Emergency Room question..

~Lynchie~

How many times have you brought your dc to the emergency room? 

I ask because Holden is over 8 months old and I have never brought him to the emergency room, but a good friend of mine has a 7 month old and they make a trip to the emergency room at least once a month it seems like.  I make fun of her for it but I'm beginning to wonder if what she's doing is the norm for first time moms?

June24Bride

zero. my DH IS my ER. Too many people go to the ER instead of their physicians or urgent care

CDMay2006

1 of my nephews/nieces went once by that age (ped's rec), one went several times (but was premature and had related complications), the other 2 did not go at all.

coribecca

Only once.  It was for a traumatic injury.  She broke a bone and was bleeding profusely.  Other than that, I've never even considered it.

IkesHawaiian06

Emma is 17 months and has never been to the ER. We always take her to her doctor or urgent care first.

preston18

Never.  I figure my days are numbered given the close calls I've witnessed when he stumbles.

stacylu

Once - she had a high fever at 7 weeks and they sent us to Childrens. It was terrible.

JRS72206

Isabelle will be one next week and I've never taken her. I would if I felt it was our only option and the situation was serious.

RobynK

Never for our 10 month olds.  We've only made one "extra" pedi appt and it was for a new dose for reflux meds.

braveangel2

once...but she was just there because I was the one going to the ER.

mrsjazzsinger

The closest I've ever gotten to taking Harper was last night (she has a stomach bug ) but we were able to talk to her pedi and she didn't think it was necessary unless she started becoming dehydrated.

My DH's sister has 4 very active little kids under the age of 7 and they've all ended up in the ER multiple times though

~Lynchie~

lol, ok good.   My friend brings her son for everything!  He wont stop crying, he fell off the bed, his sleep habits changed... everything!   I think its funny, but she lives in a small town and I bet they people at the ER are getting annoyed by it =P

JDCSKF

Never. I have thought about taking her to urgent care when I couldn't get her into a same day pedi appointment, but we never went because she was improving. I would only go to the ER for a tramatic injury, if it was the middle of the night and her fever was not controlled by motrin, or my mommy instinct kicked in and said, go to the doctor now.

My local ER is not a very good one, and doesn't know how to deal with children in general (everyone I know who has gone there, says the ER doctors call Children's in Tacoma to get advice on treatment). If I had to drive I would take her directly to Children's in Tacoma.

My step son went to the ER all.the.time. Most of the time it was his mother's need to have attention right away. Today, he still goes to the doctor for every little thing, and he is 19 year old.

chibipoe

Never, we were close once because we almost missed the closing time for our Ped but they snuck us in because they didn't want to send us all the way to childrens.

I have an employee who takes her kids in for EVERYTHING. We work in healthcare, she should know better.

Jas*sGirl

This may be an odd question, but does she have medical insurance?  I know a lot of people who do not carry insurance go to the ER for care.

LuvBug12683

Neither of my kids have been to the ER and Jacob is almost 3.. Im surprised we've lasted this long b/c from what I've heard from my MI,  DH was a frequent visitor

~Lynchie~

Yeah they have insurance.

babyaustin725

Tillman has never been and he's more than 4.  In fact, he hasn't been to the doctor for anything other than his yearly checkup since before he turned 2!  He gets sick and he gets hurt, but as long as it seems under control, I don't worry about it.

DAWNNA76

only once. Kai was 2 weeks old and spiked a 105 temp. we stayed in the NICU for a week. other than that everything is just normal doctor and I dont think I have actually had to bring them in for anything other than regular appointments and pink eye once or twice when Eli was in daycare.

KameronLee98

DS has been twice. One time he had a 105 fever and had to be admitted for 3 days and the other time he had  really low fever and they had to run a lot of tests. Those were both on Sunday evening when his Dr. wasn't in the office.

Em7.31.04

We've taken DS1 one time and he's almost 3 and a half.  We went only because he spiked a very high fever at midnight and had no other options for treatment at that time.  We were out of state as well.  Loads of fun (note sarcasm)...

 We've never taken DS2.

BethS2006

Once, at 11 months, when Gabe had a febrile seizure at 6pm.  I called 911, and after they came they said to bring him in.  We haven't had anymore seizures, but if we did, I would not bring him in again unless it was a long one...  I hate the ER.

Audrey, never...   we did hit urgent care on a Saturday in Iowa for double ear infections in both kids... yeah, that was fun. 

Call your damn pediatrician.  That's why they have an answering service and the on-call doc will call you back.  Sorry.  I hate being in an ER, and hated that my baby who had  a seizure couldnt be seen for hours because of all the stupid people in there because their kid had the sniffles.  Give me a break.

pinktulips

DS has been twice in his 8 years, once at around 1, he was fine one minute then the next his ears started oozing gross slime out of them and he had started screaming and all of a sudden spiked a fever. It was after the walk in clinic closed. We went and sat in the ER for 4 hours before he was seen (Providence - Colby Campus) to discover it was a double ear infection that had ruptured. No signs of an ear infection before hand either. It freaked me out.

The second time was last August when he managed to slice his cheek open. 8 minutes after the walk in clinic closed. Blah. Total amount of time in the ER to get his cheek glued shut was about 45 minutes max (Providence - Pacific Campus).

For all you North end ladies - Pacific ER is the place to go. Waaaay less crowded then Colby (Colby is where all the aid cars go) and has NICU/Childrens capabilities.

Seattle_JiLLn

We've never been to the ER (knock wood!)

Nancy_Drew

1x and it was only after we called the answering service/after hours dr and they told us to go.  (high fever)

We have been to urgent care 1x too.  I found one open 'til 7 on a Sun night so we drove like mad to get there 30 minutes before closing.  She dislocated her elbow and was unconsolable. 

I actually called Ryan's Dr's office tonight since he is 1 month and has a 100.2 temp.  We need to monitor and if it gets to 101 head right to the ER he said. 

Seattle_JiLLn

~Lynchie~:

lol, ok good.   My friend brings her son for everything!  He wont stop crying, he fell off the bed, his sleep habits changed... everything!   I think its funny, but she lives in a small town and I bet they people at the ER are getting annoyed by it =P

Go to the ER b/c his sleep habits have changed????? WTF?

Your friend is nuts.