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Trip to ER might be costly
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<blockquote data-quote="&#039;Lord Brown&#039;s bidding&#039;" data-source="post: 1325466" data-attributes="member: 32753"><p>Kidney stones are painful, but rarely fatal if treated in a timely manner. Hence, they aren't an emergency, and why you shouldn't go to the ER for one, unless you want to pay the copay.</p><p></p><p>People keep saying "Most of the time people go to the ER they aren't admitted". <em>That is the problem! !!</em> They aren't being admitted because they don't have emergencies. Or, the condition which needed stabilizing was not an imminent threat to the person's life, and therefore did not need to be treated at the ER (a primary example of this is people going to the ER for fevers; they are just going to prescribe Tylenol which you could go get yourself, or go see your primary doctor (or urgent care doctor) to get.</p><p></p><p>Did you ever notice on the sides of OTC meds that it says, "If symptoms do not improve, see a/your doctor. " It doesn't say go to the ER, or "Seek medical attention immediately! ", like it does in the warnings on household cleaners if you should ingest some.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Lord Brown's bidding', post: 1325466, member: 32753"] Kidney stones are painful, but rarely fatal if treated in a timely manner. Hence, they aren't an emergency, and why you shouldn't go to the ER for one, unless you want to pay the copay. People keep saying "Most of the time people go to the ER they aren't admitted". [I]That is the problem! !![/I] They aren't being admitted because they don't have emergencies. Or, the condition which needed stabilizing was not an imminent threat to the person's life, and therefore did not need to be treated at the ER (a primary example of this is people going to the ER for fevers; they are just going to prescribe Tylenol which you could go get yourself, or go see your primary doctor (or urgent care doctor) to get. Did you ever notice on the sides of OTC meds that it says, "If symptoms do not improve, see a/your doctor. " It doesn't say go to the ER, or "Seek medical attention immediately! ", like it does in the warnings on household cleaners if you should ingest some. [/QUOTE]
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