I broke a bottle on my wrist one night.
Someone called the ambulance.
They show up. Cops also show up.
Medics check and clean the wound. Didn’t hit a vien. Patch me up.
Cops make sure it’s not a domestic dispute. They leave.
I ask medics how I’m supposed to pay…
Medics: you only get charged if we give you a ride.
Me: so I can just go to the ER on my own and skip the ride?
Medics: yeah. ER or even Urgent Care would be faster.
Me: well shit thanks for coming to make sure I don’t die. I appreciate you two.
Medics: No problem. Take care.
Then I got an uber to the ER and got stitches. If it was earlier in the day I could’ve gone to urgent care (like a small clinic not a full hospital) to get taken care of faster and cheaper.
American experience.
I broke a bottle on my wrist one night.
Someone called the ambulance.
They show up. Cops also show up.
Medics check and clean the wound. Didn’t hit a vien. Patch me up.
Cops make sure it’s not a domestic dispute. They leave.
I ask medics how I’m supposed to pay…
Medics: you only get charged if we give you a ride.
Me: so I can just go to the ER on my own and skip the ride?
Medics: yeah. ER or even Urgent Care would be faster.
Me: well shit thanks for coming to make sure I don’t die. I appreciate you two.
Medics: No problem. Take care.
Then I got an uber to the ER and got stitches. If it was earlier in the day I could’ve gone to urgent care (like a small clinic not a full hospital) to get taken care of faster and cheaper.
bonus photo of wrist scar
that’s a wild story. glad you were ok!