Patients should go to the ER for an orthopedic issue if the injury is not getting better, or there’s a noticed deformity in the extremities. Watch Jason Nielson, MD, of Sunrise Children’s Hospital, explain more.
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Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center answeredSee All 2 AnswersIn the ER, you could receive basic blood tests, as well as tests of electrolytes, renal function, urine, and much more.
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To accurately guage your pain level to get proper care in the emergency room (ER), rate the pain on a scale of zero to 10 with 10 being the most severe pain imaginable and zero is no pain present. Pain that is a 10 is most usually compared to having a baby naturally or passing a kidney stone. Also, describe the pain character. For instance, is it dull, sharp, burning, aching or another description. Pain is a very subjective symptom and may vary from patient to patient, but these are common ways to describe pain in the emergency room or in any other setting.
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See All 2 AnswersYou should wait before going to the emergency room (ER) under certain circumstances. If you’ve got some abdominal pain and you have one episode of vomiting and one episode of diarrhea, and you’re starting to feel better, you can tolerate some soup, the pain is slowly getting better, it doesn’t hurt when you get up and walk, you might say, “You know what? I’m going to wait it out for another hour or two and see what happens.”
You should not wait to go to the ER if you have symptoms that are concerning, that are getting worse, that aren’t getting better, that are preventing you from doing just normal activities—you can’t get up and walk because the pain is so bad. Or, you can’t eat because you are vomiting all the time, or your diarrhea has gotten to the point where you are light-headed and dizzy, then absolutely you need to be seen in an emergency department for those things.
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Swedish Medical Center answeredDoctors in an orthopedic trauma practice treat people with broken bones and other musculoskeletal injuries, not just at the time of the injury but also later in life when problems may develop that are associated with those injuries. They also treat the complications associated with the injury.
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If you are seriously injured, you will want to go to a trauma center that has a Level I designation from the American College of Surgeons in that state, because this means that a team of specialists will be available to take care of your injuries. A fellowship-trained orthopedic trauma surgeon will be available to take care of your orthopedic injuries. A trauma surgeon will deal with possible internal injuries, and a neurosurgeon will be available to treat head trauma.
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Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center answeredSee All 4 AnswersYou should go to the emergency room for a fever if you reach 100.4 F; it could indicate a virus or bacterial infection.
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Metropolitan Methodist Hospital answeredSee All 2 AnswersThe fast track is designed to quickly treat patients with mild ailments, like cuts and colds, without interfering with the treatment of seriously ill patients.
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A patient with chest pain should be evaluated with x-rays and an EKG to give further evidence on the seriousness of the chest pain.
