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Re:I mapped almost every USA traffic death in the 21st century by Falkon1313 on Saturday July 20, 2024 @01:52AM (#41014396)
Yeah, I checked one near me and it said EMS arrived 1 minute after being notified and victim was transported via EMS air. Time to arrive at hospital seems reasonable for an air transport from that spot though. So I guess the helicopter just happened to be idly hovering over the van at the time it went off the embankment?
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Re:I mapped almost every USA traffic death in the 21st century by nradov on Saturday July 20, 2024 @04:07AM (#41014920)
Ground EMS could have arrived in 1 minute if they were already nearby. Just because the patient was transported by air doesn't necessarily mean that the helicopter unit was first to arrive.
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Re:I mapped almost every USA traffic death in the 21st century by bluGill on Saturday July 20, 2024 @09:44AM (#41016451)
Even if the helicopter is overhead for a planned drill you can't land it in a minute. 30 years ago if my first cpr class the teacher said it was typically 45 minutes from when you call - which is why they (in a big city where a level 1 trauma hospitial is at most a 30 minute drive away) almost never call for air help.
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