We just didn’t do the ER thing very often, did we @Adirondackwannabe. In fact, the only ER visit I can recall is when my youngest sister was bitten by a water moccasin.
I sliced the top of my ankle open once, on a bike fender, and it required stitches, but it was done in the doctor’s office, not the ER. Must have happened on a work day.
Wait…when we lived in Florida we had pneumatic door hinges that SNAPPED shut at the last second. I was running in to see JFK’s funeral, and my little sister was right behind me. She had her hand on the hinge side when it snapped shut. Cut off the tip of her pinky finger. I don’t remember what happened after that. I’m sure it was an ER visit, tho.
Also, same sister, my Mom accidentally dropped a glass bottle of milk (they were delivered to our door by the milkman in dem days) and it shattered on the floor…and my sister stepped on it! I’m sure that was an ER visit, but I don’t remember.
Same sister also snapped her femur when she fell off the curb. She was wearing one of those metal POW bracelets and that’s what did it.