Yes, and in the Rhineland, their target is almost 20 minutes.
I suspect that the reason Germany has the law to aid ambulances is because they have significant challenges making good response times.
I’m actually surprised the situation isn’t worse in rural areas of the US as the population density is so extremely sparse in some areas, you can hardly imagine
Also correct. The target. And how many times this target is reached?
All I see is that it’s nearly the same with the US more often being less than 8 minutes than Germany
https://www.facs.org/media-center/press-releases/2025/ems-call-times-in-rural-areas-take-at-least-20-minutes-longer-than-national-average/
https://www.jems.com/news/ambulance-wall-times-soar-nationwide/
https://nypost.com/2025/01/30/us-news/nyc-ambulance-response-times-for-life-threatening-emergencies-jump-as-emts-see-staffing-crunch/
Should I continue?
Yes, and in the Rhineland, their target is almost 20 minutes. I suspect that the reason Germany has the law to aid ambulances is because they have significant challenges making good response times.
I’m actually surprised the situation isn’t worse in rural areas of the US as the population density is so extremely sparse in some areas, you can hardly imagine
I am from Rheinland Pfalz. And our targets are high yes. Rural area.
But maybe, just maybe, have a look what our emergency doctor wait times and the realwait times are. Just maybe