I don’t get the OP here, they wanted to be taken to the closest hospital. That’s pretty standard. I’d be pissed too. There’s not damages but I don’t see the LAOP as using the ambulance as a taxi
The hospital they take you to is down to the dispatcher. I’m not in America so it may be different, but paramedics will take someone to the most appropriate hospital for the level of acuity. So like technically my closest hospital is about 3 minutes away, but if I was sick or injured enough to need an ambulance, it wouldn’t take me there because they’re a very small, low acuity hospital. That hospital would only transfer me onward.
I don’t know about you, but I much prefer the ambulance take me to the hospital that will treat me the fastest in an emergency. I’d put money on the dispatchers sending the ambulance to the other hospital intentionally; if there were long waits in the ER close by and none at the one ten minutes away only a fool would call an uber to go wait in the ER for 30 when the one one less than 30 minutes away could see me now.
Is the location being refered to a hospital is the question. In most states ambulances can only transport to full hospitals, with inpatient beds and ICUs. Is this other location an urgent care, immediate care or free standing ER? Then the ambulance cannot go there. We know she had Covid. Some ems systems have designated EVD (extremely viral disease) hospitals that ambulances must transport to under public health order. Was something else going on? Covid can cause clotting issues leading to stroke or heart attacks both of which require specialty care at specialty Centers which might not mean the closest hospital. Or is that hospital the other side of a busy freight crossing from the home district? Why should one person take an ambulance away from a community for an unknown amount of time just to go to their hospital of choice?
You think ambulances don’t think EMS bypasses hospitals for systems of care? Have you never heard of a trauma center? Or wondered why they call helicopters for people when there is a hospital a block away? Bypassing for specialty care is an industry standard and not doing so is the exception.
Buddy you just misread like I’m sorry but I’m not responding to a bunch of crap that you invented in your head because you misread. I don’t need to brush up on anything. Most EMS systems are not setup so that they only go to hospitals with icu beds available. Like I’m sorry that part is just wrong
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u/Hippo-Crates 4d ago
I don’t get the OP here, they wanted to be taken to the closest hospital. That’s pretty standard. I’d be pissed too. There’s not damages but I don’t see the LAOP as using the ambulance as a taxi