If you call 911 for a medical emergency, do you expect help to arrive promptly?

[ForevrLonely29]

Many of the EMS systems in this nation are underdeveloped and crippling both financially and with staffing.

Since its inception in 1969, modern EMS has been on the backburner for most politicians. Many areas don't even have an EMS first-response system in place, where trained persons treat patients until an ambulance arrives on scene.

Instead, we focus on stupid crap, like tranny rights, but this issue often gets ignored.

EMS and fire are often treated as the "red-headed step children" of the public safety world. They are often second-class to law enforcement.

Yes

No

[WindAtMyBack]

Yes I do, at least where I live. But I have lived places where I wouldn't expect it. I have lived where people are pretty much on their own because help is a long ways away.

I have had to call 911 before and I was surprised how fast they arrived. I was still talking to the 911 operator giving basic information when they arrived.

As I understand it, 911 operators are hard to hire, train, and keep. It's a far more difficult, stressful and emotional job than people realize.

The training and testing is not at all easy. Among other things, they are put through serious stress testing. They have to listen to a person in panic who is barely comprehensible and quickly rattling off numbers, address, etc. The operator candidates are distracted with all kinds of noise and commotion and still get every single number and letter right. If they miss one letter or number, they fail. They have to be able to calmly gather important information, while the panicked caller is going off in all kinds of directions. Most won't talk about their job with anyone, not even with their own family. It's a very stressful and emotional job.

[Syntosi]

You know what would help? Free healthcare for example. A system where the results are what matters, not how much you have to pay for it. You can easily set the standard to where the EMS arrives directly after you call them as opposed to 20 minutes later because the shareholders can shave off a few more percent in operational expenses.

I am so happy that we can all agree on socialist EMS services are objectively superior. Its not like you are going to disagree here and turn out to be a corporate shill who gives zero shits about ambulances arriving on time and just wanted to use this topic as a way to bash trans rights.. No sirree.

[dustybiker2]

I was hit by a semi doing fifty: it took two hours for AAA to pick up the phone, even though there was a AAA tow truck nearby they couldn't assist as they weren't deployed. And the police were called 12 times. They kept bumping us. And never showed. I just left with my vehicle in the tow.
Then several months later the police tried to say this didn't happen on the instagram page. I gave them the scene deets. And they shut up.
People try to say this is a left issue. This was in the middle of when trump was in office.

[dustybiker2]

Oh it took another two hours for AAA to show too.
Pray you stay out of accidents people. trump is back in office

[DryGermanGuy]

Jeeez! That's a bunch of incompetence on display. When my car tire blew in a small town tunnel at two in the morning, the police came in under ten minutes. The tow truck took 30 minutes.

[dustybiker2]

@DryGermanGuy Ah, Europe. Such a stark dif.

[Anonymous]

Maybe Trump should be doing something about it instead of focusing on revenge on Biden and others. Seems your fave president doesn't care about you. Thankfully he is kicking you off unemployment. Maybe you should focus on getting a job instead of crying on gag every day. Seems you're guilty of exactly what you're complaining about lol. Hypocrite.

[ForevrLonely29]

The power rests mostly to the States. The feds don't necessarily need to be involved in state affairs and their EMS systems. This is where you hold state and local officials accountable.

[Agape93]

No because it won't. It takes about 20 minutes to get to town on a clear dry day, at best. If my road is snowed in, or the roads flooded again, no helps coming because that's a few hours of walking.

[ForevrLonely29]

Does your area have a non-transport EMS first response system, where other emergency service agencies respond and provide care until an ambulance arrives on scene? If not, that is something to bring up with state and local officials. That would be an example of an underdeveloped EMS system.

[Agape93]

Lol nope. The closest town to me doesn't even have 6,000 people. But it's not my concern, I'm not attached to life. So if I die, fine by me.

[ForevrLonely29]

Bo wonder why you's a hoe. There is nothing better to do besides drink, fight, and fuck, lol

[Agape93]

What's with you trying to slut shame? You do realize you can't shame someone that isn't ashamed. But before you run your mouth maybe you should get off your ass and get a job instead of sitting on your ass like a lazy liberal

[ForevrLonely29]

I have been working on a web project all day.
Here is the URL:
https://register.greaterknoxtn.com

This is a HUGE project by the way.

[Agape93]

And have you been paid? Or is this some gig work?

[ForevrLonely29]

Nope, a personal project I may be launching to make me $

[Agape93]

So as i said then, get off your ass and get a job.

