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German man says New York is a disaster (cdn.imgchest.com)
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[–] vapeloki@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

https://www.facs.org/media-center/press-releases/2025/ems-call-times-in-rural-areas-take-at-least-20-minutes-longer-than-national-average/

https://www.jems.com/news/ambulance-wall-times-soar-nationwide/

https://nypost.com/2025/01/30/us-news/nyc-ambulance-response-times-for-life-threatening-emergencies-jump-as-emts-see-staffing-crunch/

Should I continue?

[–] raef@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yes, and in the Rhineland, their target is almost 20 minutes. I suspect that the reason Germany has the law to aid ambulances is because they have significant challenges making good response times.

I'm actually surprised the situation isn't worse in rural areas of the US as the population density is so extremely sparse in some areas, you can hardly imagine

[–] vapeloki@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I am from Rheinland Pfalz. And our targets are high yes. Rural area.

But maybe, just maybe, have a look what our emergency doctor wait times and the realwait times are. Just maybe

[–] raef@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Rural areas have problems, and it's hard to compare them: Montana is bigger than Germany but only has about 100,000 people. Other places are not so different between the countries despite what the guy in the video is asserting.

If you want to see a country with real ambulance problems, look at the UK