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Re:Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School ... by sgtmas2006 on Thursday February 22, 2018 @07:31PM (#16443012)
The closest hospital from me is an hour away. 45 if you drive semi-fast. That time + whatever response time is. We had to call an ambulance for my father once and it was 20-30 minutes for them to arrive. It's not really that uncommon.
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Re:Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School ... by arkades on Thursday February 22, 2018 @10:09PM (#16443882)
There’s a meaningful difference between “it was 20-30m for them to arrive” and the previous post’s “hours.” Almost an order of magnitude’s difference.

And that’s a medically meaningful difference. 20m response time, 45m to the hospital, you’re still in the time window for critical therapies for heart attacks and strokes. Several hours response time, you’re not. I mean to say, I’m not nitpicking: the difference between your scenario and what the previous poster asserts is large and medically meaningful.

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