Emergency rooms are only required to treat immediate life-threatening conditions, that is, so long as someone is breathing enough and keeping enough blood insid

Emergency rooms are only required to treat immediate life-threatening conditions, that is, so long as someone is breathing enough and keeping enough blood inside to remain somewhat conscience as they're wheeled out or propped in the parking lot, they've fulfilled their obligation under the law. And then there is what exactly counts as an emergency. Things not categorized as emergencies: death from rattle snake bites, death by rabies (both very painfully). And all of that is only if it's actually enforced[1][2]. [1] https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/refusal-emergency-care-and-patient-dumping/2009-01 https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/refusal-emergen... [2] https://www.propublica.org/article/despite-federal-law-some-rural-hospitals-still-turn-away-women-in-labor https://www.propublica.org/article/despite-federal-law-some-...