I can't say with a great deal of certainty, but the only hospital in Tampa that I know of is quite a way from the airport (practically downtown), which makes me think that getting an ambulance to the airport pronto would be quite a task. That said, the roads there are pretty straight, plus it sounds like the crew gave the airport almost an hour's notice so...
In reality I don't have a clue. What a pointless post.
However, it doesn't surprise me that the Americans handled it better, the NHS is indeed third world.
But the passenger probably got billed $2000 for his troubles.