AIBU to be concerned ?

[poochesforlife]

Driving home from the gym today and I passed the main roundabout outside our huge regional hospital (major trauma centre , all sorts of specialities etc gigantic place).
The roundabout is 2 metres from the main hospital signage denoting name of hospital etc.
I notice a man , in hospital pyjama bottoms, lying with eyes closed on the grass in centre of roundabout , blood all over his face, in the hot sun(32 degrees right now). WIBU to go to the A&E and let them know (15 metres further on up the road) ?? As it goes I got laughed out of there as it was "none of their concern" but I thought it was the quickest route of action bar calling 999. ?!

In hospital pjs? Does he have a hospital wristband on? I don't think you should leave him there without reporting to someone...even if that does mean calling 999. Have you actually approached him, or just seen from a distance?

I drove by him and went straight up to A&E who just weren't interested. I drove by at slow speed (lots of traffic, typical rubbernecking plus it's a traffic hotspot) so was 3 metres away probably

I would have called 999 straight away. Sounds an emergency to me! What if he wanders into the road disoriented. Well done for trying, a shame they laughed at you.

that’s terrible! definitely call 999 and tell them the hospital weren’t interested. you can’t just leave him there!

I think it's possibly a repeat offender (for want of a better word) and maybe nhs trying to cut down on sorting them out if they reject treatment?!

Call 999 now.

I would say the A&E staff can't dispatch an ambulance nor leave their site

I'm back home now as I figured if ED weren't interested in doing anything then what more could i do. Didn't know they couldn't send someone out from the hospital

Did you call 999 after you'd gone to A&E?

Cross post

So he could have still been there

I didn't @SparklyMagpie as I thought it might be pointless as ED didn't want to hear about it. Common sense would say just send someone down their , would take a minute if that.

He might not have came from A&E. It’s common sense that you should have phoned the police and told them exactly what you had seen.

@Nicknacky I didn't say he had come from there. He had evidently come from a ward somewhere unless he wears hospital pyjamas for fun.

So you didn't phone 999?! Whyever not?

I can't believe you just left him

Hopefully someone called 999 for him

The chances are, he's having a break from a ward OR he's a frequent flyer there's millions of them! and they're ignoring him because he doesn't need to be there.

It’s not A&E’s role to go look for either absconded patients or injured ex patients. Surely you can understand that?!

There is nowhere to park where I could simultaneously ring police and watch man at same time. So not sure what I could've done about that. Should I ring now even though I am 1 miles away ?

You stopped at the hospital to go into A&E, that was your opportunity to phone then. You don’t need to keep eyeball on him, just give them the details of where, when etc you last saw him.

Apologies @Nicknacky I don't know all the protocols for ringing 999!

@Nicknacky I'm used to calling 999 for ambulance and having to check vitals etc whilst on phone so obviously being with patient.

Yes I'd still ring, it's obviously not right whatever the circumstances.

Who said anything about protocols?! You saw something that rightfully concerned you, you should then call 999 for that. I imagine security at A&E will search grounds as and when they need to but this isn’t one of those situations.

op So you think you can only call 999 if you are right in front of the emergency?!

What nicky said.

You could have also pulled over on to the grass verge. You might not normally be allowed but im sure no one would blame you in an emergency

If you are reluctant to call 999 at least call 101 and talk to them about what you saw, they will decide if it is 999 worthy.