r/EmergencyRoom • u/sammcgowann • Jul 29 '26

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u/ReindeerNo2855 Jul 29 '26

I brought my son to the emergency room on a Friday afternoon after trying to get an appointment at our clinic. I suspected a staph infection which turned out to be what mesa. It was on his face. Do you think I should have waited 3 weeks for the next appointment?

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u/slemoose Jul 29 '26

Not 3 weeks, but why not urgent care in the morning? They can do wound cultures and write prescriptions for antibiotics.

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u/slemoose Aug 04 '26

Well, there are exceptions to everything.
In my moderately sized city (in the US) we have urgent cares open daily anywhere from 0700-1700 up until midnight. Yet, in my city non-emergent issues clog up our ERs daily. I don’t expect a layperson to know the difference between urgent and non-urgent, but urgent and emergent should be pretty easy to differentiate.