Fall emergency call

I switched to an iPhone 14 and se watch after my husband died last year. Last week I fell on black ice in the driveway and said I needed an emergency call. Watch (non-cellular) was about six feet from the car, where the iPhone was . They were connected and connected to house Wi-Fi. Watch rang and rang. After three minutes I crawled into house with humerus fractured in three places. I called 911 from there. Is this to be expected? I live in the mountains and cell service is never very good. Clearly a disappointment and a potentially dangerous situation.