Blocked arteries.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Tilting at Windmills

The latest bulletin from that most farcical of public institutions, the government of the District of Columbia: District emergency medical services save the lives of 4 percent of Washingtonians who suffer cardiac arrest. In Seattle, the figure is 45 percent, according to Matthew Cella of The Washington Times. In April, he adds, "the number of critical medical calls reached within 8 minutes by district personnel was 55...