When something seems wrong with your health and you need to have the issue checked right away, the knee jerk reaction may be to go to the emergency room immediately. While at the emergency room, you most likely will be made to wait for what may be hours for an EKG or other tests. What many people don’t realize is that 80% of these ailments can be checked or treated in an urgent care facility. These facilities can be
1. Cheaper
Often, it costs less to have something checked in an urgent care facility than the emergency room. While price isn’t the top consideration in an emergency, it does help.
2. Faster
It is not unusual to wait in an emergency room a lengthy amount of time for tests. It is very likely that you could get an EKG faster in an urgent care facility than in the emergency room.
3. Convenient
There may be an urgent care facility that is closer to you than the emergency room.
However, it is important to consider that urgent care facilities are not for immediately life threatening emergencies. Emergency rooms are still necessary for:
• Potential heart attacks or strokes
• Bleeding head or chest wounds
• Loss of consciousness or numbness
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Emergency Guide - Dealing With Emergencies 