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Old 09-23-2016, 07:38 AM
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I do believe it was about 6 minutes for the EMTs to arrive at our house last month (everything is fine; good outcome). However, when playing pickleball at Hibiscus last fall, it took a half-hour for them to arrive to assist a player who was fainting. We could hear the sirens coming and going, but they had trouble locating Hibiscus courts. There is no phone at the courts, and the rec center is across busy Bailey Trail and a parking lot. The group had called on their cell phones, which is understandable given the distance to the rec center, and finally had to call again and talk the ambulance in.

Now I'm thinking Duh, there is a starter shack by the tennis courts that probably has a land line. You see what happens to your logical thinking during an emergency...
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