EMTNYC done told everyone

That's hilarious that no bus responded within 20 minutes.

Ha! Bet you none of this go on CompStat?

There wasn't a crime committed. Why is this a CompStat matter? Sounds more like a DOT matter to me. I don't think there is a citywide conspiracy to juice the stats of its potholes.

funny #1) he waited 20 minutes for an ambulance. no respect.

funny #2) he waited 20 minutes rather than put the woman in his own car.

Sorry, one more thing: for your "funny #1" reference to there being no respect for the PC calling for an ambulance and one not getting there for AT LEAST 20 minutes, the call likely came over as a "Non-critical injury" and is thus a low priority call. The mayor could have called and it would have come over the same exact way unless there was someone from the Fire Department who (no matter how disgusting it is) called the dispatch board and asked them to send the next available ambulance to the job disregarding higher priority assignments. I am 100% positive it did not come over on the police radio as having anything at all to do with the PC and simply came over as a "PD requests bus to location for female injury."

$ounds like a lot of bureaucracy to me when we're talking about a sprained ankle.

I believe he rides with 3 detectives and there isn't room in his SUV for a patient. It is also a liability and the same reason why the police don't just transport you to the hospital. If you die in the back of their RMP (police car) they are liable. They aren't medically trained and if they have to wait there for 30 minutes, 45 minutes, or an hour for an ambulance they will generally do that. Most people are impatient and will request the help of a police officer to just put them in a cab and send them on their way to the hospital. Just wait until St. Vinny's is closed and the only ambulance available for Broadway/Chambers is the one coming out of Bellevue Hospital on E. 27 St/1 Av at 4pm on a Friday afternoon and you called 911 at 3:15pm. That's what irks me the most about this job. People just assume if they called 911 at 3pm and we don't get there until 4pm that it took us a full hour to drive there. That is simply not true.

Ambulance for a twisted ankle? That's why health insurance is so expensive.

I have picked up people who have called 911 because their "test results" are ready at Woodhull Hospital and they want to go pick them up. We are not allowed to refuse to transport somebody to the hospital for any reason at all. I don't get paid by the patient I get paid an annual salary. I don't argue with someone or ask them why they couldn't just get in a cab. I just smile, take your vital signs, get your biographical information and take you to where you want to go. Just remember that when you can't get an ambulance for 20-30 minutes. One of your fellow citizens is likely busy abusing the 911 system so they don't have to spend five bucks on a taxi. It's a shame that it has to be that way but I don't make the rules. We are not even EMTs to most people. We are just "ambulance drivers."

She must've been a looker.

The above link to the DN article is broken. Story is here:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/03/03/2010-03-03_commish_rescues_injured_woman.html

It's funny that the Police commissioner gave up waiting for an ambulance. Flavor Flav was right.