I had the misfortune to require paramedics a couple of weeks ago, following a bad fall at home.
The crew were brilliant at their job, the banter between them was a prime factor in their re-assurance to me as a patient, the AMU staff did a good job & I was home again after around five hours.
However the one downside to my treatment was the 20 min. ride in the ambulance, I've not had the misfortune to need to make such a journey for decades & it wasn't a pleasant experience. Being in considerable pain I found the ride appalling, despite the care taken by the driver trying to negotiate the many potholes & bumps in the road. I'm not a lover of oil burners but have to say that the mechanical noise levels were well subdued but every time the rear axle hit the slightest bump (speed ramps in particular) the bloody thing nearly took off.
Some of us are old enough to remember the Daimler DC27 ambulances, with their ballasted rear floors & balloon tyres designed specifically for the purpose of conveying the sick & injured in a degree of comfort, but here in the 21st century we get a converted box van. Strangely enough when we are deceased & beyond caring our final journey is in a vehicle based on a limousine chassis.
Stay safe folks.
The crew were brilliant at their job, the banter between them was a prime factor in their re-assurance to me as a patient, the AMU staff did a good job & I was home again after around five hours.
However the one downside to my treatment was the 20 min. ride in the ambulance, I've not had the misfortune to need to make such a journey for decades & it wasn't a pleasant experience. Being in considerable pain I found the ride appalling, despite the care taken by the driver trying to negotiate the many potholes & bumps in the road. I'm not a lover of oil burners but have to say that the mechanical noise levels were well subdued but every time the rear axle hit the slightest bump (speed ramps in particular) the bloody thing nearly took off.
Some of us are old enough to remember the Daimler DC27 ambulances, with their ballasted rear floors & balloon tyres designed specifically for the purpose of conveying the sick & injured in a degree of comfort, but here in the 21st century we get a converted box van. Strangely enough when we are deceased & beyond caring our final journey is in a vehicle based on a limousine chassis.
Stay safe folks.
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