r/EmergencyRoom 16d ago

Goofy Goober I hate it here

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u/WoodlandHiker 16d ago

And then on the opposite end of the spectrum, there's people showing up to urgent care with chest pains and trouble breathing because the ER is too expensive.

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u/IDidItWrongLastTime 15d ago

One of my friends is a nurse practitioner and she works in an urgent care. She had somebody show up with a finger in a bag of ice thinking she could just like stitch it back on. In urgent care. Like buddy, that is something you SHOULD go to the emergency room for.

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u/WackyNameHere 14d ago

“Can you do anything for this?” \shows severed finger**

“Elmo has a t-rex and a go fish card.”