Re:Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School ...
by jdminhbg on Thursday February 22, 2018 @06:08PM
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Thirty minutes from a major city but ambulances take hours doesn't seem to make a ton of sense.
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Re:Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School ...
by Spooky23 on Thursday February 22, 2018 @06:31PM
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Depends on what time of day you have your emergency and what is happening.
The town I grew up in is 45-60m to an ER during the day, 30m at night. It’s a volunteer squad, so typical response time is ~20m, longer during the weekday. If someone else has an emergency, they will likely need a mutual aid call, which adds 15-30m. If you need ALS, the ambulance may need to pull over en route when a county paramedic responds. If you are further out, the times increase rapidly. Many common emergencies like stroke are guaranteed fatal.
In the small city that I live in, first responder for a medical emergency will arrive in <7m. Transport to hospital is ~5-10m.
Re:Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School ...
by marnett on Thursday February 22, 2018 @06:31PM
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City ambulances don't service counties. If the county outside the city has less available ambulances but high demand then wait times go up.
Re:Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School ...
by Slansitartop on Thursday February 22, 2018 @06:27PM
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I can imagine scenarios where it might. Maybe that area is in a different service region (so they don't dispatch from the city) with a much lower ambulance density. If all the ambulances are busy and have long travel times, it's possible it could take more than an hour for one to free up for a new call.