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Originally Posted by Sliver
Yep, I'm going to look at it like that, too. Most of us in Calgary are pretty fataing close to a hospital at all times. Things would need to be pretty dire for me to roll the dice on an ambulance showing up quickly right now.
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Agreed. An individual needing to be revived prior to transport and/or the inability to move the individual without concern would be when I'd call. Any other situation I'd say drive them over to the emergency, it's faster. By the time the call is over, you'd almost be half way there.
I should probably go do a Red Cross/CPR type course sometime. I assume stabilizing someone and/or the ability to increase the odds of driving someone to the hospital would be highly beneficial in general.
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Originally Posted by Old Yeller
Yeah hearing about the wait times has obviously created some public outcry, but it's probably going to have another effect in that people won't even bother calling 911 anymore and just become their own ambulance.
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This honestly should be the way it is. I think movies have given a very false understanding of when you actually should be calling an ambulance.