If what you see in the first video had been done by private service providers it would probably be possible to sue them, and at the very least you could change providers. Because they’re taxpayer funded they’ll probably get a slap with a wet bus ticket at worst, and most likely there are no private alternatives because they can’t compete with the “free” service. It looks like the fire and ambulance staff are guilty of medical malpractice, but no doubt the MacDoctor will be able to shed some light on this. Skip to 0:28.
This second video shows a much better response. Having the patient’s legs downhill will take blood away from the brain and other vital organs, but few non-medical personnel would think of that, let alone ones in a high stress situation. The police are using an AED, an automated external defibrillator, which measures the heart’s rhythm and delivers an appropriate electric shock if necessary.
I can never figure out why the Americans send a fire truck and an ambulance to medical emergencies. It would make sense if the patient had head stroke and needed to be hosed down 
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December 5, 2011 at 2:43 pm
That was possibly the most pathetic example of prehospital care I have ever seen. Though the TV crew keep using the term “lifeless”, one of the firecrew appeared to be attempting to take her blood pressure, so one assumes that this woman was not dead. That only makes their failure to provide even basic life support even more egregious.
Of course, their lack of common human decency is obvious to all.