Monday, August 31, 2009

Re: [epilepsy] Transport with sz meds

 

> You are going to have to remember that most people have
> not seen a sz and to them it is scary.

I always remember seizures are scary. I don't see how I could possibly
forget if they hit every couple weeks.

> The person who
> called 911 probably did not read your card but called 911.

Not "probably", obviously. Whoever called was moving at 40 mph relative to
the card. A bunch of 911 calls came in, but when the EMTs arrived I was
still alone lying by the side of the road. Isn't life so convenient nowadays
with cellphones? I wonder if they texted it.

> You said you woke up in the ambulances-- so when they picked
> you up when you couldn't respond -- so they were doing their
> job and read your card after they picked you up.

I came to (not 100% "with it" as the phone call later would show, but still)
as they were loading me into the ambulance. But I wasn't implying they did
anything incorrectly anyway; EMTs have to follow the rules just like
everyone else and at a time when the insurance ramifications aren't clear.
But those are the rules- if we take you home AMA, the ambulance ride costs
more than triple. I wasn't able to do the financial calculations correctly
in my head, on the spot, immediately after recovering from a seizure, while
strapped to a piece of wood. I wish I had told them to take me home.

> And when you
> talked to your wife you weren't with it enough to tell her
> where you were. They took you to a place that is not expensive --
> if I recall from when my daughter lived in Oregon.

It ended up being $1500 after insurance. I think it's the most expensive
bike ride I've ever taken.

Anyway, that's the only story I can tell you where I knew for sure that the
bracelet and the card were read by somebody.

Jason

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