You never want to go to a doctor s office for chest pain or sudden weakness on one side.
Does emergency room have to treat you.
Once at the hospital you may receive emergency care treatment to prevent another stroke rehabilitation to treat the side effects of stroke or all three.
Those are the types of things an emergency doc is well prepared to handle.
Accidentally coming in contact with poison ivy.
In most cases people should treat an urgent care center as they would a doctor s office albeit with longer more flexible hours and walk in availability.
At the crux of the issue is the emergency medical treatment and active labor act emtala a federal law that seems to dictate that all people who enter an emergency room with an emergency must be treated.
Go to a hospital s emergency room if any of these conditions occur with an abscess.
29 2018 the emergency medical treatment and labor act or emtala guarantees a certain level of medical care to anyone who comes to an emergency department that accepts payments from.
Emergency departments are required by the emergency medicine treatment and labor act to care for any patient even if that means just an exam to screen for whether the condition is actually a life threatening emergency.
If you re not experiencing an emergency and you don t have medical insurance or the ability to pay the hospital emergency room is not legally required to treat you.
You know what s not a life threatening emergency.
Please keep in mind just because you go to the emergency room it does not mean you will be seen if your situation does not constitute an emergency.
Fever of 102 f or higher especially if you have a chronic disease or are on steroids chemotherapy or.
With such diverse regulations going to an urgent care center for a medical emergency is a gamble unless you are clear about what the center can or cannot treat.
The hospital will most likely direct you to your own doctor or a community health clinic.
If you think you have an emergency by all means call an ambulance or get yourself to the emergency room.
On the way to the hospital.
But don t run to your nearest emergency department in hopes of a free dose of codeine for your troublesome cold.