Before the Emergency

★★★★ · CLEAR THE CAFETERIA · Spuzz · 2016-03-09

Rather unusual film about local disaster response that pretty much poopoos the idea of getting an ambulance for an emergency, because... THEY MAY NOT BE TRAINED ENOUGH. But rather, turn to your locally trained, volunteer emergency response unit? Now, not knocking them, but I'd rather be with an EMT rather than Joe Schmo getting called back from his fishing trip. Rather curious as well, that distance from a hospital that may be a factor, isn't mentioned. Reccomended!

★★★ · Questions, Always Questions · Dodsworth the Cat · 2022-12-09

Paranoia graces this short, sowing seeds of uncertainty. Lots of questions. Is that ambulance safe? Is the crew trained? Does that town have proper emergency services? The way Mr. Narrator puts it, the answer is "no." In fact, AMBULANCE WORKERS MAY EVEN KILL!! He has no sources to back up these bizarre "facts." "Need not be trained or licensed" doesn't mean the same thing as "not trained or licensed." Anyway, Mr. Narrator turns away from the hyper-dramatic and relates the story of a small town which, suddenly, is jarred by a roll-over school bus accident. But not to worry. Here comes one guy…