An Urgent Care Center Serves Those with Non-Life Threatening Issues

Jun 8
08:54

2012

Antoinette Ayana

Antoinette Ayana

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An urgent care facility serves as a medium between an emergency room and a doctor's office.

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Whenever some people get a painful injury or begin experiencing painful symptoms,An Urgent Care Center Serves Those with Non-Life Threatening Issues Articles the first place they think they must go for urgent care is the emergency room. However, some soon find out that they probably don't belong there. That's because they realize that, although they are experiencing a great deal of pain and discomfort, what they are going through is nothing compared to many of the other people who are sitting near or alongside them. For instance, they could be experiencing a horrible migraine that almost brings them to tears. A few minutes later they notice someone come in with a large bleeding gash on the side of their neck. It won't take long for them to decide who has the bigger emergency.

This isn't to say that one person deserves attention and the other doesn't. However, the person with the migraine may be better served at a place like an urgent care center. These are facilities that treat people with severe sicknesses and injuries that don't necessarily have to be treated immediately.

For instance, a person with a painful ankle sprain or broken bone could benefit from an urgent care center. That's because, although the pain may feel unbearable, it isn't life-threatening. A person with a high fever or severe throat and cough would also be best treated at one of these centers.

Going to one of these facilities also insures that patients don't have to wait hours in a painful state while others, with more life-threatening issues get treated before them. Just imagine if a child were playing in a baseball game. They were on their way to third base, when they tripped over a something on the field. They fell the wrong way and ended up breaking their leg and injuring their hand on the way down. So, some of their family members rushed them to one of the local emergency rooms to get treatment.

When they got to the emergency room, the mother went to the front desk and pleaded for help. As soon as they were about to get treated, a pregnant woman who was experiencing severe bleeding came in. Soon after, a gun hot victim was rushed in. So, because the pregnant woman and the gunshot victim were going through more severe forms of pain, the young child was put on the back burner. All they were able to get was some pain medicine to help alleviate some of the pain. However, it wasn't enough.

On the other hand, if they were to be taken to an urgent care center, they wouldn't have had to wait behind people with life-threatening issues. They would be in a place that was suited to properly serve them.

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