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So as I stare down the barrel of another night shift, a thought has crossed my mind.
Why don’t we have Red Cross and other relief society ambulances in the US?
I mean the Red Cross was literally founded here, and in many instances across the globe they run EMS systems. Then there are groups like SJA, and ASB that also run systems or work in tandem with local systems.
So what made our system in the US not attract organizations like this?
I know we have Haztalah, to a limited extent, and obviously we had/have civic organization ambulances in some places... Just curious if anyone happened to have any thoughts, ideas, articles on the subject.
Why don’t we have Red Cross and other relief society ambulances in the US?
I mean the Red Cross was literally founded here, and in many instances across the globe they run EMS systems. Then there are groups like SJA, and ASB that also run systems or work in tandem with local systems.
So what made our system in the US not attract organizations like this?
I know we have Haztalah, to a limited extent, and obviously we had/have civic organization ambulances in some places... Just curious if anyone happened to have any thoughts, ideas, articles on the subject.