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How does the caller know an ambulance is coming? How do we know the call didn't end up in a black hole?

We see where the driver is on Doordash. Similarly there should be a text message confirmation with a tracking link to the ambulance on the way and the destination hospital.

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This is a fine technical solution to a different problem. The issue is not that people don't trust the ambulances, or want to keep track of them to feel more in control. The issue is that there aren't enough ambulances in the first place, not enough beds to put people in when they arrive at hospitals, nor enough people to treat them when they've got a bed.

I don't necessarily think it's a bad idea in general, but adding tracking to ambulances is not going to magically make them turn up faster.

As I understand it, there are enough ambulances if they are just transporting people to a hospital. There are not enough ambulances if they are being used as overflow beds for the hospital because the patients cannot be admitted because of lack of space.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35131300

An idea for ambulances shortages ^

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