DesertMedic66
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Ok, here's the flaw in your rational:
You're stating that fire saved time because they did the assessment so the "ambulance didn't have to"
If fire didn't go, the ambulance crew would have done the assessment.
If the ambulance could get on scene in the same time limit as the engine, they could theoretically take just as much time doing the assessment as the engine.
And that's bad how? Too many people think of EMS just as a transport. If I can diagnose and treat on scene and not transport, I view that as a win.
I will do my own assessment, and I will stay on scene as long as I deem I have to, to do my job well. Depending on the nature of the call, I can go in, grab the patient and run, go in, stabilize the patient and run, or take my time. None of the above is wrong.
No delay.
But the fact is that the ambulance crew couldn't have made it on scene in the same time as fire.