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> Why would someone wait minutes for one to arrive when they can just hop in an autocar to go the hospital? If you can just hop in and go to the hospital by yo
by emanreus 9y ago
> Why would someone wait minutes for one to arrive when they can just hop in an autocar to go the hospital?
If you can just hop in and go to the hospital by yourself you don't need an ambulance.
- andrewmunsell 9y agoYou can have a non-life threatening injury that prevents you from operating a car yourself, and without access to something like Uber or having another person to drive you, could necessitate calling an ambulance. A study was done (I haven't read the whole thing) that seemed to indicate cities with UberX had a reduction in ambulance use: http://www2.ku.edu/~kuwpaper/2017Papers/201708.pdf http://www2.ku.edu/~kuwpaper/2017Papers/201708.pdf (Though the wording of the GP was slightly ambiguous and seemed to compare a time-sensitive emergency to being able to take some other vehicle to the hospital)
- dominotw 9y agoOr use Uber or a taxi