As a former EMT, I’m concerned about this 911 dispatch consolidation - literally every second counts in life and death situations. Intimate, local knowledge in dispatch cuts on-scene time. https://twitter.com/ryanjespersen/status/1347669928703217664
Consider a patient who is not breathing - it takes only four minutes for brain damage to occur. Knowing this, how can anyone suggest 90 seconds makes no difference to outcomes?
For this and most every decision, I like to consult DEB: Data/evidence, experts, and best practices - What is the data telling us? What do the experts (in this case emergency responders) say? What best practices of other municipalities are yielding good results?
I am all for looking for efficiencies - we can always improve - but where the health of Calgarians is concerned I believe we should prioritize life over savings, and tread carefully.
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