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29. How to Save a Stranger’s Heart

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Basic and Advanced Life Support Ambulances

Emergency medical technicians, or e m ts, and parimetics work around the clock to help patients with medical emergencies. Basic life support ambulances focus on getting patients to the hospital quickly, where definitive medical care can occur. Advanced life support ambulance provide more ivasive interventions such as inserting a flexible tube down a patient's throat so they can keep their airway open.

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