Why YSK: If youâre injured or ill but itâs not life or limb threatening and you decide to call an ambulance thinking itâll be faster and youâll be seen first⌠WRONG. Ambulance crews very frequently will advise the hospital staff that you âcan waitâ. Then weâll plop you into a wheel chair and push you into the waiting room with everyone else.
this seems quite country specific. Care sharing which one?
Triage is common throughout the world. I donât believe anywhere will ambulance service automatically get you seen sooner.
i think you could be surprised how different things can function in a country different than the US. Especially the medical system. So it could be interesting to have that conversation. I work in the medical field but nowhere near a hospital so canât bring much
Iâve had to take ambulances many times in my country, and itâs the same here. Triage is triage, I would be shocked if it worked differently⌠anywhere. If ambulances got you seen faster, it would be at the expense of someone who needed treatment more, and thatâs bad from both a healthcare perspective (you will save fewer patients) and a financial perspective (dead patients donât pay).
Also⌠In the US a lot of people donât want to call an ambulance because of the cost, BUT it doesnât cost anything for them to show up and assess whether you need to go in an ambulance or not. So if you are in a potentially life threatening situation, you should call 911. They can show up, potentially save your life, and then have a friend transport you.
It isnât common but some places do charge for an âassessmentâ in the US. Itâs relatively cheap compared to a transport, like $50-75 at least thatâs what I know from my experience and Iâve only ever worked at one place that did that.
It isnât common but some places do charge for an âassessmentâ in the US. Itâs relatively cheap compared to a transport, like $50-75 at least thatâs what I know from my experience and Iâve only ever worked at one place that did that.
Could you please add a âWhy YSK:â? Thank you. :)
Oh? Here in Canada the paramedics actually stay with you until you get admitted.
This is quite true, with one exception: It would be very wrong for any medic or EMT to tell a receiving nurse âthat you can waitâ. I am a paramedic in Virgina, USA, and thatâs not how we do things. We deliver the patient to the ER, tell the nurse the patientâs chief complaint, our findings, and any other pertinent information. We do not presume to diagnose the patient or suggest treatment modalities or strategies. The nurse passes our information and any new findings to the doctor. It is ALWAYS the doctor who tells the nurse to find a staff member to wheel a non-emergent patient out of the emergency room. very often, as you point out.