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From: rastaman@ihdev.UUCP (Biding my time)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Being your own ambulance, and Texas burn victims
Message-ID: <221@ihdev.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-May-85 14:52:21 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  7 14:52:21 1985
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> ... Each EMS (Emergency Medical System) must conform to minimium 
> response times, typically 6 to 8 minutes in your community.  Transport
> times to hospitals are in the same range. ...

Interesting that this should be mentioned.  There was just a (sadly)
minor brouhaha here in Chicago about CFD ambulances being used to
go to paramedics' training classes and such.  Emergency calls were
being handled by ambulance crews in the next nearest precinct/whatever.  
In one case a cardiac arrest victim allegedly died because of the long 
response time.  

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