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Old 04-27-2025, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Arctic Fox View Post
In a "life threatening emergency" why would you go anywhere other than the nearest ER?

Sure, one a bit further away might give you slightly better treatment, but if the delay makes you D.O.A. then that doesn't really help you, does it?
Not when you go to the nearest place, wait for 12 hours, get negligibly misdiagnosed and are booted out the door after midnight in no shape to drive home and are in worse shape than when you walked in. Yes, it would most definitely help you to go a bit further away!
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