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Yep; on the first try. Unfortunately, I was trying to drive my son (who had broken his arm) and the Google driving directions would only display the list mode, rather than on the map. I ended up finding the building on Google Maps, then dropping a pin on iOS Maps, and using the turn-by-turn.

All-in-all a stressful experience

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How would you have found your way there 5 years ago?

Why didn't you call an ambulance? When I worked for the redcross during civil service I always wondered why we have patients with nose bleed or some other bubu to drive in and then we take back some guy with a broken leg or life threatning pneumonia that got in himself.

Actually, my big mistake was not keeping the taxi I'd taken from work (normally, I take the tram & train) to pick him up at school.

He was in pain, but not anything I'd consider taking the ambulance for (and the driving distance from his school to the emergency room is ~2-3 km). I shouldn't have gotten my car, and instead just have dumped him into the taxi. Norway covers a share of the taxi fare when it's for medical reasons.

Maybe this is a stupid question but being from Europe and having worked as a paramedic I just have to ask... aren't there any emergency services or ambulances available to rush your son to the ER? I know over here, in cities they are sporting response-times of 5 to 10 minutes to your doorstep, 24/7.

Yes, of course, but see reply down-thread. I was called by the school, so the school nurse had made an assessment that the situation was non-critical. Since ambulances are a limited resource, why take it away from someone who could be in critical condition?

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