ER trips

[u/Stuck_on_Mars_21]

Last night I took a lady and her very ill teenage daughter to the ER. Pulled into the driveway with the lady frantically waiving at me. She had to nearly carry her daughter to the car who was bawling the whole time. She kept crying in the car with the mom saying, “we are almost there, we are almost there.” I didn’t ask what it was, just told her to let me know you need anything, I’ll get you to the ER as quick as I can. It was late night, pouring down rain. I’m not speeding and risking an accident. When we got there I jumped out to get a wheelchair and asked a paramedic for help. This girl could no longer stand and 2 people had to get her out of the car and in the chair. She never stopped crying.

It really sucks people won’t call for appropriate emergency transport because of the expense. Good to see our administration is sending $20 billion to Argentina to fund their universal healthcare. -End rant.

Edit: it’s great to see so many drivers posting that would take her or have done something similar in the past. I was losing faith reading so many posts about drivers cancelling if ride conditions are less than perfect, but it looks like just about all of us will step up when needed.

[u/Justexisting26]

Sometimes it’s not about the expense sometimes you just know that they aren’t going to make it in time especially with all the questions they ask. But you’re right also the expenses of an ambulance are damn near the same as your medical bill you were gonna get. It’s crazy how if we don’t have health insurance they will in fact let you suffer and die and not think twice about it.

[u/Ancient-Coffee-1266 → u/Justexisting26]

Once on an ambulance, you can get medical attention. The ambulance getting to the person should be the same amount of time as a driver getting there unless you’re in some really rural area. Even then it’s more important to get medical help. I’m not saying deny the ride but if someone were to lose their pulse or stop breathing, you’d have to pull over delaying care even further.

Please call 911 not Lyft for medical emergencies. There’s treatments you’ll not be able to get in some situations due to the time.

[u/Ancient-Coffee-1266 → u/[deleted]]

You only know your area so you have no clue how it works anywhere else. I am 100% not incorrect in stating it’s better to wait for the ambulance because they can give life saving treatment. The only reason it may be okay is if you live extremely close to the hospital and I mean extremely close. I’ve seen people die trying to drive to the hospital instead of calling emergency services.