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Originally Posted by Sliver
IDK, it seems obvious an EMS member would be serving the public interest better to be out in their ambulance helping people versus standing in a hallway holding somebody's hand if that person no longer needed a medical professional literally standing beside them.
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I mean, I feel like there's a middle ground here by just asking two questions:
Does the patient continue to require acute medical assistance?
Is there a Doctor/Nurse available at the hospital to intake/care for them?
Yes/No, paramedic sticks around.
No/doesn't matter, paramedic hits the road.
What seems to be the problem though, is that we get stuck at Yes/No because we don't have the resources in the hospital to care for everyone in the hospital, nevermind intaking patients, so the paramedic gets stuck with the patient rather than on the road. Maybe No/No is a problem too but I don't know enough to say.