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That seems like an odd delegation of responsibilities
by orf 9y ago
That seems like an odd delegation of responsibilities
- boomboomsubban 9y agoIt's that, be run by the police, or be a completely separate institution. Private healthcare makes hospitals in control a bad idea.
- Cerium 9y agoFireman are for protecting life, police for protecting law.
- orf 9y agoI'd say the fire service is more the protection of property, which overlaps into protecting life in some cases. It's odd to me to think of the fire service giving first response medical care, outside of perhaps smoke inhalation and burns.
- evgen 9y agoIn the US it is more likely that there is a fire department close to any particular residence (in fact they are usually spaced out to minimize response time over the entire area) while ambulances tend to be dispatched from hospitals or ambulance services and so their response time is more varied. Fire department paramedics and ambulances may both be dispatched for emergencies, but ambulances also cover things like non-emergency patient transfers and other medical transport scenarios. It is often the case that the role of the FD paramedic is to be first on scene and try to stabilize the patient if possible so that once the ambulance arrives they can scoop and go if needed.