In New York, more than anywhere else, emergency vehicles are increasingly responsible for accidents. In 2020, 114 deaths involving police vehicles were recorded, 33 were caused by ambulances and 25 by fire trucks. We do not sort out what is urgent and what is not. This is what Dr. Jeffe Clawson, an emergency physician in Salt Lake City and inventor of an emergency protocol used in 60 countries, including France, but still not in the United States, explains to us. The firefighters or paramedics would give in a little too easily to the songs of the sirens. An abusive use confirmed to us by Powell Delwinski, a Manhattan paramedic. According to this emergency physician, “some are a bit like cowboys”, while “sirens do not make you arrive any faster.” Indeed, studies show that there is very little difference in duration between a trip made with a siren and one without. Part of the explanation lies in the sometimes inappropriate behavior of users taken aback by the very high frequency of sound. This is not likely to happen in Pennsylvania, an hour from New York, because their ambulances are equipped with new generation, low frequency and more serious sirens. A slightly less aggressive system for the ear. It could develop in New York. Some voters can no longer be woken up at night. T F1 | Report J. Corbillon, A. Ponsard.
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