FFQ: Hospital procedures and CM, also: HIV
I have a couple of questions, which may or may not be tied to a fic, regarding hospitals and their procedures.
If a person ends up in the hospital after a police standoff, how rigid are hospitals about not giving out information to people who are not the next of kin?
Okay, example: Say that Reid, for example after "Revelation(s)", ended up in the hospital, and that he'd been unconscious when they found him. In this example, his next of kin (who's sane) lives in (for example) San Fransisco or Seattle or something, somewhere rather far away, so it would take them a while to get there - how much convincing would it take for Gideon or Hotch to get to know how Reid was, how injured he was etc., and get to see him?
Would it be of consequence that Reid is FBI and that his team is..well, his team?
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Okay, also: HIV. If someone is exposed to infection, how do they proceed from there? What kind of tests are used, when are they tested, are they tested more than once, over a period of time, how does it work?
If a person ends up in the hospital after a police standoff, how rigid are hospitals about not giving out information to people who are not the next of kin?
Okay, example: Say that Reid, for example after "Revelation(s)", ended up in the hospital, and that he'd been unconscious when they found him. In this example, his next of kin (who's sane) lives in (for example) San Fransisco or Seattle or something, somewhere rather far away, so it would take them a while to get there - how much convincing would it take for Gideon or Hotch to get to know how Reid was, how injured he was etc., and get to see him?
Would it be of consequence that Reid is FBI and that his team is..well, his team?
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Okay, also: HIV. If someone is exposed to infection, how do they proceed from there? What kind of tests are used, when are they tested, are they tested more than once, over a period of time, how does it work?