I think you're better off going to one of the seemingly hundreds of new Medi-Quick facilities, perhaps even if you have to wait until the next morning.

Four weeks ago the wife and I had a god awful horrific 14 hour experience at the ER. The day after the ice storm we were out and about, roads and walkways were very clear except for an occasional small icy spot. Unfortunately as the wife was getting in the car she found a spot about 12" in diameter and went down hard on her right shoulder. On a scale of 1 - 10, her pain level was 50. I took her to the ER which was less than 1/2 mile away. After about 30 minutes they took her for an x-ray and brought her back to the waiting room. They said her Humerus was completely fractured. After five more hours of excruciating pain they brought her back to an exam room. After several examinations, questions, more x-rays, finally some Hydro's and a sling (put on incorrectly) 9 hours later they sent us home and advised we should follow up with an ortho doctor.

I thought it might have been better if we'd called an ambulance, not true. Four people came in by ambulance after us (two complaining of chest pain), yet they didn't get to an exam room until after my wife. One of the chest pain patients ended up in the room beside my wife 3 hours after her. It was late at night and cold and the waiting room was overflowing with people complaining of seemingly non emergency issues such as a rash on his calf or 3 women with a nauseous tummy. Not to get political but this looked like a preview of free health care.