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1. How would you rate how your were treated -- 1-10 ? If transported: 1. Were all treatments and decisions explained to you ? 2. Were you comfortable as a patient as far as comfort, privacy, and treatment decisions ? 3. How was the bedside manner ? If not transported: 1. Did the medics offer to transport you, or did they talk you out of transport for whatever reason ? 2. Were you given clear instructions as to what your next step should be (see privated doctor, go to ER, other advice) ? 3. If you went to the hospital/ER after EMS contact, were you admitted to the hospital or diagnosed with something different than what EMS suggested you had ? Regardless: 1. Would you call EMS again 2. What suggestions would you have for improvement ?

I think it's much more cost effective and reasonable to have police respond to most if not all EMS calls for provider safety than it would to train all EMS personnel to a proficient level of firearm use as well as insure against the inevitable use of those firearms. Just a bad idea. There's a whole "tactical EMS" group at my work that wants to be armed and I think it's extremely silly (and I'm very pro gun in general).