Anyone ever been in an ambulance? Can you describe the experience?

Question

I need it for story reference.

Thanks!

May I point out the "describe the experience"? Only if you want to. Don't answer the question if it is too traumatic to describe.

Answer 1

Every day! The back of the ambulance is set up so the stretcher is on the left side of the ambulance, and the patient is facing backwards. There are seats at the head of the stretcher, a seat on the left side facing the stretcher (ideal seat for CPR), and a bench seat along the right side of the ambulance. On the left there is a counter where there is a suction unit (like at the dentist), a heart monitor/Defibrillator. Supplies for IVs, bandaging, and burns are kept in cabinets. There are also two radios for contacting dispatch, doctors, the hospital, and other people such as other ambulances, the police, and fire.

There is a drug box that contains all the drugs we use (epinephrine, benadryl, atropine, dopamine, dobutamine, lidocane, narcan, phenergen, albuterol, amioderone, adenosine, D50, oral glucose, valium, morphine, sodium bicarbonate, and many others.)

We also have a bag in which we carry blood pressure cuffs, a pulse oximeter, stethoscope, bandaging supplies. We bring this bag into the house, but we also use it in the back of the truck. It has a small supply of non-narcotic drugs, intubation equipment, IV equipment and Normal Saline IV bags.

The front of the ambulance is boring. Like any other car except there is a panel of buttons to turn on the lights and sirens. There are also radios and a PA system. That's about it for the front.

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Answer 2

Yes. I had a kidney stone at about 3.00am and my wife called an ambulance. Although I was in a lot of pain, I wasn't injured and didn't have to lie still so I had some chance to take a look around.

The most noticeable thing is that you are lying down with your head nearest the driver, so in effect you are travelling backwards. In my ambulance there were tinted windows in the rear doors so I could see the road and cars behind the ambulance (and I knew they couldn't see me).

Inside the ambulance there was a lot of equipment and small cupboards for various medicines and gear. Something rattled every time we turned a corner and the ride was surprisingly bumpy for a vehicle that was supposed to gently transport badly injured people about!

Answer 3

Yes. I was in a car wreck that should have killed me and my baby. It was actually quite scary, because they don't secure the gurney to anything. It has the freedom to roll about when the driver makes a turn or slows down. The trip to the hospital seemed to take forever, I guess because I was hurting so bad and nobody would tell me exactly what was going on. And the paramedics are working on you the whole trip, like holding pressure on a bleeding place, or doing nuero checks on you, holding a broken limb in place, ect.... Sometimes it's a tough job to keep someone alive and stable just to get them to the hospital. Paramedics are my heroes.

We're both fine, by the way. Good luck on your story.

Answer 4

Troyboy is onto it, but I thought the ride was so bumpy that every little bit of gravel on the road felt like boulders and made my back hurt so bad that I thought I was going to pass out from the pain. (I had a back injury.) It felt like a pick-up truck with no shocks! Painful!

Answer 5

i was in 10th grade and i was playing in a softball game. it was starting to get dark out and the lights on the field lit up. i was in the outfield and a ball popped up.....i ran over to it, got under it, and put my glove up. the ball hit the tip of my glove and bounced into my face. i quickly grabbed my eye (natural reflex) and dropped to the ground. i remember some lady trying to pull my hand off my face and i wouldnt let her until i heard my mom say to let go. when i did, i heard my moms reaction ("oh no") and i started to cry. in addition, i was half-conscience (no clue on spelling there) at the time and they sat me on a nearby bench. we waited for what seemed like hours (only about 10 minutes) and the ambulance came. my mom got in with me and they started asking me all kinds of questions - like my name, my age, the president, etc... some i got right, some were slightly wrong. we road to the hospital (they made me lay down on the bed) and they started to put a bandage on my eye (i didn't know it at the time, but blood was gushing (literally) out of my eye and they were trying to stop the bleeding. after that i got to the hospital and the story goes on from there.

Answer 6

It's like siting or lying in the back of a van that smells like bandaids. There are boxes on the walls to hold supplies. The siren is cool.

Answer 7

yes,but i could not tell you because i can not remember the trip