Oh yes - the times I've been dealing with a drunk in the street while Control are desperately looking for a patient who is seriously ill is too often to count. Likewise, a broken leg, while nasty, is not often life-threatening, and if everyone is off dealing with cardiac arrests, then a broken leg is, unfortunately, not that high on the list. Not that it doesn't make me fume when broken legs and little old ladies on the floor unable to get up are held for '30 year old male, laying on the road outside pub, possibly drunk, possibly dead'