ER or Urgent Care

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe someone would ask this about done one bleeding for four hours.
FOUR HOURS.
BLEEDING.

OK drama queen or king. At an ER you will likely wait many hours, but it's the better place for overall care. At urgent care you will likely be seen within the hour and may be able to resolve issue. I still say go to ER, but my goodness you need to calm down. At an ER nobody bats an eyelash at bleeding from your nose for just 4 hours. You should see who has to wait hours and hours.

[Anonymous]

I think of urgent care as the place you go when you suspect you know what's up and need professional to confirm/treat. Need a strep test? Realized you must have gotten into poison ivy? Urgent care.

Not sure why you're so dizzy or can't stop bleeding? ER

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe someone would ask this about done one bleeding for four hours.
FOUR HOURS.
BLEEDING.

Oh calm down. It was a nose bleed. This is pretty common and not an actual emergency until it has been a day or more. Most of it is mucous anyway.

Prolonged bleeding after hours in an elderly gentleman on blood thinners means trip to ER. This isn’t an 8 year old who’s been picking his nose or something.

[Anonymous]

This was a few days ago. OP, any updates?

[Anonymous]

I must be in the minority, because I wouldn't go to urgent care OR the ER for this. Unless the nose is really gushing blood, I would just wait to head to the regular Dr's office the next day (unless this is a Friday night or start of a long weekend/holiday). I have been so ingrained by insurance penalties that make you pay $500-$1000 for ER visits that don't result in admittance, that my threshold for ER is suspected heart attack, stroke, inability to breath, 3rd-degree burns, or severe bleeding.

[Anonymous]

Guess you are not familiar with blood thinners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I must be in the minority, because I wouldn't go to urgent care OR the ER for this. Unless the nose is really gushing blood, I would just wait to head to the regular Dr's office the next day (unless this is a Friday night or start of a long weekend/holiday). I have been so ingrained by insurance penalties that make you pay $500-$1000 for ER visits that don't result in admittance, that my threshold for ER is suspected heart attack, stroke, inability to breath, 3rd-degree burns, or severe bleeding.

Unfortunately, this. My insurance only pays if I am admitted. So frustrating since that leaves me to decide if something is really bad enough to be admitted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I must be in the minority, because I wouldn't go to urgent care OR the ER for this. Unless the nose is really gushing blood, I would just wait to head to the regular Dr's office the next day (unless this is a Friday night or start of a long weekend/holiday). I have been so ingrained by insurance penalties that make you pay $500-$1000 for ER visits that don't result in admittance, that my threshold for ER is suspected heart attack, stroke, inability to breath, 3rd-degree burns, or severe bleeding.

Unfortunately, this. My insurance only pays if I am admitted. So frustrating since that leaves me to decide if something is really bad enough to be admitted.

But I do think that medicare with a supplemental does pay to go and not be admitted.