Without more details I put myself in the Scoutmaster's position - in the Arizona wilderness, Scout gets sick, can't walk out. Sure, I make that call, and am happy to have a ham radio and a listener on the other end to get help. Slogans don't mean squat, you can be as prepared as you want, you still sometimes have to call for faster assistance than you could manage.

The comments of the anonymous and uniformed crowd that responds to news stories don't often dazzle me with their brilliant introspection...