Here Are The Most Common Reasons Montanans Go To The ER

Montana Emergency Rooms: Always Ready For The Unexpected

The thing about emergencies is they never happen when you expect them to, especially medical ones; that's what makes them emergencies.

Thankfully here in Montana, when something goes wrong, we have nurses and doctors in our emergency rooms who are ready to handle just about anything that comes through the door.

Everyday ER Visits: The Hidden Majority

If you work in any job long enough, you start collecting stories. In the medical world, those stories can get pretty wild. You have probably seen some of them online, where doctors or nurses talk about rare or one-in-a-million emergencies.

What you never hear about are the everyday visits. No one is hopping online to talk about the patient who came in with chest pain or a bad cough, because those happen all the time.

That is what we are talking about today. The most common reasons people end up in the emergency room.

The Most Common Reasons Montanans Visit The ER

These visits might not sound as dramatic as a nail gun accident, but they make up the bulk of what emergency rooms deal with every single day.

Some of the reasons people go to the ER might surprise you. Others will probably make you nod your head and say, "Yeah, that makes sense."

Scroll through the photo gallery below to see the most common reasons Montanans find themselves in the emergency room. There is a good chance you or someone you know has been there for at least one of these.