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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Related question: if you live roughly equidistant from more than one hospital, do you know which one you'd choose in an emergency? Would it differ based on the nature of the emergency?[/quote]

if you are coming by yourself this is actually important, it is worth knowing what services are offered at which of your hospitals.
[b]If you come via EMS they should know which hospital to choose if they differ from one another..[/b][/quote]

But they don't.

From [i]What Happens When You Call 911 in Washington[/i]...

"According to Robert Bass, a former EMS medical director in DC who now is executive director of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, which oversees Maryland’s emergency medical services, a key measure is “getting the right patient to the right hospital in the right time with the right care.”

On these critical factors, DC’s EMS is not performing well, according to a working paper published by the Rand Corporation in January 2008.

One example involves the handling of stroke victims. Washington Hospital Center is a designated stroke center with a rapid-response stroke team, yet it received just 26 percent of all EMS transports categorized as stroke. GW hospital, also a stroke center, received 15 percent of stroke calls. Providence Hospital is not a stroke center, but it received 20 percent of stroke patients.

Another example is heart attack. Washington Hospital Center, which has an emergency-catheterization laboratory and the city’s biggest heart-surgery program, received 22 percent of acute cardiac and chest-pain transports. GW hospital also has a cardiac program and received 17 percent of these patients. Yet United Medical Center, which has no cardiac-catheterization service, received nearly 16 percent of acute cardiac patients. The Rand report noted that, in general, District residents have a relatively poor rate of cardiac survival."

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