By Melody Birkett, AFN Contributor 4 hrs ago
The new business makes it possible to avoid the emergency room or urgent care in some instances.
People in need of less-serious emergency care can go online or call and an emergency medical technician will be dispatched to their home within one hour on average.
Once the company confirms the patient’s name and location and gets information about the illness or injury and insurance information, “we confirm you’re a good candidate for us to treat and we arrive at your home in a DispatchHealth vehicle with both a nurse practitioner or a physician’s assistant and an EMT,” said company spokeswoman Andrea Pearson.
“They are equipped to treat all manner of health issues, injuries or illnesses.”
The medical team is able to treat patients 3 months old and up for maladies such as vomiting and dehydration, urinary tract infections and the flu, provide stitches or sutures, address simple fractures and address about 60 percent of what can be done in an emergency room, Pearson said.
