Protocol will also need to include meds that can be administered while not transporting. Provide relief but when no transport actually needed, not transport. We really need to start acting as Pre Hospital Medical Professionals not taxi drivers.
Vent every patient deserves compassion but it does not mean they all need transport. There is no black and white in EMS, some people will need transported while others with similar but not as bad events will not need transported. Will there be mistakes made, well do errors occur at the hospital? So yes, but in the field most mistakes will probably still be transporting people that do not need transport. DNR still gets any treatment they need based on their instructions. If they just want a ride that could be done by other means then they will be denied and assisted accessing other services, see public education. If you transport everyone only education that public gets is we are a free taxi.