This is a heads up to anyone who either is a caregiver or who lives with someone who needs care. When the EMTs get to your house they need to know where to take the person, name, age, doctor and diagnosis. Get this information written on cards to hand to the person running the ENT group.
I went through something very similar, husband collapsed in bedroom, it was a life or death situation. I just handed the lead EMT his information on a card and they were gone. My husband survived. If the Emergency Dept has the information about the patient it saves hours of diagnosis.
Also, trying to read the numbers on houses in the middle of the night is very difficult for the ambulance. I went out in the street with a flash light and waved it around for them to see. I must have looked like a fool, but it was the middle of the night and no one mentioned it so I guess nobody saw me out there!
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