At 3:33 PM today the LMRFD ambulance was paged for a single vehicle rollover at Mile Post 14 on US93. There was no response to the page
The LMRFD ambulance R415 was gone on it's way to Kingman on a call.
At 3:44 the chief told R415 to expedite their turn around that he was responding alone. At that time they were advised by dispatch that it was non-injury accident.
What if there had been injuries? R415 cleared their call at 3:55 and it's an hour from KRMC to MP14 on US93.
I want you to imagine you or your family member in an accident like this one... Without volunteers they could lay there waiting, and waiting... for an hour and a half for the ambulance to arrive....
While R415 was coming back from Kingman they received another call on Tom White Dr in Dolan Spring. They advised dispatch they were responding from So-Hi.
The patient must have had a scanner, they knew it would be a long wait then the 40 minute ride to KRMC Emergency Department.
So they called back and told dispatch they were going to take the patient by car. This is poor patient care and another $2500 the LMRFD looses...
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