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merrily

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4. Who makes the call that a patient is low priority and what are the criteria?

Reply to FrodosPet (Original post)

Fri Jul 15, 2016, 05:04 AM

Jul 2016

And will the private services have sirens, in case a low priority patient goes high priority?

In Boston a call to 911 probably gets you picked up by a private ambulance service with trained EMTs, not the city's first responders.

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DC Fire and EMS considering Uber for low-priority patients [View all] FrodosPet Jul 2016 OP

What could possibly go wrong with this plan? FrodosPet Jul 2016 #1

Beat me to it! I was just about to post this. nt tblue37 Jul 2016 #2

Lol. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2016 #3

Who makes the call that a patient is low priority and what are the criteria? merrily Jul 2016 #4