Oh, your mind would boggle with examples of what people go to the ER for.
People sometimes use the hospital for routine care because they are too lazy or "busy" to make an appointment with the doc. Then around 10:00 pm when there's nothing else to watch on TV, they trundle in with symptoms they've had for three days. They are also the ones who tend to complain the loudest because of the wait!!!
Heart attack, fever of 104+ and bones sticking through skin are pretty much my criteria. Severe flu with excessive vomiting may require IV fluids, which would be a good reason to go to the ER.
Of course, our family's lucky. The ER comes to us!!!
I work out of Los Angeles. Nothing boggles my mind. I know what happens, who goes to ERs and for what purposes.
People sometimes use the hospital for routine care because they are too lazy or "busy" to make an appointment with the doc.
No doubt, but this is certainly not the big problem when it comes to ERs.
Lets not kid ourselves.