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Wasn't much I could do about this, but thought it we a fun topic to kick around. Had a three-game set one afternoon a couple years ago - 5-6th grade, 7th grade, then an 8th grade game. Guy on the chain crew had just got his EMT certificate with the local volunteer department that week (I should have known this was going to happen!). Game one, kid bumps his knee when he fell and stars crying. Our rookie EMT rushes on the field, exams him, and calls the ambulance on his radio. Total delay - 15 minutes. Second game, kid hurts his arm - ambulance called. Third game, another knee, another call to the ambulance - but the village's ambulance is still tied up with the last call so they send an ambulance from the next village - 30 minutes. And wouldn't you know it - one more injury, one more ambulance call and even longer wait because the area's two ambulances are both tied up! We started at 4:30, should have been done by 8. Walked off the field at 10 p.m. 4 boo-boos, no real injuries, and four kids in the hospital in one afternoon!!!!
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