01-24-2022, 06:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-24-2022, 06:50 PM by danbrotherston.)
(01-24-2022, 03:36 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(01-24-2022, 10:14 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: Can you imagine having a heart attack, and calling 911, and being told, that no ambulance is available...you could wait half an hour?
How much does a half hour delay affect survivability in case of a heart attack?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener...-1.6322717
Why is this acceptable to people?
And then start sending fire trucks out for ambulance calls because “they can get there faster”. As if the problem isn’t simply a lack of ambulance capacity and/or ER capacity. I thought I heard something about ambulance crews having to stand around at the hospital with patients who haven’t been fully admitted to the hospital until they’re officially handed off. Rules are more important than saving lives.
This has always been the case, but since our hospitals are full, sometimes paramedics are waiting up to 11 hours for a space in the hospital.
It's not that rules are more important than saving lives, it's pretty reasonable that paramedics cannot leave a patient until the hospital can take over care. Paramedics, unlike an ER is not in a position to adequately triage (that's what this is) they have no way of knowing that the 911 call they are missing is more important than the call they are on right now.