From the perspective of "hardware," every hospital has the basic equipment required to monitor heartbeat, blood pressure and body temperature. When a small hospital is faced with a difficult case, all it needs to do is stabilize the patient's vital signs before sending the patient on to a larger hospital.
就急診醫療的硬體來看，監測心跳、血壓、體溫等生命徵象的生理監測器，電擊去顫器、體外心節律器等急診基本設備一般醫院都有，較小的地區醫院遇到無力處理的棘手病例，只要能將病患的生命跡象穩住，再轉送大醫院診療也無可厚非。