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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

you have to remember that a lot of people live 30 minutes or more from any emergency response. if I cut my finger off, I'd want to be driven to the hospital asap, not wait for an ambulance that's not really all that necessary because it's not a life-threatening condition

[–] FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I agree that tons of people live 30 minutes or more from an emergency department. I live 25 minutes away myself. But Emergency response, at least everywhere ive lived in the US, is much quicker than that thanks to volunteer fire departments and such. So, an emt getting to you is faster than 30 minutes -- by a lot, probably -- but you still will need to travel the 30-minute distance for super duper emergencies. Also -- who the fuck in American is ready, willing, or able to pay for an ambulance ride? My heart better be stopped if youre loading me into an ambulance.