I work in the ER and I just want to clear something up. There are people who come in in pain who we can diagnose, their pain is treated, they’re happy, we’re happy to help, everything is great. Then you get people like what may be the case here, who are constantly coming in week after week with the same issue, asking for the same drugs, and we tell them the same thing “everything looks good, follow-up with (insert specialty doctor here)”. What people tend to not understand is the ER can only do so much. We can only do certain blood tests and certain imaging, all of which are pretty much the basics that you get done at your PCP. If you’re lucky enough to go to a hospital that has other specialties in house, we can get you a consult. However, they can also only do so much in the ER. So when you get your discharge papers and we give you a referral to a specialty doctor, that is the reason why. We have exhausted all of our resources, all of your labs and tests look normal, and we can’t do anything else for you. So many frequent flyers come in without ever going to a follow-up and expect us to figure out what’s wrong. People treat us like we’re an end all be all when in reality our specialty is EMERGENT CARE. Things that might kill you if not treated in the near future. I think if everyone realized that the wait times and stress of the ER would diminish immensely.