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You have a really :censored::censored::censored::censored: EMS system if it takes 15 minutes to get even first responders on scene. I used to work a very rural area and it was a huge deal if we had more than a 7 minute response time until the first person marked on scene. We averaged five to six minutes because we had someone assigned to get the vehicle(s) and if anyone else was responding and was closer, they went direct to the scene.
BTW, I can and will stop in extreme circumstances (I almost always stop for injured animals). However, it's a personal choice and I wasn't so offended by your comments as I was RocketMedic's.
I'm not pissed at any specific person, it's just the overall tone being presented in this thread like people are too good to be bothered with another person's problem when they are off-duty. Life is far from perfect and :censored::censored::censored::censored: happens. We deal with it. What goes around, comes around.
As far as the response time I was talking from the time it actually happened. From time of dispatch I know the ALS unit was on scene less than 5 mins cause their station was right down the road. I got there right after it happened. So yeah... if I kept going... 10mins for neighbor to come out, process, call 911, dispatch, crew goes responding... it would have been more time than the patient had.