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What kind of snow tires do people switch to in winter? There are so many to choose from it is hard to tell which will work the best for us. Thanks. Mike

First, some background and then a question. We are working on a highway response policy in a snowy Vermont town that covers 15 miles of interstate. In the plan we are to stage at a parking lot next to the highway on ramp unless we are notified by police or fire that we are needed. This all comes from the fact that we tend to transport around 15% of people that we respond to on the highway and it is often difficult to locate the accident in the first place. The question: We respond to a confirmed injury on the interstate. While we are responding we see another accident on the interstate. Are we required to stop at that accident or just call for another ambulance for evaluation? If we find that there are injured patients do we stay and treat them (and dispatch another ambulance to the original call) or continue to the original accident? Do we have a duty to act when we see the second accident? Would we be abandoning our first accident if we render care at the second accident? Does anyone have any first hand experience with this? Which argument holds up in court? Thanks for any input. Mike