TLDR: Young pt with Cardiac Arrest and 2 closest Rural EDs closed. Pt did not make it. Very traumatizing for the family and the EMS crew.
(reposting as initial post seems to have been lost in the interwebs)
RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #2
- Pt in their 40s, witnessed cardiac arrest
- EMS responds and begins resuscitation
- Only mins from nearest Hospital, but the ED is CLOSED
- Adjacent Hospital ED Closed too
- EMS crew NOT aware of ED closures
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