and_then___ t1_jd30iz3 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 2:02 PM

Reply to comment by Dozzi92 in Apparently retirement communities are abusing ambulance services and decreasing availability for when other residents have emergencies by ShallowFreakingValue

Like when a nursing home calls 911 for "altered mental status" because they don't want to wait for their private non-emergency transport company. And it's usually just a dementia patient showing a bit of aggression, or some other minor issue. When they barely have enough staff to get by when everything is fine, they will punt the slightest problem to local EMS.

metsurf t1_jd7ag8m wrote on March 22, 2023 at 10:51 AM

Happened with my dad. His facility would call me and say they were going to transport him because he was altered or he fell . My immediate thought was always what are we paying you for. Your supposed to be the experts here. It was usually nothing.