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Re:The Cost of Not Getting Tested for Coronavirus: A $10K ER... by jacobush on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @05:52PM (#22551191)
Shouldn’t dispatch triage if you need an ambulance or not?
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Re:The Cost of Not Getting Tested for Coronavirus: A $10K ER... by jopsen on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @05:58PM (#22551242)
In other countries they do that so aggressively that we have stroke victims dying, which an ambulance being dispatched.

On the other hand, given that triage failures are rare -- cost/benfit wise it's probably better.

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Re:The Cost of Not Getting Tested for Coronavirus: A $10K ER... by jacobush on Thursday March 12, 2020 @04:19AM (#22554782)
In countries where you can call an ambulance like a taxi, won't that lead to ambulances not being available to people who actually need them?
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Re:The Cost of Not Getting Tested for Coronavirus: A $10K ER... by jopsen on Friday March 13, 2020 @02:24AM (#22565199)
GP was making the argument that high costs of an ambulance is necessary.
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