my lung and abstracting my T10. So!!! Glad I went to the ER instead.

[@sarahtheunrefinedyogi7014]

Nice of you have insurance and can go to UC but now I’ve been so sick I had to go ER got breathing treatments right then

[@barb8335]

That does require the e.d.

[@Daughterofthemosthigh53]

Get insurance

[@Heyitsme_167]

What if its late at night with a minor laceration that needs stitches? Do you wait until the morning then go or go to ER?

[@DieGurkenfresser]

Common Sense. When it needs stitches, ER. It needs to BE Kind of fresh 😅

[@jadedixon3641]

I prefer a scar myself. Though I am kicking myself for forgetting that I had butterfly closures on hand. Oh well, the scar ain't that bad.

[@shadytreez]

Man...snake bite...like Copperhead right? I pulled out various teeth from my hand when I accidentally punched my ball python, trying to adjust his F/T mouse. As luck would have it, he was striking the dead mouse as I was reaching in to adjusting it. Poor guy lost 4 teeth in my hand and would not eat for a month.

[@Ourfightisreal]

The back pain could be kidneys or anything and the bad cough could be blood clot in the lungs or phenomena ! What in the world?

[@jennifermurray6949]

Shootttt I’m PETRIFIED of the ER! I go to UC or wait for my primary for EVERYTHING! Once my doctor told me to go to the ER and when I walked in I had a panic attack and they had to give me something to calm me down. No thank you

[@lsmith1233]

Everyone's medical history is different. Do what's right for your own body. There's no one size fits all. Plus medical care staff quality may vary from one UC to another.

[@TonyHalle]

We need more videos like this! Its a hard decision to make when you're panicking!

[@ehanoldaccount5893]

Maybe if the two names weren’t as synonymic there would be less confusion. One goes to an Emergency Room to receive urgent care, on that notion the assumption of going to an Urgent Care seeking an emergency room or vise versa is very conceivable.

[@JenniferMarohn]

I went to urgent care recently with a bad cough/ fever after seeing a similar video. The first thing they asked me was why didn’t you go to the er? The uc in the hospital I went to does not have the ability to take chest x rays.

[@aamzies]

Many, many years ago I was in a pretty severe long boarding accident. To this day, about 15 years later, I still have no idea what happened. But when I was finally able to get ahold of my parents, I was in high school still, and they asked which I wanted to to. I choose UC.. they looked at me and offered to get an ambulance to take me to the hospital. Thanks to the shock I was in, not only did I save the white tank top I was wearing from blood, I saved money by having my dad take me instead.

[@DelphineDenton]

The answer for some of these is 'your primary care who actually knows you'.

[@DieGurkenfresser]

Doesnt Help when they arent Open or booked 😅 there is stuff you dont want to wait 3 days for to BE seen

[@anneofgreengables587]

Good job! I had a sudden allergic attack eating Kiwi. I went to the ER they saved me! ❤Horrible feeling!

[@bringingitbanks]

Not the wheelchair for a hangnail 😂😂😂

[@cardiacjunkie]

Could be worse..... could be a pt that was already medicated for pink eye, too come to the ER for pink eye and demand a transfer to another facility bc our Dr's would not transfer her. You just can't make this stuff up. And last I checked you didn't need to get naked for someone to exam your eyes. Smh, but I disagree with the back pain, depending on other factors of where they should go. If there is a change in being able to go to the bathroom or should I say a change in being able to control when you go to the bathroom or loss of sensation etc etc in a limb, there are varying issues with that one. With anything for that matter, if you don't know the entire situation. I'm not giving any advice unless I know some history of the problem.

[@kimcissell1905]

CVS and Walgreens have take care clinics too. Nurse practitioners available.

[@Haughtsauce29]

One time I went to urgent care in Orlando cause of my high blood pressure and they told me to go to the ER. I told them I just need some bp meds cause my appointment to my new PCP is next week in Jax and I wouldn't be able to drive 2hrs when my BP is in the 200s😅

[@Leafy414-0]

Never going back to urgent care for back pain again.Went to urgent care just to be sent to the ER twice in the past. Waste of hours of time. Now I just go straight to the ER.

[@msfistfightsvsfences]

Urgent care says go to PCP for chronic back pain. Also a hangnail you see a PCP and they refer you to podiatrist.

