usually as modifierA situation that does not require immediate action, typically with regard to a person's health.
the hospital decided to cancel non-emergency procedures to free up all possible beds for patients in more urgent need
for the most part, no special equipment needs to be provided for non-emergencies
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To reduce ER use for non-serious conditions, policymakers have proposed denying payment if the patient's diagnosis upon discharge appears to reflect a nonemergency condition.
Three non-emergencies were cancelled and a fourth operation was cancelled because the consultant was not available.
So why does ambulance transport - emergency or non-emergency - cost so much?
The problem came in sorting out the emergencies from the non-emergencies.
Because of dangerous driving conditions, all state highways were closed to nonemergency vehicles starting at 1 p.m. Monday, the governor said in a statement.
I work for a non-emergency vet and we are set up with a business called Pet Rest and they handle all of the cremations.
Under the governor's plan, the only co-pay the person would be charged would be $10 for using a hospital emergency room for a nonemergency problem.
The new theatre will be for routine or non-emergency orthopaedic patients.
Among people who waited for non-emergency surgery, 17 per cent considered their waiting times unacceptable.
Many communities have created outsized expectations by letting patients use E.R.s for non-emergencies.
Yet there were many GP services available that should be used for non-emergencies, he said.
Non-emergency surgery planned over the next few days had to be cancelled because of the blood donor crisis.
Earlier this month the hospital was forced to shut its doors to non-emergencies because of lack of space.
He said: "These new rules will help ensure members of the public calling the police for non-emergencies will get a consistently high standard of service."
The median waiting times were four weeks for specialist visits, 4.3 weeks for non-emergency surgery and three weeks for diagnostic tests.
She said her partner was a miner and had told her that such boxes were often opened in non-emergencies, and could be left open.
If non-emergencies weren't directed to emergency wards it might not be so dire.
Ambulance crews were asked to take non-emergencies to other hospitals.
The teams can be contacted via the force's non-emergency telephone number.
A wide range of transport issues were discussed, including the matter of escorts in (non-emergency) patient transport ambulances.