But only the first one they can get in contact with.
And that’s if they need to.
So like if you’ve never been to that hospital, don’t have an ID on you, nobody recognizes you, and your can’t ID yourself, that’s a John/Jane Doe situation. Even if they CAN identify you, unless they have some sort of record of emergency contacts they don’t have anyone to contact.
They notify whoever is your emergency contact. You choose as an individual who is your emergency contact.
But only the first one they can get in contact with.
And that’s if they need to.
So like if you’ve never been to that hospital, don’t have an ID on you, nobody recognizes you, and your can’t ID yourself, that’s a John/Jane Doe situation. Even if they CAN identify you, unless they have some sort of record of emergency contacts they don’t have anyone to contact.