[@margaritacastro1293]

Yes, please educate people!! The amount of "coughs" i get in the ER is embarrassing 😂

[@emmapariera5210]

I had a seizure like episode at work, lost consciousness, woke up delirious and confused, yelled at my boss without even knowing it, didn't know where I was. They called for an ambulance and I refused. They then called my sister to come get me and I get home and was fine. But yeah. I'm one of those crazy people.

[@Monica-le9oi]

I want to have this kind of time of my hands at my job…

[@masagolob3215]

It's very possible they were doing it before or after their shift started / ended. They probably have work to do during work hours.

[@ICU306]

There’s down time…. It’s rare but there is. Chill tf out it’s not that serious

[@Myhusbandrenamedmyhandle]

Funny because i was advised to NOT go to the ER when in labor. They said to go directly to L&D triage.

[@MrsAlmaTrumble]

Sorry, I'm not going to my urgent care again. They missed my broken femur after doing x-rays.

[@ep3865]

Imagine someone going into labor heading to an urgent care 😮

[@midnite_mermaid]

I went to UC first to get fluids because I couldn't keep anything down and they turned me away saying they can't do that so I went to the hospital like 0.5 mile away and ended up getting admitted for 5 days for bacterial pneumonia (probably right after I had COVID but they didn't have a test yet). I like to think blessing in disguise. Scared me because they charged my insurance almost $20k in IV drugs alone because they didn't know what caused it.

[@amindreka6357]

I love how you have to make these videos for people who don't understand.

[@lindalowe8341]

Our Healthcare system is broken. Period. It's sooo sad and messed up! I'm not going to the E.R. the hospital killed my son. I'll die at home. Don't have anyone anymore. I'm happy to ðie alone. Yup.

[@easycraftydesigns3141]

Rip ❤

[@meganlewis2424]

Video: "hangnail" Me: "home"

[@Jen-uk6ly]

Could develop sepsis

[@frankzanetich7774]

So with my back pain when my disc blew into my spinal cord almost severed it (5th surgery) I should have just went to UC.. EVEN THOUGH I WAS PARALYZED..THANKS FOR THE MISS INFORMATION..THIS IS WHY IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU..U WOULD FEEL DIFFERENT

[@naomideleon8363]

I completely agree 👍 also I believe in karma 💯 TRUST ME IT WILL AND DOES COME AROUND TO THEM AND THEY'LL DEFINITELY think different!!

[@DieGurkenfresser]

Get a fucking brain and Common sense

[@DieGurkenfresser]

Typical brainless bitter witched😂

[@Sparkle-cx3tn]

Unless that hangnail is seriously infected why go anywhere at all 😭

[@DM-xu9yw]

This is actually really good. You should make more.

[@Lab757]

The times I went to urgent care was told to go to ER . I didn’t think it was necessary. I went home

[@mitulu74]

UC for chronic back pain? Oh hell naw i have sciatica couldnt walk pain was so bad had tears in my eyes and peed on myself bcuz i couldnt make it to bathroom pain was that BAD.. 😢

[@magoo9279]

Should be ER, Urgent Care, Primary Care

[@b.phenomenal]

lol people really need to know this! I use to go to the Emergency Room for a cold. I just didnt know 😂

[@Isaiah-xi3lu]

Flare up of chronic pancreatitis brought on by gallstone getting stuck in bile duct: ER then transferred to a different hospital for emergency surgery 👌🏼🤙🏼 3 days post op and on the mend lmao

[@seriouslyreally5413]

Thought they would throw them out for the hangnail😂

[@lisadiaz1815]

I know all this too, but some insurance only pay if you go to ER, unfortunately.

[@JacquelynRivera930]

The Chronic back pain can be one or the other. One day my grandmother just couldn't walk. We took her to the ER, and it was cancer. She was diagnosed and given less than a week to live and put on hospice. Urgent Care would NOT have been the solution. The same thing happened with my girlfriend. She had chronic pain in her arm, went to the emergency room and was given less than a month to live and put on hospice. Chronic pain _SHOULD_ go to the emergency room.

[@DieGurkenfresser]

Common Sense please. Of fucking course you Go the the er If your issue isnt caused by your chronic Back pain. What they obv. Mean IS when you have chronic Back pain which is troubling you again and you Just need Something to BE done now. Like getting a refill on a certain stronger pain Killer or Something that Turns the cramps down.

[@Ya_boi_jasper]

It took me a minute to see what was on the picture for the snake bite. I thought it was a kaleidoscope image 😅😅

[@brittnyblain9762]

I work in healthcare and have seen people die because the wait was so long.. People with war aches, UTI, sore throat.. Minimal illnesses... It's sad...

