Avoid The ER This Holiday Season
Make sure your holiday season is merry and bright and not spent in an emergency room.
The holiday season often is the busiest time for hospital emergency rooms. Last year at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, more than 7,650 patients sought treatment at the ER during the holiday season. Here’s how to avoid the emergency room this holiday season: 1. Know when a trip to the ER is really necessary. Many health issues that arise during the holidays are not medical emergencies. Those that should be treated immediately include chest pain, stroke symptoms (numbness on one side of the body, face, arm or leg; trouble walking, speaking and seeing in one or both eyes), excessive, uncontrolled bleeding and difficulty breathing. Severe stomach pain that is accompanied by other symptoms such as coughing up or vomiting blood, dizziness or …
