[header] How to go to the hospital [title] Assess the situation. [step] Before any actions are taken, you need to determine whether the patient's condition warrants transportation by emergency services or not. You should always ask the patient for their preference and take this into account providing that he/she is not unconscious, delirious, or in shock (in these cases, an ambulance should be called immediately). 
Here are a few common reasons for going to the hospital without an ambulance : [substeps] The patient is going into labor. Labor generally takes a long time, and most deliveries are not life-threatening to the mother or baby.