To what extent do you consider something as an emergency??

United States
December 29, 2007 5:25pm CST
everyone is different there is no joke about that! For some something so simple could be an emergency. I am an oddball i guess because the person has to be bleeding severly before i will take it as an emergency. Usually i handle it myself or something but dont jump to conclusions and just rush to the er.
3 responses
10 Feb 08
So you don't consider an Active MI and Emergency.....They don't bleed. How about Pulmonary Edema..........They don't bleed. How about decapitation....they bleed severely, but is it an emergency.
• United States
30 Dec 07
As a law enforcement officer almost everything is an emergency.everything from passing out to small lacerations, not being able to breathe well and excessive pain.If I ask a perp on a scale from one to ten what they feel and they say at least six........they will be taken to the medical floor and sometimes to the hospital.
• United States
29 Dec 07
It just depends on the situation do I call it an emergency. I mean if I saw my kid get knocked down when she is standing behind a swing (it actually happened too), normally I wouldnt call that an emergency except after 5 hrs she starts screaming because she cant move because she is in too much pain (broken collar bone), I would rush her to the hospital. If it was a skinned knee, just a kiss and a band aid usually does the trick.