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Midnight Writer

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2. I once lived in a rural village that had a volunteer ambulance service.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 12:12 AM

Oct 2020

Call and two old guys would show up in a van. They'd load the patient in the back and drive to the nearest hospital 30 miles away.

Someone told me that if you call late at night, you gotta wait until they get dressed and brew some coffee.

Luckily, I never needed them.

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Empty ambulances: Rural EMS providers facing severe shortage of paramedics [View all] TexasTowelie Oct 2020 OP

no applicants? step one is raise the pay...way up nt msongs Oct 2020 #1

I once lived in a rural village that had a volunteer ambulance service. Midnight Writer Oct 2020 #2

Durbin is on the job for EMTs in Illinois. murielm99 Oct 2020 #3