Subaqua Sternal Rubs

Unless an amazing dive opportunity comes up (read: 1) I get bored, or 2) someone asks me to go diving with them), today I did probably the last two dives this term. Which is fine, as the weather hasn't been great (it rained/was grey for most of the morning while we were diving), and the visibility has dropped into the pretty poor range.

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Remember when Domino's had the 30-minute delivery guarantee, and then when they retracted it ostensibly because their drivers were getting into too many accidents? EMS agencies are often required to arrive at the scene of a request for service within 8 minutes, at least 90% of the time, as part of their contract with the communities that they serve. And not surprisingly, ambulances are most frequently involved in crashes while in emergency (red lights and sirens) mode, trying to make the 8 minute standard. The ambulance crash log at EMSN has virtually daily reports of collisions involving ambulances.

However, a new study concluded that response times of 8 minutes or less were not associated with increased survival in most instances:

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