Why did the ambulance drive past Fallbrook Hospital and all the way to Palomar hospital?
Some hospitals specialize in certain types of emergency cases. Palomar hospital handles traumas, UCSD hospital handles burn patients, Children’s Hospital in San Diego specializes in pediatric emergencies. The Paramedic on scene will communicate the emergency to a doctor at an assigned hospital and the doctor decides the best destination for the patient. Often Fallbrook ER can handle most emergency cases.
