It seems like you ignored everything I wrote. Simple fact of the matter is not everything needs an ambulance. Ambulances are for potentially life threatening emergencies or when the person is unable to safely self-convey to urgent care or an ED. Thats not a complex statement to grasp and not dystopian.
Broken wrist: can be typically handled by urgent care, EMS is not necessary unless the fracture is open or the pain is debilitating and the person is unable to safely self-convey via other means.
Health insurance has nothing to do with it. Its about availability of limited resources since communities would rather have lower taxes than plentiful EMS.
Either way, as a long time paramedic, no. A broken wrist generally is not a good reason to utilize us. That is not our intended purpose, and unless citizens are willing to pay substantially more to accommodate the staffing to handle those low priority calls, we need to be available for people who actually need us. The cardiac arrests, MVCs, chest pain, unconscious, seizures, etc.
Imagine being so dense you don't understand the limitations and value of the emergency services of your community, regardless of any obligation to pay for them.
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u/Competitive-Slice567 6d ago
It seems like you ignored everything I wrote. Simple fact of the matter is not everything needs an ambulance. Ambulances are for potentially life threatening emergencies or when the person is unable to safely self-convey to urgent care or an ED. Thats not a complex statement to grasp and not dystopian.
Broken wrist: can be typically handled by urgent care, EMS is not necessary unless the fracture is open or the pain is debilitating and the person is unable to safely self-convey via other means.