I am in the US, so financial calculations need to be factored in.

For a moment, I couldn’t breathe, felt like I was going to die, then vomitted.

Now heart beating slightly off, not feeling great but not terrible, had mild chest pain earlier in evening…

Kinda feel off. Have medical insurance with large deductible.

Ignore it? Taxi to ER? Call 911? Genuinely don’t know and don’t like 911 since police are involved.

Also I feel hot, feel burning around my neck.

  • troglodytis@lemmy.world
    4·
    6 days ago

    Hope ya didn’t die.

    For those in a similar situation the correct answer is Uber to a hospital ER. Do not use stand alone ERs. Chest pain gets ya to the front of the line.

    • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      This. They’ll hook you up immediately to an ECG to see the state of your heart in the moment and draw blood for labs to check for signs of a recent heart attack or clot issue (trops, d-dimer, etc.). If ischemic heart attack, you’ll be rushed to cath lab. Urgent Care doesn’t have the resources to do this and will likely re-route to a hospital anyway, charging you separately in addition.

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