Can You Identify An Emergency? When You Should (& Shouldn't) Call 995 | Talking Point | Full Episode

With a spike in non-emergency cases calling on 995, limited resources are being taken away from life-threatening and urgent cases. But how do we identify what constitutes an emergency and what not? Are private ambulances equipped to take patients safely to the hospitals for treatment? And are there other alternatives that we can look towards in cases of non-emergencies?

Talking Point investigates!

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00:00 How many 995 calls are non-emergencies
00:54 Why emergencies are so time-sensitive
03:23 Does triaging patients over the phone work?
04:57 Street poll: can we tell what is an emergency?
07:45 Which medical conditions are emergencies?
10:13 How to identify an emergency
11:07 1777: non-emergency ambulance hotline
12:11 What can private ambulances do?
17:04 Do we have enough emergency ambulances?
19:47 NurseFirst, an alternative helpline to 995
21:50 Which hotline should you call? Check here


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