Which ER do you send your kids to?

[Anonymous]

If you are at the point of going to an Emergency Room shouldn't you be going to whichever one is the closest? honest question, not being snarky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When your child(ren) has a medical emergency which hospital do you go to? Please state where you live, which hospital(s) you've been to and what you think of said hospital.

I'll start. We live in North Bethesda/Rockville. We've visited the ER twice in the last two years. Both times we went to Suburban in Bethesda. They have a friendly and competent staff, but they push for CT scans too much although that's probably true of all hospitals.

We avoid suburban because they pushed CT scans on us too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are at the point of going to an Emergency Room shouldn't you be going to whichever one is the closest? honest question, not being snarky.

It depends what the emergency is. Traumatic head injury? Don't go to the closest hospital. Flu or fever? Sure.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are at the point of going to an Emergency Room shouldn't you be going to whichever one is the closest? honest question, not being snarky.

It depends what the emergency is. Traumatic head injury? Don't go to the closest hospital. Flu or fever? Sure.

+1

A lot of urgent care facilities won't see kids under 18 months, so we once had to go to the ER for pink eye because DS got it on a Saturday.

[Anonymous]

We've gone to the Suburban pediatric ER several times and have been happy with the care and wait times

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Children's hospital at Washington hospital center.

I don't think its part of Washington Hospital Center?

http://childrensnational.org

[Anonymous]

I live on the Hill and we also go to Children's.

[Anonymous]

Arlington and Fairfax if I had a choice.

[Anonymous]

Children's. We are lucky to live nearby, but if something happened when we were out in the suburbs I'd drive back.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are at the point of going to an Emergency Room shouldn't you be going to whichever one is the closest? honest question, not being snarky.

It depends what the emergency is. Traumatic head injury? Don't go to the closest hospital. Flu or fever? Sure.

+1

A lot of urgent care facilities won't see kids under 18 months, so we once had to go to the ER for pink eye because DS got it on a Saturday.

Flu, pink eye and fever... I would not go to the ER, I would go to the minute clinic, or call my pediatrician or wait until Monday.

For a traumatic brain injury... Like a concussion there is nothing the ER can do, call the pediatrician and plan to go to Children's Hospital the following week. If there is a physical injury to the outside of the head that needs stitches,I would still just go to the nearest hospital.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Children's. We are lucky to live nearby, but if something happened when we were out in the suburbs I'd drive back.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you are at the point of going to an Emergency Room shouldn't you be going to whichever one is the closest? honest question, not being snarky.

It depends what the emergency is. Traumatic head injury? Don't go to the closest hospital. Flu or fever? Sure.

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are at the point of going to an Emergency Room shouldn't you be going to whichever one is the closest? honest question, not being snarky.

It depends what the emergency is. Traumatic head injury? Don't go to the closest hospital. Flu or fever? Sure.

+1

A lot of urgent care facilities won't see kids under 18 months, so we once had to go to the ER for pink eye because DS got it on a Saturday.

Flu, pink eye and fever... I would not go to the ER, I would go to the minute clinic, or call my pediatrician or wait until Monday.

For a traumatic brain injury... Like a concussion there is nothing the ER can do, call the pediatrician and plan to go to Children's Hospital the following week. If there is a physical injury to the outside of the head that needs stitches,I would still just go to the nearest hospital.

The ER can diagnosis a concussion. And if there's blood going through the blood-brain barrier then you may need immediate intervention. Please don't tell people there's nothing that can be done about a concussion. A mild concussion, yes, only rest will relieve it, but what if it's more than a mild concussion?

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Anonymous wrote:If you are at the point of going to an Emergency Room shouldn't you be going to whichever one is the closest? honest question, not being snarky.

It depends what the emergency is. Traumatic head injury? Don't go to the closest hospital. Flu or fever? Sure.

And if it's something time critical then I would call an ambulance.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are at the point of going to an Emergency Room shouldn't you be going to whichever one is the closest? honest question, not being snarky.

It depends what the emergency is. Traumatic head injury? Don't go to the closest hospital. Flu or fever? Sure.

+1

A lot of urgent care facilities won't see kids under 18 months, so we once had to go to the ER for pink eye because DS got it on a Saturday.

Flu, pink eye and fever... I would not go to the ER, I would go to the minute clinic, or call my pediatrician or wait until Monday.

For a traumatic brain injury... Like a concussion there is nothing the ER can do, call the pediatrician and plan to go to Children's Hospital the following week. If there is a physical injury to the outside of the head that needs stitches,I would still just go to the nearest hospital.

The ER can diagnosis a concussion. And if there's blood going through the blood-brain barrier then you may need immediate intervention. Please don't tell people there's nothing that can be done about a concussion. A mild concussion, yes, only rest will relieve it, but what if it's more than a mild concussion?

Most concussions are mild. Don't clog the Er with a fever and a bump on the head.