<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;When you are faced with a medical emergency, it can be hard to know what to do or where to go. More than 139 million people&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/emergency-department.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #4472c4; mso-themecolor: accent1;"&gt; visit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;an&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.nm.org/conditions-and-care-areas/emergency-medicine"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; color: #4472c4; mso-themecolor: accent1;"&gt;emergency department&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;(ED) every year in the United States. But where should you go when you are sick or hurt, especially after normal business hours? Northwestern Medicine Emergency Medicine Resident Physician Evelyn Huang, MD, talks with the hosts about&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.nm.org/healthbeat/healthy-tips/should-i-go-to-the-emergency-department"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; color: #4472c4; mso-themecolor: accent1;"&gt;how to get the right care&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;at the right time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Northwestern Medicine

Get Emergency Care

DEC 27, 202318 MIN
Get Better

Get Emergency Care

DEC 27, 202318 MIN

Description

When you are faced with a medical emergency, it can be hard to know what to do or where to go. More than 139 million people visit an emergency department (ED) every year in the United States. But where should you go when you are sick or hurt, especially after normal business hours? Northwestern Medicine Emergency Medicine Resident Physician Evelyn Huang, MD, talks with the hosts about how to get the right care at the right time.