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Comment: As someone who works for fire department and frequently works on the ambulance, this theory of calling an ambulance and being immediately seen is not true at all. The first thing the charge nurse asks is if the patient is "ambulatory" if they are, they go to triage like everyone else. There have also been times where I have had to wait with a patient for 2 hours on the stretcher until a hospital bed opened up.
Comment: That doctor who told him to take an ambulance next time would be in for a shock at our inner city hospital. Patients who call 911 for less than emergent problems are promptly rolled out to the waiting room and plopped in a wheelchair to wait their turn with everyone else. I can't think of worse advice to give the general public. Save the ambulances for the critically ill... it might be you next time
Comment: I agree. Proper triage reqiures that non-emergent patients sit in the waitng room if the ED is busy, no matter what their method of arrival. Too many patients come in for stupid things they've had for a month and clog up the system so really sick people have to wait too long.
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