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Originally Posted by Ecuadog
A stroke is not the only reason to go to an ER. What about all the other emergencies that may require admittance? Hopefully, the ambulance personnel will be allowed to give some advice.
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A physician can direct admit, without clogging the ED. I consider a trip to any ED a life threatening event. Bypassing the closest medical facility would mean life or death. Ambulance staff will inform what ED isn’t taking patients, and what would be the next facility available. Chopper, you aren’t making any decisions.
Emergency has a different definition for us. If one of our kids needed stitches, it was cleaned, butterflied or sutured, antibiotics administered at the kitchen counter. A fracture was a trip to the office take an X-ray, and cast.
Our 3yo granddaughter windows had X-rays, instead of blinds, at 5 she pointed out her growth plate fracture, before we read the X-ray. None of our kids or grandchildren have ever walked into an ED. For us two direct admit, both while working.
Unless an event is a tragic accident, activate CPR, Stroke, or unable to respond, ED wouldn’t be first on the list.