[aposiopetic]

I am donning my asbestos suit here, but, if the outcomes are the same whether it is advanced life support or basic life support, why send advanced life support?

[Wiseghy]

This question on outcomes could be applied to our entire medical system, as well as fire-rescue.

It can be a slippery slope going down this path. I would figure that once you start rolling a vehicle, the difference between a $14 a hour BLS team and $19 an hour ALS team wouldn’t make much difference in the long run. I think the vehicle costs about 50 grand (more?) and the other fixed costs are about the same.

[chase19]

I get your point but give them an inch...

[buccaneer81]

This is good enough for me:

Fire officials say the system works. For example, the national survival rate for cardiac arrest is 6.4 percent. In Columbus, it's 12 percent.