When hospitals are overcrowded, general practitioners have overcrowded waiting rooms, and firefighters are all over the city, the solution is to have an emergency doctor come to your bedside.
There are 800 EMT vacancies inFrenchWhile there are 637 emergency services in the country, of which 520 are public, this representsmore than one vacancy per siteIn order to cope with these shortages, hospitals are therefore forced to rely on temporary doctors, who also act as on-call doctors for patients in need.l’Artificial intelligence is not taking over healthcare professionals.,We still need the human to solve all our problems.
How does an emergency call work?
In fact, most calls come to the same place, and liberal doctors are based in 15 centres (usually one per department) alongside emergency doctors.Emergency numbersFor example, in 2017, there were no less than 18.98 million referrals to general emergency departments or 2.5 million referrals to pediatric emergency departments.
In the event of a life-threatening emergency, he transfers the calls to a hospital doctor, otherwise a liberal doctor known as a « regulator » who provides advice, a prescription possibly faxed to the pharmacy of care or a referral to a home visit.SOS as a doctor, you skip all those steps.
A number to call 24/7.
To be able to reach aA doctor in an emergency.This is especially true when it comes to a loved one, a child whose health concerns make it unthinkable to wait until the next day or the beginning of the week for a consultation. At this point, it is possible to reach a doctor on call wherever you are.
L’The goal is twofold.In fact, in France, in 70% of departments, you have to dial 15 to reach a doctor outside consultation hours, but in Lorraine it is 0820332020, in France-Comté it is 3966.118 418, available 7 days a week and 24 hours a dayAll you have to do is call and say « SOS » to find an answer to your need.
A directory on the Internet
If you prefer to search directly for a doctor’s address and number yourself, it’s also very simple. You log in directly to the SOS Tel Medecin website, select the city or region of your choice and click on it. You’ll see all the names of available nurses. Finally, you just have to select the healthcare professional of your choice.
Of course, your needs will vary according to your state of health, the pathologies you suffer from, and the ailments that afflict you, so various specialists work alongside experienced general practitioners – physiotherapists, paediatricians, and many others – so that you will be cared for by the right person.
Getting more time when you’re sick
Being able to reach an emergency doctor at any time of the day is really an added comfort when taking care. You get a diagnosis quickly, you get a solution quickly, you avoid waiting times in a waiting room, you don’t move, … several good points that we enjoy joyfully when we are sick.
The average duration of a consultation with a general practitioner is 18 minutes, while female practitioners report consultations that are 1 minute 30 minutes longer than their colleagues… Visits, including travel, last about 37 minutes, and doctors spend about 7 hours a week, giving them more time to examine you thoroughly.
