Heard that if you call 911 and the ems comes out and all they did was check your vitals, you will receive a bill. Anyone know if this is true??

There was no ambulance ride.

2/9/2008 2:24:06 AM

I worked for Cary EMS for a few years, and they have the same protocols and medical director as wake Co. So - no, you will not receive a bill if all they did was check your vitals. But if they gave you any sort of treatment (such as a respiratory treatment or did an IV to give you glucose for low blood sugar, etc.) and then you refused to be transported, then I believe you get a bill for the treatment. Of course, i don't know if anything has changed since i left last summer, but i highly doubt it.

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2/9/2008 8:44:04 AM

^^Did you give them your insurance information, full name etc.?

If not then you certainly will not, if so then my guess is probably.

2/9/2008 9:25:55 AM

ms. drohan is indeed correct, as always

treatment + transport = bill
treatment + no transport = a smaller bill
no treatment + no transport = no bill

of course we will always recommend that you go to the hospital (because that is where you receive definitive care), but you always have the right to refuse transport and/or treatment.

2/9/2008 9:35:31 AM

We're not in Canada.

2/9/2008 10:05:38 AM

but if the FD did all the care, no bill..... taxes take care of it for you

whussup CEMS peeps

2/9/2008 10:09:03 AM

lawl, heyyyyy

i didn't think FD could 10-22 though

2/9/2008 10:13:46 AM

sure, why not? i've seen them do it but personally i'd let ems come on just so the responsibility would be on them!

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2/9/2008 10:16:06 AM

well, and plus, we usually get there like 2 minutes after FD does, lol

2/9/2008 10:18:03 AM

or 1 minute if I was driving

2/9/2008 10:41:00 AM

we can cancel ems... but rarely do, esp if there's something to it... i'm saying if we do all the vitals, give albuterol, or oral glucose, etc... and you guys just like look at em and they refuse transport... sure there's no billing....

FD FTW...

2 minutes... geeze must only be to district 2... haha although i admit it's getting better now with avl...

2/9/2008 11:26:53 AM

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"or 1 minute if I was driving "

lawl - how's med school treating you? i'll be taking the MCAT soon :\

and i don't volunteer at cary any more got waaaaay too busy this semester.

2/9/2008 5:55:10 PM

if they put a pillow around your ankle and let you SHARE an ambulance with your dad(who the ambulance was called for anyway...anaphylaxis) they will bill you in full



FUCKERS

2/9/2008 9:36:50 PM

They had to call the ambulance on me when I was in High School (In Raleigh)...and we were never charged anything, b/c by the time the got there everything got better and it was more of a scare than anything.

2/9/2008 9:39:51 PM

^^ You are going to be charged for an ambulance ride, pillow around the ankle or not. If a family member is being transported, someone can often ride along, but it's not like medical care is Buy One Get One Free. You were a patient.

P.S. to Ms. Shanndro --- Scott Hardison! ahahaha it never gets old!

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2/9/2008 9:57:58 PM

jcs1283....i'm guessing this is john. and yes, it does actually get old! haha Hi by the way!

brainy - what happened that gave your dad an allergic reaction and you a broken ankle?! hope everything's okay. but yeah, unfortunately thats the way it goes...

evan - school is pretty crazy, but i'm enjoying the challenge. And i LOVE wake forest! Good luck on the MCAT, when are you taking it? I'm so glad i'm done with that beast...but they are already talking to us about the USMLE Step I boards! ahhhh

2/9/2008 10:25:43 PM

at least the USMLE doesn't have stupid useless questions about physics and electricity, lol

i can handle pt. diagnosis/treatment, haha

although i'm sure it's mega hard... when do you take it?

i'm registered for the mcat may 31st, i figured i'd take it early so i can take it again before i apply if i completely bomb it, haha.

2/10/2008 4:39:45 PM

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"at least the USMLE doesn't have stupid useless questions about physics and electricity, lol"

im sure they will try to find a way to get some of that in there...after all, it's primarily written by PhD's - this is their last chance to get in their free licks

2/10/2008 7:26:37 PM

i took a practice mcat today and got a 36

i'm feeling pretty good about it

2/10/2008 8:08:20 PM

its after the 2nd year, and the step 2 knowledge and skills is after 3rd year i believe (i can't get too ahead of myself haha). Unfortunately step 1 is not just diagnosis/treatment stuff...its biochem, path, pharm, micro, genetics, immunology, etc. Fun stuff, i can't wait *sarcasm*

evan - that's great! was it a full length practice? remember, endurance is one of the main problems for that test. oh wait, i forget its on the computer now....you got lucky, mine was ~7 hours!

2/10/2008 8:18:59 PM

my landlords pay for ambulance service for me! w00!

2/10/2008 8:28:00 PM