daedalus
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Today I had a call that ended up being transported to a local community hospital, that has no designated ambulance bay. In fact, the hospital is located on a very busy street in east LA, Olympic Blvd, and I had no choice but to park it there and set the secondaries on. After bringing the pt inside, I left my partner to give report and started decon and changing linens outside. As I'm walking over to the door of the unit, a tow truck flys by going well over 45 MPH and misses me by mere inches. Part of my jacket contacted this truck. I got shaken up and realised if he had hit me at that speed, I would have died. Its strange to see how fast he was going and just know that there is so much inertia there, and to feel is pass you, knowing death or serious injury was tangible.
Don't let lighting on the unit give you a false sense of security that people will notice you and slow down. No one slows down for stopped emergency vehicles anymore, they continue barreling down the road with no regard to your safety. Check your scene and be aware. We all know it but it needs to be rehashed.
Don't let lighting on the unit give you a false sense of security that people will notice you and slow down. No one slows down for stopped emergency vehicles anymore, they continue barreling down the road with no regard to your safety. Check your scene and be aware. We all know it but it needs to be rehashed.