“More than one-third of adults 65 and older fall each year. The risk of falling and fall-related problems rises with age.”
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ’05.
Paramedic agrees: “People absolutely are waiting for ambulances longer than they should”
“People can be waiting for 12 to 15 minutes for an ambulance. Sometimes it can be even longer than that.” a paramedic said “Sometimes in Denver you would be a lot better off driving yourself to the hospital.”
In just 2 months, paramedics failed to meet their response goal 12% of the time – that’s 1,100 calls.
Wouldn’t you be curious to see inside a 911 Call Center and see how calls are handled?
While 911 operators work hard and mean well, there are 3 problems that you should be aware off:
Operators are not required to be trained Emergency Medical Technicians
Actually, operators handle calls that require the attention of the police or the fire department, besides medical emergency calls.
Operators are overwhelmed. Sometimes they handle 45 calls in 1 hour!
Actually, after seeing the video you’ll understand why this Pittsburgh man died waiting for an ambulance (link) and why this Detroit man died, never even having an ambulance dispatched (link)
If you or loved one has a medical emergency, wouldn’t you want to call a service where:
All operators are certified Emergency Medical Technicians with actual hands-on experience in the field?
Operators handle medical emergency calls only?
Operators have access to your medical information (provided by you) and can give actual guidance over the phone on how to take effective action while an ambulance arrives (we’ll take care of the dispatch)
Operators stay on the line until help arrives and provide constant updates to the crew in the ambulance?
86-year old man dies of asthma attack. He called 911 but his put was put on hold. EMS dispatchers tried calling back but they didn’t get an answer the sent an ambulance.
15 minutes later he had died.
Some callers have even waited more than 30 minutes.
According to the family, ambulance delay cost mother’s life as it took 15 minutes for the ambulance to arrive. Neighbors and family tried to perform CPR without success.
