KY
A few points
“Long enough to cause death my heart attack or permanent damage by stroke.”
that is slightly exagerated
Top put in in context the max time it is expected for a blocked artery to be opened in heart attack is 90 minutes from when patient hits the ED (“door to baloon time”)
for stroke the window to administer TPA is 3 hours (with data suggesting and it often being administered at longer time than that)
While by no means impossible, it is unlikely that 6 minutes would make a big difference
It is hard to deny that an EMT who does it full time and obvuiosuly has more experience, and has a more rigorous ongoing education is “better” than a volunteer generally speaking.
That said there are cases where seconds count (cardiac arrest being classic example, as well as choking) and obviously hatzolah being emeshed in our communites and racidg over in private cars can boast a better response time.
There is also an advantage to having a friendly/caring face at a moment of need, particulary as there may be angst involved in going to hospital particulary on Shabbos./Y”T.
that said I’ve always dreamed of doing a study taking a hospital say maiomonidoes and comaring if say Heart attacks brought in by Hatzolah do better than by EMS. Granted it would be hard to control for confounding factors, but would still be interesting .