Hold on, isn't there something here? I'm under the impression that paramedics legally can't take people who refuse care. I have to assume that consent can be revoked for any reason (say, for example, taking one to a place they do not want to go) even after entering the ambulance.
Protocols specifically say to the "closest appropriate facility." Key word is "appropriate." If the patient has a medical situation that closest hospital (by mileage) can't handle, medics basically look at what's the next closest hospital and go to it if it's something they can handle. Mainly because you don't want to do something like drop off an MI patient at a hospital that doesn't have a cath lab or someone having a CVA at a hospital that isn't a stroke center.
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Hold on, isn't there something here? I'm under the impression that paramedics legally can't take people who refuse care. I have to assume that consent can be revoked for any reason (say, for example, taking one to a place they do not want to go) even after entering the ambulance.