As a practical matter, how does that work if I’ve never been a patient at that hospital and am unconscious? There are a number of hospitals/health systems in my city that I’ve never been to (and others that I haven’t been to in a very long time, so any expirations would have passed). If I were to be transported to one by ambulance, how would they locate any emergency contact?
Or would I simply be at the mercy of the medical practitioners and their best efforts/judgements until I either wake up or die?
I’m in the US, and we can assume that I have my wallet/ID/insurance card/etc on me at the time.
As a practical matter, how does that work if I’ve never been a patient at that hospital and am unconscious? There are a number of hospitals/health systems in my city that I’ve never been to (and others that I haven’t been to in a very long time, so any expirations would have passed). If I were to be transported to one by ambulance, how would they locate any emergency contact?
Or would I simply be at the mercy of the medical practitioners and their best efforts/judgements until I either wake up or die?
I’m in the US, and we can assume that I have my wallet/ID/insurance card/etc on me at the time.
Does your state let you add an emergency contact when you get your driver’s licence?
If you’re unconscious, they’ll try to find next of kin. If they can’t, they’ll find some kind of advocate for you to work with the doctors