Northern road so bad even ambulances can't travel it

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Every spring the road into Cumberland House becomes almost impassible -- and a recent incident has people there fed up.

A pregnant woman ended up having her baby in a walk-in clinic, because the ambulance that was supposed to take her to hospital in Nipawin couldn't navigate the highway. In fact, the ambulance is now in need of repairs after trying to drive the bumpy road.

http://regina.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110525/sas-badroad-110525/20110525/?hub=Regina
 
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Meh. A woman who lives in a remote area of Saskatchewan, 104 miles and 3.5 hours from the "closest" city is surprised when the road's impassable every spring?

Whatevs.

Do they have helicoptors up there, in case there's an actual emergency?
 
Nope, no helicopters....yet. Supposed to be available by 2013. Fixed wing would have been possible but the runway is too soft too. Honestly, this is less of a news story than it was made out to be. The woman was supposed to have left for the city 2 days earlier to prepare for the birth but she decided that she wanted to stay home for the weekend.

The ambulance in that area is never called to a residence because it's typically a 2 hour drive anyways. The ambulance was called to transport her and her baby from the clinic to the hospital following the birth. She went into labour at 0330 and the baby was born at 0510 with a paramedic and a nurse assisting her.

If she'd had done what she was supposed to have done in the first place, none of this would be news...but it will be nice if that road gets fixed now. :)

Having said that, I was just on that road yesterday and as bad as it is I still can't see it taking me 3.5 hours to drive 104 miles unless I'm pedaling.
 
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Ever heard of a wonderful invention called a 4x4?

should have called for the REMS (Redneck Emergency Medical Service) they LOVE playing in mud.
 
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ArcticKat said:
Nope, no helicopters....yet. Supposed to be available by 2013. Fixed wing would have been possible but the runway is too soft too. Honestly, this is less of a news story than it was made out to be. The woman was supposed to have left for the city 2 days earlier to prepare for the birth but she decided that she wanted to stay home for the weekend.

The ambulance in that area is never called to a residence because it's typically a 2 hour drive anyways. The ambulance was called to transport her and her baby from the clinic to the hospital following the birth. She went into labour at 0330 and the baby was born at 0510 with a paramedic and a nurse assisting her.

If she'd had done what she was supposed to have done in the first place, none of this would be news...but it will be nice if that road gets fixed now. :)

Having said that, I was just on that road yesterday and as bad as it is I still can't see it taking me 3.5 hours to drive 104 miles unless I'm pedaling.
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Interesting. I was just going off of a mapping site. I think it was google maps.

EMS: Saving people from their own stupidity.
 
Martyn said:
Ever heard of a wonderful invention called a 4x4?

should have called for the REMS (Redneck Emergency Medical Service) they LOVE playing in mud.
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That's the other thing about this story that bothered me. The headline "Northern road so bad even ambulances can't travel it" The reporter says is as though ambulances are all terrain vehicles that should be able to go everywhere that no other vehicle is capable of driving.

Unfortunately, no 4X4 ambulances in this area. I've got one, but it's much too far away to be of any use in this situation. Heck, skid plates on the bottom of a standard ambulance would have prevented this damage from occuring.
 
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