Don't you get one of those only if you are admitted? Not the same when only being seen in the ER.
If you are treated at the emergency room, you are admitted, even if only as an out-patient. You get a bracelet. I have been there enough with my kids and other relatives that I know.
If they treated him in the ER then he was given one for ID purposes.
Maybe it depends on the hospital, but I've always got them when I've gone to the ER. I remember getting one when I was a little girl and I freaked because I thought I was getting admitted! LOL!
Hmmmm .. you may be correct .. my mistake
But I do remember getting one once before being admitted because I am allergic to certain meds and they gave me one stating that
I don't know. My son got one in the ER when he broke his arm. They color coded priority....