To wonder how people use taxis to get to a&e

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Whenever I’ve needed to go to a&e I’ve even been bleeding a lot or been being sick due to an illness. Aibu to wonder how people use taxis as would imagine the driver wouldn’t take too kindly to vomit in their car.

Just because your only A&E trips have been a lot of blood and vomit, that doesn't mean most are. Actually I'd say they were a minority.

I’ve taken a taxi to a&e before.. no blood or vomit 🤷🏻‍♀️

You go to A&E because you're throwing up? Please tell me it wasn't just a flu bug or norovirus, it was an actual emergency...

Not everyone has a car either, or if they have broken an arm and have no other way, easiest thing is a taxi. You'll not see an ambulance for hours over a broken arm, you're not a priority, and it is kind of stupid when you can walk into casualty. Mind you I still didn't take an ambulance even when I broke my leg, I got a lift in. I consider ambulances to be only called in dire emergency, like I can't be moved by anyone but a professional.

I think blood and vomit are the circumstances under which you dont take a taxi, but there are many other reasons why it would be ok

I've spent plenty of time in A&E over the decades. I've never seen anyone throw up or have uncontained bleeding. So I doubt that taxis have too many problems. I imagine it's pain that is most passengers' problem.

I’ve never gone to A&E because of anything that made me vomit, and bleeding would be bandaged up somehow, even with towels etc, nobody is going to jump in the back of a taxi purposefully bleeding all over it.

I used to live across the road from a hospital and will never get over the nurses face when I told her I walked to A&E. I was bleeding at the time too. Honestly, It was quicker to walk then drive.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

To be fair, most taxi companies when the circumstances are explained, are helpful.

Take a bowl or basin, use towels, cat litter can soak up vomit, etc.

Not all vomit is indicitive of viral illness... Someone having severe pain can be very vomitous.

I have had cause to use taxis on many occasions for hospital runs. Can't say I've ever been stuck.

Maybe not taxi but most people know someone with a car who would in emergency throw you in car with bucket or towel wrapped around a limb or whatever. Even a neighbour isn’t going refuse if you knock on door middle of night needing go are they?

I've faced severe sudden pain before and keeled over on a pavement unable to move. Taxi literally picked me up from a random pavement and I was sprawelled across the back seat. Driver even offered to help carry me into the a&e when we arrived.

Basically blood and vomit are not the only reasons to go to a&e...

They always get us to hospital asap if it's DS's asthma.

If I or my kids needed a taxi to A&E and we were throwing up, we'd take a bucket of course

My mum made me get a bus to a&e with a dislocated pinky and a compound fracture of my hand a taxi would have been a luxury going over the speed bumps rather than an old bus with shit suspension .
But I've limped in myself several times since over the years as it's only a 5 min walk from where I live now though wouldn't make the kids walk or take a bloody buzz bus

I've gone to A&E in a taxi. I had chest pain and shortness of breath.

Would a broken leg be reasonable use of a taxi op?
Appendicitis?
Breathing issues?

Done all those by taxi! Was I sick enough?

Most people going to a&e aren’t vomiting and bleeding everywhere

I’ve taken a bleeding DD to A&E in a cab multiple times. Kid just loves injuring herself.

Drivers didn’t bat an eyelid.

I drove myself to A&E, I did feel shit but I'm from a "DON'T MAKE A FUSS" Family.
I had sepsis from a perforated bowel, I'd deffo get a taxi next time if only to save on the parking fines .

Excluding bodily fluids or loss of consciousness then a taxi is the best way if the service users has no car.

Yes several times with eye trouble over the years.

I got a bus there when living in central London, but could have equally got a black cab. I had a car and drive, but I knew there was no parking at the hospital. I put on a giant sanitary pad with bleeding in pregnancy and their EPU hadn't opened for the day as yet. Luckily, it wasn't an ectopic but went on to be my 3rd MC.

OP- how would you normally get to A&E if no one could drive or park? I didn't feel 999 was needed, because they can't do anything for MC early anyways and I didn't have 1 sided pain, or any other signs for ectopic.

I got hit by a cyclist causing a humongous wound on the back of my calf . It needed 13 stitches so was massive. I got a cab. Yes there was blood but I was wearing jeans which appeared to soak up most of the blood and stuck my leg in front of me.

I had no other option. We were away for the weekend in Brighton and had gone on the train so no car and we’d had a couple of drinks so wouldn’t have been able to drive if we had. The hospital was close but too far to walk, about 1.5 miles. The injury while a&e worthy was not ambulance worthy.

I didn’t worry about the cab. More concerning was on discharge from a&e with the wound stitched but still blood we had no option but to return to the hotel as we had missed the last London train. They were actually very nice when I apologetically asked for a couple of extra towels which I put round my leg, but haven’t returned to the hotel since. We were supposed to stayb2 nights but checked out the following morning.

So if anyone is reading this from the hotel concerned and thinks the story is familiar….thank untouchables and I’m genuinely sorry about the towels!

Thank untouchables? Not sure where that came from! Thank you!