> transporting a passenger in a life or death emergency For a medical emergency, you are better off calling 911. First responders such as EMTs, fire fighters h

> transporting a passenger in a life or death emergency For a medical emergency, you are better off calling 911. First responders such as EMTs, fire fighters have significant training as well as immediately life saving medications and equipment such as Narcan (to reverse opiate overdoses), Epinephrine (for anaphylactic shock - a life threatening allergic reaction), and defibrillators (for cardiac arrhythmias). Even police officers may have some of these things in their cars now (especially Narcan), and may be trained in such things as first aid and assisting with child birth. In addition, the modern ambulance with paramedics provides much of the same life saving support that you would find in an ER. In addition, the ambulance will know which hospital in the area provides the type of care you need and they can call ahead to have things ready to go - for example, a patient having a stroke needs to go to a stroke center or a patient with a heart attack needs to go to a hospital than potentially has interventional cardiology on staff.