So this past year has been absolute hell with my medical issues. I was born with what my cardiologist calls "a messed up electrical system " in my heart. I've been in the hospital 4 times in the past year, all of them being brought in by EMS. I can't drive while in one of my episodes, because my pulse goes up to 280, and I typically pass out from it. I hate calling EMS for this. Mainly because now I have close to 8000 dollars worth of just EMS bills. Let's not get started on the hospital bills.
Doesn’t matter. Not a single EMS provider is gonna do anything else but put you in an ambulance if you’re unresponsive. In fact, it’s against the law for us to abandon you when you’re unresponsive, and there’s no wristband that will change that.
I’m sorry ambulance rides are expensive though. I can’t do anything about that by myself, unfortunately.
Spies_and_Lovers on April 8th, 2021 at 01:43 UTC »
So this past year has been absolute hell with my medical issues. I was born with what my cardiologist calls "a messed up electrical system " in my heart. I've been in the hospital 4 times in the past year, all of them being brought in by EMS. I can't drive while in one of my episodes, because my pulse goes up to 280, and I typically pass out from it. I hate calling EMS for this. Mainly because now I have close to 8000 dollars worth of just EMS bills. Let's not get started on the hospital bills.
overDAhills2daTREES on April 8th, 2021 at 02:09 UTC »
In my town, we pay an additional $14 a month on our utility bill and we get free ambulance rides. Seems as common sense as a fire dept IMO.
& yes I live in the U.S.
mynameisntlogan on April 8th, 2021 at 02:23 UTC »
Doesn’t matter. Not a single EMS provider is gonna do anything else but put you in an ambulance if you’re unresponsive. In fact, it’s against the law for us to abandon you when you’re unresponsive, and there’s no wristband that will change that.
I’m sorry ambulance rides are expensive though. I can’t do anything about that by myself, unfortunately.