Why would anyone use a gigantic fire truck for a medical run instead of an ambulance or a reasonable fast passenger car to also get the emergency physician to the site?
With how fire stations are strategically located, often times fire trucks can and will arrive several minutes ahead of the ambulance. This allows patient care to begin before even the ambulance arrives. And paramedic sprint cars only have 1 or 2 personnel assigned, and for critical emergencies a minimum of 4 personnel is often required. Fire Trucks have 3 or 4 personnel at all times, which also gives the paramedics the manpower they need on critical emergencies.
@@Suranfox There is just as many ambulances as fire trucks... The amount of medical calls is just so much higher than fire calls leaving less ambulances available for calls and more fire trucks. Most departments that send fire trucks to medical calls are career/paid and have certain people assigned to certain trucks. Volunteer fire departments are more likely to send a fire department SUV or a pickup truck to a medical call since they just jump on whatever truck is needed. It's difficult to understand the reasoning behind this when you aren't familiar with the fire side of things but trust me, they know what they're doing and they're doing it for a reason.
@@jpope537 "just as many ambulances as fire trucks... The amount of medical calls is just so much higher than fire calls " So they have too few ambulances and medical transports and emergency-physisian cars and too many fire trucks for the amount of work?
@@Suranfox It's not their choice... Almost all of the US is struggling with firefighter & EMS personnel (meaning they're low on manpower). A good amount of medical calls only require on scene aid and don't require transport to the hospital. That's why the firefighters/fire trucks respond. Every fire department member that responds to EMS calls has the equivalent EMS training as EMTs on a ambulance. This allows the ambulances to stay available for calls that require transport to the hospital.
Why would anyone use a gigantic fire truck for a medical run instead of an ambulance or a reasonable fast passenger car to also get the emergency physician to the site?
With how fire stations are strategically located, often times fire trucks can and will arrive several minutes ahead of the ambulance. This allows patient care to begin before even the ambulance arrives. And paramedic sprint cars only have 1 or 2 personnel assigned, and for critical emergencies a minimum of 4 personnel is often required. Fire Trucks have 3 or 4 personnel at all times, which also gives the paramedics the manpower they need on critical emergencies.
@@landonriley9226 Why do you have more fire stations then physicians?
What happens more often? Someone being ill or something being on fire?
@@Suranfox There is just as many ambulances as fire trucks... The amount of medical calls is just so much higher than fire calls leaving less ambulances available for calls and more fire trucks. Most departments that send fire trucks to medical calls are career/paid and have certain people assigned to certain trucks. Volunteer fire departments are more likely to send a fire department SUV or a pickup truck to a medical call since they just jump on whatever truck is needed. It's difficult to understand the reasoning behind this when you aren't familiar with the fire side of things but trust me, they know what they're doing and they're doing it for a reason.
@@jpope537 "just as many ambulances as fire trucks... The amount of medical calls is just so much higher than fire calls "
So they have too few ambulances and medical transports and emergency-physisian cars and too many fire trucks for the amount of work?
@@Suranfox It's not their choice... Almost all of the US is struggling with firefighter & EMS personnel (meaning they're low on manpower). A good amount of medical calls only require on scene aid and don't require transport to the hospital. That's why the firefighters/fire trucks respond. Every fire department member that responds to EMS calls has the equivalent EMS training as EMTs on a ambulance. This allows the ambulances to stay available for calls that require transport to the hospital.