Dozzi92 t1_jd2ql3k wrote
Nothing new. Not just retirement communities, anywhere where at-risk populations reside, be they geriatric or mental health, etc. Bridgewater successfully put an ordinance in place (can't recall the specifics) to try to hep the problem, but still we rolled buses in the wee hours for absolute bullshit calls.
And at the end of the day no ordinance in place will have any teeth, because you can't stop people from dialing 911. So what happens? Volunteer squad sends ambulance, costs hundreds of dollars for nothing call, donations wane, membership declines, volunteer ambulance service ceases to exist, hospital swoops in, end. And so the abuse of emergency services leads to $900-1800 ambulance rides to a "non-profit" hospital.
and_then___ t1_jd30iz3 wrote
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
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.
KilnTime t1_jd5lkm0 wrote
Monroe has a service to can call if you just need to be helped up - like literally, I've fallen and i can't get up. Saves the number of actual 911 calls for real incidents
goinunder0390 t1_jd7efpq wrote
I used to be an EMT in NYC, the number of times I was called to a nursing home because they were just being lazy was insane
“He’s having a seizure.”
“Ma’am, he has the hiccups. He said he told you it’s the hiccups.”
“Well you take him just to be safe.”
MyMartianRomance t1_jd4n43d wrote
Yeah, I know EMTs where certain places like the group homes/nursing homes, they just pull straws for who is going to take the call.
Since, its either they're getting called for something stupid, dealing with patients who are just violent, or getting yelled at by a CNA or Nurse for not doing their job properly (like they're doing their job any better).
s1ugg0 t1_jd4ufv9 wrote
Nailed it. Very well explained.
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