[ForevrLonely29]

This is my job for now. I am working diligently. I have made many commits to Github everyday for the past 7 days alone. What do you expect me to do, give up programming to work as a fry cook? Of course that is what you lefties want, to drive more prestigious and skilled workers into low-skilled, menial labor jobs.

[Agape93]

Jobs pay, so until your project pays it is not a job. So yes, stop being a lazy fuck and expecting your partner to care for you like a child, and get a damn job.

I'm a libertarian you idiot. You're unemployed and have been for over a year. Ffs

[ForevrLonely29]

I also have disabilities and cannot hold down a lot of jobs. I have held 25+ jobs since age 15. It is best to stick to line of work I feel most confident and skilled in. I may be getting another check from social security next month. I am going to apply for expedited reinstatement once my benefits end with hopes I can continue my payments for some time. In addition, that will allow me to keep my health insurance going. In the meantime, if ktp takes off, I may not need to rely in handouts anymore.

[Agape93]

Taking handouts, refusing to work, obsessed with IT jobs but can't get them and always blaming your disorders for your laziness and shit attitude. You sound liberal af dude.

[ForevrLonely29]

Nope. I am striving to produce great work and have put in countless days and nights to form the skills I have today. I am skilled in so many technologies, but the possibilities are endless. That took a lot of discipline and dedication over the years. I am definitely not lazy. Plus, I am a former EMT that lost his license due to the whole stalking conviction thing, but I have worked a variety of roles since age 15. Lifeguard, Head Lifeguard, EMT, security officer, software engineer... a lot of roles.

[Agape93]

Yet still refuses to get work until you get a decent job again. I used to wash dockside bathrooms for minimum wage. You can flip a burger.

[ForevrLonely29]

My point, you lefties want to push skilled workers into low wage jobs and widen the wealth gap. That was the Xiden regimes goal anyways. But in all seriousness, unless the job entails working completely alone with no human interaction, I will likely be fired within weeks.

[Agape93]

Libertarian you fucking moron.

Yeah because as I keep telling you you have a shit attitude and you're lazy as fuck. You make your partner pay everything and you don't even try to get work. You make excuses like some liberal bitch. You're truly pathetic, I don't know why she stays

[ForevrLonely29]

A libertarian that leans left on political idiology.

Again, I am producing projects that may lead to financial freedom and independence.

[Agape93]

Bruh the only left leaning belief I have is abortion rights.

Yeah but until then you're not working. You have no job, no income, you're just fucking around on a computer while she pays for everything. Do you at least do chores?

[ForevrLonely29]

Yes, I do chores. In addition, I have been applying for tech jobs every day. Keep in mind, she doesn't live with me fulltime. She wants to wait until marriage to move in, which is respectable.

[Agape93]

At least you do something. But maybe branch out, do something different. Clearly however skilled you are, it hasn't been enough to get you a job in over a year

[ForevrLonely29]

Nope, I am highly skilled. So is Kyle Simpson who is a conference speaker, well-renowned JS developer, and a Mensa member. The Xiden economy really fucked everything and allowing H1B visas to be issued to foreigners taking American jobs. I sure hope Trump fixes this soon.

[Agape93]

Highly skilled and sends out daily applications, but can't get a job, because foreigners with shit work get the job. Dude that makes no sense.

[ForevrLonely29]

The H1B visa problem won't fix everything, but should at least bring a decent amount of tech work back to the US. Meanwhile, interest rates are high and it is not a good climate for startups or small software shops. Big tech (FANNG) companies layed off over half a million talented tech workers since 2022, re-introducing them back into the job market candidate pool. It is an employer's market and saturated at this point.

[ForevrLonely29]

by the way, I am working on a SQL transaction right now to insert all data effectively or rollback.

[Tomisworthless]

EMS agencies can work together with 3rd party certified companies to extend out reach to more rural areas for quicker response times.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

I'd expect them to show up in a reasonable amount of time to keep me alive, sure. Might go faster if I had a stalker who did EMS though. Then he'd be right there ready to care for me if I needed it...

[Tomisworthless]

No orbiter simps in law enforcement

[malarkey]

It wouldn't take long. The fire and police station are both about 1 1/2 miles away and it's not a high population area and we have low crime levels.

[exitseven]

Yes, I pay a lot of taxes and expect the ambulance to show up in a few minutes.

[Dongie]

Yes. I've called them twice a month ago and about 3 weeks before that time. 10 minutes each time is what it took.

[Dargil]

Medical, 20 minutes. Cops? Too late to matter. Why I'm armed.

[Tomisworthless]

When you call 911 you expect help eventually, until then you gotta fend forself

[Anonymous]

no because of distances

[princeofromance]

Yes, but sadly it often doesn't.