Haven't yet seen a developed nation do worse than the US. If you prefer to compare against developing countries only, sure, winning by lowering the bar to the ground is an option.

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sarchertech 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

What metrics are you using for that? The US ranks fairly close to the top for out of hospital heart attack survival, which is a good proxy for emergency medicine in general.

The US also has decent EMS response times. If you adjust for population density, the US has fantastic response times.

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wbl 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

UK has had some atrocious response times.

	▲	alistairSH 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Google is telling me that’s not the case… 7 minute target for life-threatening calls, with 90% actual within 15 minutes.