Emily Scrivens Aviles

To the Editor: I have resided in the great city of Edina for over 15 years, and only recently given any thought to the city’s emergency medical system (EMS) response times. In a city that prides itself on public safety, I assumed EMS response to be a priority to city leaders. In May 2025, I was called to a neighbors home that had suffered a cardiac event. The response time exceeded 20 minutes. I was shaken by the delayed response. In a cardiac emergency, every minute matters.

Tick-borne relapsing fever Emily Scrivens Aviles1, Michael Oakes2, Meg Algranati2 and André Martin Mansoor3 1School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States 2Internal Medicine Residency Program, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States 3Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States Correspondence to Dr André Martin Mansoor; mansooan{at}ohsu.edu Statistics from Altmetric.com...