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13 y/o arrives via ambulance late night/early morning (maybe 4:30am-ish) with unconscious parent. The other parent is long deceased, and there are no family or close friends of age within the state (though an aunt and uncle in another state are listed somewhere as emergency contacts, and are called and arrive the next afternoon by plane).
Would the minor be allowed to walk into the building with the medical staff as they wheeled the parent from the ambulance on a gurney?
Would the hospital have some kind of liaison trained in dealing with children on hand when the ambulance arrived? What would this person do, exactly? I currently have the scene written with this person meeting the character as the parent is wheeled in, and sitting with the character in the waiting area as the staff works on the parent. There is a point when the liaison leaves the child sitting in the waiting area to be kept an eye on by the front desk people while waiting for the news on the parent.
Would the child be escorted to the parent's room when they were stabilized and admitted (keeping in mind that of age next of kin arrives within about 12 hours).
I'm hoping to be able to visit my local ER sometime soon, but thought it couldn't hurt to ask here as well
Would the minor be allowed to walk into the building with the medical staff as they wheeled the parent from the ambulance on a gurney?
Would the hospital have some kind of liaison trained in dealing with children on hand when the ambulance arrived? What would this person do, exactly? I currently have the scene written with this person meeting the character as the parent is wheeled in, and sitting with the character in the waiting area as the staff works on the parent. There is a point when the liaison leaves the child sitting in the waiting area to be kept an eye on by the front desk people while waiting for the news on the parent.
Would the child be escorted to the parent's room when they were stabilized and admitted (keeping in mind that of age next of kin arrives within about 12 hours).
I'm hoping to be able to visit my local ER sometime soon, but thought it couldn't hurt to ask here as well