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Originally Posted by WhiplashDug
lol.. logic like this is why many Americans need to fight to keep the government out of health care!
.. ie.. better to go home cause it's just a headache. why waste the governments time and money treating a headache... unless of course it's a symptom of a much larger problem, like um... a tumor?
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If you have a headache, which will not go away -- the best place to start is to go to your family doctor. If they are concerned, they will book you in to see a specialist. If I had a persistent headache, I would not go to an ER, I would go to a walk-in clinic.
The same as if I had a sore knee, I would go to an ER. But if I had chest pains, and tingling / numbness in my arms and hands -- I would go to the ER (via ambulance).
An emergency room, by definition, is for emergencies (broken arm, chest pains, head injuries, etc.). I think that people who turn up because they have a sore throat should be made to wait until they go away -- aversion therapy
