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Children unaccompanied in ambulances?

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goshdarnitjanet · 26/03/2020 08:16

There is a notice being shared on facebook (I know, I know) that if your child gets the virus and if they get so ill they require an ambulance they will be taken alone to hospital and you as a parent will be unable to accompany them. I cannot find any information to back this up. I know I don't know who any one is on here either Shock but I am assuming this just plain incorrect? I cannot for a moment believe that the childs guardian would not be required to consent to treatment etc even in this situation and this is unnecessary scaremongering.

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caffeinefix · 26/03/2020 08:20

It has to be incorrect.

somegoodnewsforonce · 26/03/2020 08:21

It's incorrect.

MsChanandlerBoing · 26/03/2020 08:22

100% scaremongering- please do not share this, please do not engage with it as it just pushes it up in the algorithm, privately message the poster to remove it.

Parents are terrified enough, we don’t need to have them scared their sick child is going to be taken away without them. We do however ask that only one parent/carer stays with them in the emergency dept.

(I’m talking about the UK I don’t know what is happening elsewhere)

nether · 26/03/2020 08:22

No, it. Is not plain incorrect.

Only those with the disease go into isolation wards (including the ambulances used to carry the infectious)

Your input will be needed (medical history and, as you say, consent) but those need not be done from bedside (you should be in SI as contact of a case)

Thescrewinthetuna · 26/03/2020 08:23

It is incorrect, my friend who is a paramedic has written on the post of every person who has shared it that it is bollocks

BuffaloCauliflower · 26/03/2020 08:24

It’s been widely discredited by people showing the actual visitor criteria from the hospital near them

Strawberrypancakes · 26/03/2020 08:24

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HenSolo · 26/03/2020 08:24

Went to the hospital yesterday with my three year old in an ambulance (he has a lung condition and they were treating it as suspected covid)
I had to wear a face mask but otherwise able to ride in the ambulance.
He is doing fine now btw

Cupcakegirl13 · 26/03/2020 08:25

It’s totally incorrect a good friend of mine has just stayed in hospital with her isolated 12 month old for over a week no separation at all it’s utter bollocks and total scaremongering . Adults who are ill of course but not for children.

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goshdarnitjanet · 26/03/2020 08:26

I know it must be incorrect logically - as if people don't have enough to be thinking about. I've reported it anyway to the mods. Completely unnecessary at the moment.

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WhatAboutMeeee · 26/03/2020 08:27

That post going around social media really annoys me. If my child was taken in an ambulance not a chance I would let him go on his own, I'd rather risk the chance of myself catching it.

Salene · 26/03/2020 08:32

It's fake news but hopefully it might scare some idiots to stay at home. As people aren't taking this seriously still .

Bagelsandbrie · 26/03/2020 08:34

Totally incorrect. Our local hospital - Norfolk and Norwich - have also said children can have one visitor at at time.

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goshdarnitjanet · 26/03/2020 08:36

@salene it is not ok to spread fake news to scare people. Idiots or otherwise.

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nether · 26/03/2020 08:41

Sorry, I was thinking overseas and extrapolated wrongly.

It's clear from everyone else it's not happening here at the moment.

And if we can abide by lockdown fingers crossed that it will never be rolled out.

Tartan333 · 26/03/2020 08:55

does anyone have a link to show that this is fake? I want to show it to someone who is very worried about this

NoRoomInBed · 26/03/2020 08:56

Also can you imagine how much more the NHS would be stretched if they had to look after kids with no parent there. I'm half in the boat with if they read it and it makes them stay in then good but dosent help with the panic going on.

Sleepyblueocean · 26/03/2020 09:14

"It's fake news but hopefully it might scare some idiots to stay at home. As people aren't taking this seriously still ."

It's certainly scared the shit of parents of children with complex needs including the ones who are most likely to be hospitalised. They weren't out and about anyway.

RoxanneMonke · 26/03/2020 09:18

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Duchessofblandings · 26/03/2020 09:22

They’re being taken to an isolation unit. Fairly self-explanatory I’d have thought.
I was isolated in 1965, aged 3. My parents were excluded. It’s nothing new.

If you can’t bear the thought of your children alone, frightened and sick, observe the rules and maybe think again about that jolly to the beach this weekend.

It’s not scaremongering, it’s doing what’s necessary.

Sleepyblueocean · 26/03/2020 09:30

It is not happening and Duchessofblandings they don't get taken straight to an isolation unit, they are triaged first. There aren't enough isolation units for people to go straight to them.

Bagelsandbrie · 26/03/2020 09:32

Had to laugh at isolation unit...! As if we have enough of those!

People are triaged at hospital. If they have symptoms of coronavirus they are put in one area and if they don’t they are put in another. It’s that simple.

KittenVsBox · 26/03/2020 09:35

I freaked out about this yesterday too.
Finding our local hospital page on Facebook brought up the restricted visitors rules. Paediatric ward was one parent/carer. Adults was none unless end of life (and not sure if that includes Corona or not). Labour ward was one birth partner. I'm sure other hospitals will have similar info available - check your hospital.

nether · 26/03/2020 09:40

Bagels

What you describe - infectious in one area - is a form of isolation unit! Like ward, or area, or the whole sodding ExCel . There are various terms, and they are all synonyms for keeping the infected in a separate areas

Duchessofblandings · 26/03/2020 09:46

Ok, isolation room. Semantics hardly matter right now do they. People are isolated.

Don’t believe me, listen to the countless doctors and nurses posting about how heartbreaking it is that people are having to die alone. Or is that too inconvenient to listen to because you might actually have to take notice?