In 2018, Should We Take Ubers or Ambulances to the Hospital?

PO1 Tony Holland ERs are triaged with ambulance patients getting first priority. A quick trip to the ER doesn’t guarantee immediate care and coming by UBer would certainly influence this. We must also consider that many uninsured use the ER for primary care such as upper respiratory infections or stomach upset. So it becomes a question of how do they spend their limited resources. Hospitals are going to a business model vs patient care first. Bandaids are $20 (a random number) That EMT on the ambulance might be a volunteer or someone who just completed a 6 week tech school. I’ve gone via ambulance and I have driven myself when it was obviously a bad decision in retrospect. I guess the question we need to ask before calling either an ambulance or Uber is how much are we willing to pay to get to the hospital? And how much are we willing to pay when we get to the hospital. If it’s bad enough to need the ER, my vote is call 911 and take the ambulance.

PO1 Tony Holland thanks for the most informative read/share.