10 things you should or should not do when you call an ambulance

[ERFAQs]

I'm thinking of something that would be on a fridge or corkboard in a kitchen or an office. The target audience would be babysitters, caregivers, office managers - anyone who is likely to call an ambulance but does not have medical training.

 

[DrParasite]

Do you think that terms like "dispatcher" and "emergency medical responders" are OK?

how about emergency telecommunicator and EMT/paramedic/EMS professional?

 

[redundantbassist]

Do you think that terms like "dispatcher" and "emergency medical responders" are OK.

In many places, "Emergency Medical Responder" is the lowest possible level of EMS training, even below EMT-basic.

 

[INBOUNDCODE3]

Don't tell our dispatchers to have us respond without using our lights & sirens because: Fill in the blank___________________.

Don't tell us to swing into opposing traffic MACH: 3, lights flickering & siren blaring like they do on TV.

 

[VentMonkey]

Don't tell our dispatchers to have us respond without using our lights & sirens because: Fill in the blank___________________.

Please, fill it in for us? I've had them request this in the past. Honestly, it's not that big of a deal.

 

[INBOUNDCODE3]

Not a deal at all to me, just piping in.

 

[DrParasite]

Please, fill it in for us? I've had them request this in the past. Honestly, it's not that big of a deal.

Actually, the only time i've said this is a "big deal" is when the officers on scene requested a response without lights and sirens for a very minor MVA, and then started complaining that it took us too long to arrive.