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What exactly happens when you call an ambulance?

Recently, a question arose about the process when someone calls 911 for an ambulance. With many community residents having never been in such a situation, Brad and wife Lexi McKee, owners of K.A.R.E. EMS Solutions, the company that is taking the lead in administrative support for Moorcroft's ambulance service, considered this an opportunity to talk about the procedure for this area, hopefully making this a less stressful situation.

Using as an example a possible heart attack, you have called 911, told the person on the other end of the line your symptoms and requested an ambulance.

If you're i...