As a local urgent care & medical center which welcomes walk-ins, Carbon Health in Santa Monica, CA commonly sees patients for reasons such as: urinary tract infection, sore throat, sinus infection,...
Santa Monica (CA) - - Phone: (310) 971-9957We are more than your average walk-in clinic. We are staffed by board certified ER doctor and offer an array of innovative patient services, including VirtualCare by Exer, our telehealth feature, an...
Santa Monica (CA) - - Phone: (310) 394-2273Sometimes, care just can’t wait. The Emergency Room is not your only option. If you need treatment now - and you know it’s not a life-threatening emergency - urgent care can save you time. We...
Santa Monica (CA) - - Phone: (310) 829-8441
Emergency Medical Services are provided in Santa Monica as out-of-hospital cute care, transport to a place where more specialized care is available, and other medical transport to patients with illnesses and injuries which prevent the patient from transporting themselves. This is given with the aim of providing urgent medical care to a satisfactory level. If it is a publicly owned EMS, it is operated by the Santa Monica municipality, which may be the responsibility of the local or the state government. For small communities, they are staffed by volunteers. Private EMS organizations also exists in some parts of the country. Usually, the physicians or the surgeon does not respond directly to the emergency, unless the patient is a low-weight infant, or there is necessity of an emergency cardiac bypass surgery, or a mass casualty situation. There is, however, medical control by indirect supervision of a medical director, or board-certified physician who oversees the policies and protocols of a particular EMS system. In America, the model is to bring the patient to the hospital rather than the other way around. While there is no federal or state stanard for response time, they do sometimes exist in the form of contractual obligations between communities and EMS provider organizations. Ideal response time is less than ten minutes, however, this is rarely achieved. The ambulances used for EMS can be of varying types depending on the specific needs.