Poll: how old are your kids and how many times have they been to the ER in their life?
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Anonymous
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7: 0 (urgent care twice (1 head bleeding & 1 UTI), but 0 ER)
4: 0 (0 urgent care and ER) Plenty of visits at pediatricians, and I visit them like many time these few years for covid testing, sick appointments, vaccination for covid and flu etc. |
Anonymous
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We’ve gone to urgent care more often but otherwise
DD 15: 5 (febrile seizures, respiratory infection and an allergic reaction) DS 13: 2 DS 9: 1 |
Anonymous
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13: 2 (stitches, burn injury)
9: 1 (allergic reaction, had to be admitted) Plenty to urgent care, though. I only use ER for extreme issues. |
Anonymous
| 20 and 22 never |
Anonymous
| DS4.5: 3 (1 febrile seizure, 1 allergic reaction, 1 potential broken arm) |
Anonymous
| 1 and 1 |
Anonymous
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5:0
7:1 My observation is that some people go to the emergency room for everything. We have some friends whose kids (ages 5 and 3) have each been to the emergency room at least 8 times. These kids don't have chronic health issues or underlying conditions. They just think that a fever that lasts more than a day or two or a cough that persists more than a week deserves an emergency room visit. To me, that's a "call the nurse hotline, or worst case go to urgent care" situation. Usually we contact the nurse hotline through our pediatrician and get some good advice for treatment plus reassurance about what actually requires an ER visit, and it's fine. My feeling is that the ER should be for: unexplained lethargy, trouble breathing (always), sudden injury (anything that makes you worry about a concussion or broken bone), or the weird kid incidents like an item lodged in an ear or nose, assuming you can't get into a pediatrician which these days you can't. We don't go to the ER for cold symptoms, even bad ones, and we don't even go for flu/RSV type illness unless something escalates (like breathing issues). Most of the time, I think kids are best served by staying home, resting, and being cared for by a family member, not sitting in a hospital all night. |
Anonymous
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DS, 7: Never
DD, 5 mo: Never |
Anonymous
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2: 1
Discovered a life threatening allergy. |
Anonymous
| 18 and 20 and never |
Anonymous
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11 - 0
9 - 4 |
Anonymous
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11 - 0
9 - 1 for stitches at 2. |
Anonymous
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DS 17: total of 3
DD 14: 1 I bought DS a key chain that says, "Don't do stupid sh1t - mom". All 3x were due to DS doing stupid sh1t. DD was due to a medical reason. |
Anonymous
oof DD was 2x. I think I blocked one out of my mind. |
Anonymous
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6- 0 ER, 3x urgent care (chin stitches, fever of 103, broken arm)
4- 0 1- 0 |