I took my youngest son 13, to the ER to check for broken ribs (hockey parent here - just bruised) I'm a father of five and have had plenty of experience in the ER. I have never seen it so busy. Waiting room was filled with young people. One mother and 20 something son were checking in. He had apparently just had a previous blood clot and was now experiencing chest pain and shortness of breath with elevated heart rate. Hours later we were called in. I was expecting to be asked if my son was Vaccinated but instead was asked if we would ever approve blood transfusions! Was this a trick question? I said "Not now. Not since blood is taken from the Vaccinated." Anyone have similar experiences? This has to stop!
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are we talking about the same thing here? ER stands for Emergency Room, sometimes called Emergency Department.
How can that be 'stand alone'? the whole point of them is to be in a hospital where they can address any medical emergency.
We have ER's that are in medical centers, not a hospital. The medical center only has doctors offices. No in-patient care what so ever. Been that way for over 40 years.
I asked the same question. I mean I don't think ambulances go there but they had a CT scan machine. I don't think most urgent cares have that. It's hard enough to find one with an xray machine. It's dignity health emergency room.
There are a lot of standalone urgent care centers. I don’t know if you call them ER’s or not, it’s very common to have an urgent center around the corner that’s not connected to a hospital. If things get dicey there, they’ll send you to an actual hospital with a ER attached
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We have stand alone ERs in TX. They are different from Urgent Care and different from hospital ERs. They have ambulances and on duty specialists, do more than Urgent Care, but not everything that hospital ERs do. They also cost an arm and a leg, unless you’re on Medicare. We have one in our neighborhood.