For too many, the solution is another program. Obviously, the paramedics should treat the person’s gout in his home. Right?, no. The paramedics shouldn’t be envolved.[/quote]
NSR: So, the article mentions that 8 (eight!) first responders rolled on that call. Eight! I don’t know what the hourly rate is, but that has to be a significant amount of money expended on what amounts to a nuisance call (nothing against the gout-ridden dude, but that ain’t what the 911 services are for), and doesn’t count fuel and other expenses, along with the opportunity costs (those same personnel could have rolled on a REAL call instead.)
This story is sort of California in microcosm: Lots of money wasted on services of little benefit.
