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So, better outcome to drive to hospital instead of calling for ambulance.
by thelastgallon 3y ago
So, better outcome to drive to hospital instead of calling for ambulance.
- d1sxeyes 3y agoI can’t tell if you’re being facetious so apologies if this went over my head, but no, almost certainly not, but the stats in the article don’t give enough context to make that decision.
- Ylpertnodi 3y agoWouldn't it depend on injury, your location, and local knowledge of the area? A simple broken arm 8km from the hospital where I am means call a friend - ambulances are allocated by severity and life-threatening-ness. You may be way down the list of priorities.
- d1sxeyes 3y agoI think basically my internal heuristic is “do I need someone to come HERE to help fix this?” If the answer is no, then maybe call a friend.
- computator 3y ago> drive to hospital instead of calling for ambulance When some hospitals reach their capacity, they'll instruct ambulances to go to another hospital, which could be a worse hospital or much further away. If you're able to drive yourself or get someone to drive you, you can go to the closer/better hospital, and it's my understanding that they cannot turn you away if it's an emergency.
- NikkiA 3y agoAmbulance admission vs 'Walking injured' admission have different triage queues though, so by taking yourself to hospital to avoid 'going to a bad hospital' you're almost certainly nerfing your care.
- dragonwriter 3y agoThey can’t turn you away at emergency, but they can force you to wait an unbounded time to be seen if their triage screening puts you behind other patients and there is enough flow of patients that triage higher to consume their capacity.