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Originally Posted by chelsea24
I'm going to post this in medical also as I think it's very important to know. One more thing, the response time was very quick, they sent a Fire Engine and Ambulance, and 7 people! A great big thank you to all emergency staff! :bigthumbsup: :bigthumbsup: :bigthumbsup:
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Chelsea: Glad things worked out. It's a scary situation when a loved one is experiencing problems and it's a medical emergency. For the newer Villages residents it is worth noting that it wasn't too many years ago that there was no TVRH and LRMC was a much smaller hospital and a call to 911 brought a Neighborhood Watch person in a pickup truck, who directed the ambulance (a paid for, privately owned ambulance to your home) and maybe a Volunteer Fireman from Oxford who may have only had basic First Aid training. This all changed when TV decided that to be a First Class Retirement Community, it needed a Hospital and a First Class Public Safety Department with well trained First Responders.
In my opinion, we are fortunate for this foresight as we now have a hospital with ever-increasing capabilities, and a Public Safety Department that is second to none, both in terms of Staff, Officers, Equipment and most importantly for an aging population, incredibly fast response times. There are many metropolitan areas in the US that can't come close to what we have in the EMS category. This is one of the best things that I have seen here in TV, as it has grown and as my neighbors, spouse and I get older, we thank God for this.
I am not a spokesperson for TV, but as a former EMT with a Volunteer Fire Department, I can appreciate the difference and know how important a fast response by a well trained, properly equipped person is, to a fire or medical emergency.