There is a reason discomfort can generate a 911 call. I have known people who ignored a discomfort and died a few hours latter. If they had called 911 they would have lived.

counterpoint. The healthcare system pushes people into emergency medicine for non-emergencies. About 10 years ago when I was in high school I got a cut on my chin that required stitches, my mom got an urgent appointment with my PCP later that day–who then told me to go the ER, saying, "we don't even have a suture in this clinic" We were trying to save time, money and not burden the system, and instead shot ourselves in the foot.