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You can have roads where motor vehicles aren't allowed, but have exceptions for ambulances in emergencies. They turn the sirens and lights on and everyone pulls

You can have roads where motor vehicles aren't allowed, but have exceptions for ambulances in emergencies. They turn the sirens and lights on and everyone pulls over to make way.

msla 4y ago
> You can have roads where motor vehicles aren't allowed, but have exceptions for ambulances in emergencies. So doctors won't be allowed to drive to the hospital in emergencies. That kind of thing kills people.
- ericmay 4y ago
  Cars kill people. You're focusing on minor, insignificant details and creating an environment where more people die than otherwise would. How many people die at the hospital waiting for a doctor? You know they have attending physicians and emergency room staff who work there right? > So doctors won't be allowed to drive to the hospital in emergencies. You might as well say "so doctors will be stuck in traffic jams on the way to the hospital, these things kill people".
  - msla 4y ago
    Your shifting of the focus concedes all of my points. Thank you. Also: > You know they have attending physicians and emergency room staff who work there right? They don't do anesthesia, they don't do surgery, they are, in general, not specialists. Don't try to make points in a realm you know nothing about.
    - ericmay 4y ago
      > They don't do anesthesia, they don't do surgery, they are, in general, not specialists. When was the last time you were in a hospital ER or ICU? I've been there off and on for the last few weeks and months. Broadly saying that physicians that specialize in anesthesia, surgery, or other specialties are not staffed at a hospital or emergency room is factually incorrect. It's also not a problem in the first place with the context in this thread. If a specialist was required to be X minutes away from the hospital incase they were on call they'd live or be within X minutes away from the hospital regardless of the mode of transportation. On top of that, any emergency would necessitate emergency hospital staff being on-site to stabilize the patient while a specialist arrives and reviews the case anyway. I bet more doctors die every year in car crashes going to emergency calls like the one you are conjuring up than patients who die as a result of a doctor being late. Doubling down on this irrelevant point is bizarre, and even more so when you fail to imagine that maybe we could find a solution for this non-problem anyway.

You can have roads where motor vehicles aren't allowed, but have exceptions for ambulances in emergencies. They turn the sirens and lights on and everyone pulls over to make way.

msla 4y ago

> You can have roads where motor vehicles aren't allowed, but have exceptions for ambulances in emergencies. So doctors won't be allowed to drive to the hospital in emergencies. That kind of thing kills people.

ericmay 4y ago
Cars kill people. You're focusing on minor, insignificant details and creating an environment where more people die than otherwise would. How many people die at the hospital waiting for a doctor? You know they have attending physicians and emergency room staff who work there right? > So doctors won't be allowed to drive to the hospital in emergencies. You might as well say "so doctors will be stuck in traffic jams on the way to the hospital, these things kill people".
- msla 4y ago
  Your shifting of the focus concedes all of my points. Thank you. Also: > You know they have attending physicians and emergency room staff who work there right? They don't do anesthesia, they don't do surgery, they are, in general, not specialists. Don't try to make points in a realm you know nothing about.
  - ericmay 4y ago
    > They don't do anesthesia, they don't do surgery, they are, in general, not specialists. When was the last time you were in a hospital ER or ICU? I've been there off and on for the last few weeks and months. Broadly saying that physicians that specialize in anesthesia, surgery, or other specialties are not staffed at a hospital or emergency room is factually incorrect. It's also not a problem in the first place with the context in this thread. If a specialist was required to be X minutes away from the hospital incase they were on call they'd live or be within X minutes away from the hospital regardless of the mode of transportation. On top of that, any emergency would necessitate emergency hospital staff being on-site to stabilize the patient while a specialist arrives and reviews the case anyway. I bet more doctors die every year in car crashes going to emergency calls like the one you are conjuring up than patients who die as a result of a doctor being late. Doubling down on this irrelevant point is bizarre, and even more so when you fail to imagine that maybe we could find a solution for this non-problem anyway.