[@aprilhance2978]

Not so with the chronic back pain it took me three to four visits to er to finally get a ct come to find out stage 4 cancer my pain was bad they kept accusing me of just trying to get pain meds Yes I needed pain meds I had tumors on my spine the cancer had metastisized to my spine and hip bones they are Swiss cheese now Radiation and Ibrance and tons of prayer from family and friend and I’m doing mor well than I had thought I would be my doctor don’t know too much except I can’t lift anything over five pound I can break bones easily

[@LicensedDoctorUK]

Nailed it, thanks for testing me on my job ❤🎉

[@MrFixIt036]

Maybe they need to show this to urgent care personnel management. Every time I've ever gone to an urgent care for something that urgent care could do, I always get turned away and told to go to the emergency room. Not a single soul in the waiting room or being seen at urgent care but a 6 and 1/2 hour wait at emergency. Not to mention, you call and ask if they do x-rays and they say yes, and you show up 30 minutes before close because that's what time it is, and then they suddenly don't do imaging anymore. Got to love the fact that health care in America is a business.

[@amybaby04]

I had excruciating back pain, i couldnt stand up straight enough to walk, i went to UC and they sent me to the ER. If it happens again im going to the ER. UC isnt equipt to treat that type of pain

[@melissadurham3561]

For pregnancy we go straight to labor and delivery. I was pregnant had some pain and went to the emergency room ,told my IPs and my dr called me he sent a nurse down to get me ,he said always go up to labor and delivery.

[@TexasbyStorm]

Chronic back pain should go to ER if it is accompanied by a fever or vomiting or severe headache. Sometimes what we think it is because its "normal" is wrong and sudden or different symptoms than we normally have should be addressed at the ER.

[@hasmasch]

Not me who went to the ER for a hangnail at 18 😅 it was so infected it was bordering on blood poisoning. The drainage of that bad boy is, to this day, my reference point for a pain 10/10

[@ravenzyblack]

I guessed them all, and got them right… 10/10 for me.

[@asherk.1118]

I think it depends for the cough like on the severity of the the cough, if you cough up something like blood ECT yk

[@stringcheese6833]

I've always heard that if you're going into labor and going to the ER, they wheel you right over to Labor and Delivery. Might make more sense to just head over there if you can, it will save you the ER wait times.

[@Elemenohpea440]

Some hospitals allow you to go straight to labor and deliver, some require you to go through the ER. With my fourth kid, I got to the hospital very late and the ER people started asking me all sorts of silly questions until I looked at them and murmured “4th baby, need to push” They ran me into labor and deliver so fast, they didn’t have time to put the foot rests down on the wheel chair. The baby was born in my pants🤣🤣🤣

[@roisinhart]

Except urgent care means i have to pay $800 out of pocket in order to even see anyone. Id rather wait at the er.

[@ryanawilson8549]

You forgot one. Man flu. Stay home and annoy the spouse.

[@annacaiazza8869]

I disagree about the chronic back pain! Sometimes those are symptoms of other serious conditions that need to be addressed and could be life changing! Urgent care could waste time on that and then it would be detrimental. Example would be: abdominal aneurism or kidney stones etc.

[@triciaking7321]

Yep, happened to me, was gallstones, went to urgent care, almost lost my pancreas :(

[@annacaiazza8869]

@@triciaking7321wow , I am so sorry 😢 you went through that! I can completely understand your frustration! I had gall stones also back in 2006 because they kept misdiagnosing me and saying I had an ulcer and I told them I had gall stone attack until my urine finally turned dark and I landed up in the emergency and my liver enzymes were abnormal and if I waited a few more days I would have had jaundice. That is why I also had back pain and abdominal pain . SMH 😮! I hope you are doing well and healthy! I got my gall bladder removed and I am ok but I suffered for 10 months back then ! We as patients have to really fight and advocate for ourselves or we will end up disabled or dead if we don’t!

[@melaniev4390]

That's not chronic back pain. That's acute back pain.

[@Daughterofthemosthigh53]

I guess you don’t know what chronic means

[@annacaiazza8869]

@@melaniev4390I disagree. It depends on the case . But to each his own!

[@theseblueeyes]

Almost every urgent care in Albuquerque will send you to the ER for anything more than a light cough. And bill you anyway, its a racket.