Scenario.
911 Call comes in and the patient relays that he needs an ambulance. He is currently discharged from the ED but is still in the exam room. Patient was cleared medically and thinks something is wrong with him and he wants to go to a bigger hospital in a city 30 minutes away. patient relays he is vomiting and is in severe pain.
A call over to the hospital finds that the patient is cleared and is not a patient anymore. the staff told us that they were letting him stay in the room until he finished vomiting and he could leave when he wants.
Question is....
I'm under the impression that we can not go onto hospital property and into the ED and pick this patient up. EMTALA Violation?
This guy would need to walk out to the street before we could pick him up? What do you guys know?
Texas. Non hospital based ambulance.
Thanks.
911 Call comes in and the patient relays that he needs an ambulance. He is currently discharged from the ED but is still in the exam room. Patient was cleared medically and thinks something is wrong with him and he wants to go to a bigger hospital in a city 30 minutes away. patient relays he is vomiting and is in severe pain.
A call over to the hospital finds that the patient is cleared and is not a patient anymore. the staff told us that they were letting him stay in the room until he finished vomiting and he could leave when he wants.
Question is....
I'm under the impression that we can not go onto hospital property and into the ED and pick this patient up. EMTALA Violation?
This guy would need to walk out to the street before we could pick him up? What do you guys know?
Texas. Non hospital based ambulance.
Thanks.