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Taking Uber to the Emergency Room

Ambulances are expensive!

Yes, Uber to the ER is an option some are using. Think about all the reasons you might want to use Uber versus an ambulance, cost being No. 1!

I would not be looking for the oxygen mask in the back seat, and it is likely that an AED machine is not in the trunk. Hopefully they do have a spare tire and a "can of air" to pump up a flat.

Hey, would Fix a Flat work on internal bleeding. No, that is Slime Tube for bleeding. Fix a flat is for oxygen ...

I'm just fooling — you never know who may be reading these posts!

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.