Other night, two dudes were rather unceremoniously dumped on our ambulance ramp. They were, reportedly, not breathing very effectively, thought to be due to ingestion of some substance or another.
Dude who ‘dropped off’ his fellows walked into the ER waiting room, went to the vending machines, got a snack, and left. Didn’t talk to anyone.
With friends like these…
He got them inside the EMTALA zone, so as far as he is concerned, the medical screening and stabilization is already taking place. Their continued hypoventilation is purely an optical illusion.