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367 points DustinEchoes | 8 comments | 13 Nov 25 02:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.528s | source | bottom
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weddpros ◴[13 Nov 25 03:21 UTC] No.45910165[source]▶
My sincere condolences to the author. Wishing you strength and peace.

I once saw a man have a heart attack on the beach, less than a 5 minutes drive from a fire-station and rescue team. A helicopter arrived after 45 minutes, and the man was deceased already. That was in Martinique, french Caribbean.

There's a need for an app to let patients track the ambulance. It's been possible for 10+ years, as seen with Uber. It seems existing products have focused on tracking only for the purpose of managing a fleet, missing the focus on patients needs.

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selcuka ◴[13 Nov 25 03:23 UTC] No.45910176[source]▶
> There's a need for an app to let patients track the ambulance

I don't want to blame anyone, but I'm pretty sure that kind of visibility is not desired.

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1. weddpros ◴[13 Nov 25 03:27 UTC] No.45910208[source]▶
Not desired by whom? I think transparency is desired by citizens/customers. Do you think there are (good) reasons why obscurity is preferred?
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2. filleduchaos ◴[13 Nov 25 04:35 UTC] No.45910666[source]▶
Personally I see plenty of problems with a real-time public broadcast of all the addresses a medical event has occurred at, the patients' location in transit, and the hospitals that received those patients.

"Ambulance chaser" is a rather derogatory phrase for a reason.

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3. laszlojamf ◴[13 Nov 25 04:40 UTC] No.45910706[source]▶
FWIW: In Sweden, there's been a bunch of cases of emergency personnel being attacked when responding to incidents
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4. weddpros ◴[13 Nov 25 05:35 UTC] No.45911103[source]▶
I'm certainly not suggesting that. Read on.

An emergency dispatcher could send a Text message back with a link to a private, case-limited, web page with an ETA + a map + the ambulance location in real time.

See? no "real-time public broadcast of all the addresses a medical event has occurred at".

5. weddpros ◴[13 Nov 25 05:37 UTC] No.45911118[source]▶
I understand, I know it's a problem in France too, even in hospitals. Or Firefighters being called only to be attacked...

However that exists already, without a way to track the rescue team sent to you...

6. munificent ◴[13 Nov 25 05:51 UTC] No.45911203[source]▶
This would be a great way for thieves to determine which house is likely to have just had everyone leave it in a hurry and not likely to return any time soon.
7. pas ◴[13 Nov 25 06:08 UTC] No.45911300[source]▶
if someone wants to attack them they can call them. so what's the point of not providing this very useful information to the public?
8. pas ◴[13 Nov 25 06:11 UTC] No.45911321[source]▶
there's no need to post 7 digits accurate GPS coordinates, the important thing is to have an understanding of how many are how far from where they are going to, ETA, what's the capacity (free units ready or cars yes crew not, or vice versa)