There is just one small flaw: this study only had a look at people that made it alive to the hospital.
Also, as the study said in noumorus places, whilefor Germany, full statistics where available, the USA data is more hit and miss, and therefore not as granular as German data.
While it is true that Germany has one of the worst life expectancies in western Europe, this is attributed more to our style of live then our health care system.
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
Rural areas have problems, and it’s hard to compare them: Montana is bigger than Germany but only has about 100,000 people. Other places are not so different between the countries despite what the guy in the video is asserting.
If you want to see a country with real ambulance problems, look at the UK
There is just one small flaw: this study only had a look at people that made it alive to the hospital.
Also, as the study said in noumorus places, whilefor Germany, full statistics where available, the USA data is more hit and miss, and therefore not as granular as German data.
While it is true that Germany has one of the worst life expectancies in western Europe, this is attributed more to our style of live then our health care system.
Ambulance waiting times cost lives.
That is a proven fact.
The national target for ambulance response time in the US is 9 minutes. It’s up to 19 in Germany
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
Rural areas have problems, and it’s hard to compare them: Montana is bigger than Germany but only has about 100,000 people. Other places are not so different between the countries despite what the guy in the video is asserting.
If you want to see a country with real ambulance problems, look at the UK