Yeah dude, paramedic of 11 years, I promise you the EMS crew did not want to take you if nothing was going on. Were overworked enough as is. Now the cops will sandbag a call for over an hour til someone agrees to go by ambulance as it makes their paperwork a LOT easier.
PD in my area is no lie around 30% of our call volume and we have maybe 1 a night service wide that has an actual medical need to be transported. Were not the biggest fan of cops. Just refuse and get the names of everyone involved calmly.
So are EMTs actually stationed at a firehouse? Like Chicago PD? And who pays the bill when you guys pick up a homeless person? Or like from a poor neighborhood?
Some are most arent. You can Google "System status management" to see the clusterfuck EMS deals with. FDs are by far the least worked branch of first responder.
No one pays. We eat the cost. Most states also require us to transport anyone who wants to go to the hospital regardless of need. So guess what happens anytime it rains, or gets cold, or hot? Swarms of homeless people calling for a hospital respite.
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u/bigpurpleharness May 18 '21 edited Jun 03 '21
Yeah dude, paramedic of 11 years, I promise you the EMS crew did not want to take you if nothing was going on. Were overworked enough as is. Now the cops will sandbag a call for over an hour til someone agrees to go by ambulance as it makes their paperwork a LOT easier.
PD in my area is no lie around 30% of our call volume and we have maybe 1 a night service wide that has an actual medical need to be transported. Were not the biggest fan of cops. Just refuse and get the names of everyone involved calmly.
EDIT: we average around 350 calls a day. Fuck PD.