Los Angeles County Fire Dept

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[quote name='lafirephotos' post='189133' date='Feb 14 2008, 22:41 ']To answer a few questions:





On a side note, there was one ALS run last week that needed the squad to follow up to the hospital and were told that all ER's in the AV were completely closed. They had to go to Henry Mayo that is over 40 miles away. Squad 33 followed the AMR unit about 30 miles and transfered ALS care to Squad 107 in which they continued to the hospital with the patient. Squad 33 then returned 30+ miles back to their district.[/quote]



A question for you, maybe you know the answer. Why do medic units in California (might happen it other areas, Cal seems to get the most press about this) strictly adhere to the concept of not bring patients to hospitals on divert? Here in NJ divert/closed/bypass is a courtesy. If a patient wants to go to a hospital that is on divert we explain the situation but if they refuse to go anywhere else they go to the hospital of their choice. If all hospitals in the area are on divert then they are basically considered all open. Driving 40 miles to find an open ED is ridiculous.