In fairness, I must praise the two paramedics who treated and transported my eighteen-year-old daughter when she collapsed from an asthma attack.
My daughter had never before had such an attack and didn't read the symptoms properly. She was just losing consciousness when the paramedics arrived.
The two young men followed their procedures for such a case and were on the last step in their attempt to revive her. Neither had ever lost a patient so young and both were extremely attentive to her even after she was taken to the emergency room. Her life was definitely hanging in the balance and these two paramedics made the difference.
But, of course, this was in the U.S. and my insurer paid every penney required to provide that service.
That's the difference.
This guy was about 50 years old.
I'll bet if he were a she and about 30 years younger, they too, would have made more of an effort to save his life.