EMS use of red lights and sirens is a dangerous sacred cow

The evidence tells us that not using red lights and sirens should be the rule – and using them should be an infrequent exception

Don't get me wrong I like running code, lights on and my 100 watt whooper going it's fun and very dangerous...

It's a little after 6:30 in the morning and the LMRFD just got a call to check out a person in a DPS car at the Chevron. This is not a serious medical emergency, even if it was the crew is 4 miles away and the chief is running code from his home on the far side of Kingman, why?

He's 45 minutes away, if needed the crew would or should have loaded the patient and been in route long before he ever gets here. Guess it means more time off when he wants....

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