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Up To 6 Hours For An Ambulance ????
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A family friend has had a fall in a care home today and has badly hurt her hip.
She's on the floor and they can't move her in case they cause any damage to the hip, leg, etc.
The ambulance service have said an ambulance could take up to 6 hours ..... that was at 4.30pm and it's now approaching 9pm.
She's 80 year old with a heart condition ..... she's lying on the floor in a corridor of the care home ..... she's in pain ....... and they're saying she's not a priority ...... SERIOUSLY??
Fuming isn't the word ..... I feel a letter to my local MP will be on its way soon ..... whatever good that will do!!
She's on the floor and they can't move her in case they cause any damage to the hip, leg, etc.
The ambulance service have said an ambulance could take up to 6 hours ..... that was at 4.30pm and it's now approaching 9pm.
She's 80 year old with a heart condition ..... she's lying on the floor in a corridor of the care home ..... she's in pain ....... and they're saying she's not a priority ...... SERIOUSLY??
Fuming isn't the word ..... I feel a letter to my local MP will be on its way soon ..... whatever good that will do!!
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If you watch the ambulance type reality tv you'll see this happens all the time. The control sometimes have dozens of patients waiting for an ambulance. Heavy blood loss, heart, stroke, trouble breathing and a young child in difficulty would take priority over an elderly lady on the floor indoors, sadly
Lots of similar reports online such as this 90 year old man who had a fall in his bathroom https:/
The ambulance service is finite and has to prioritise. Hopefully, your friend was kept warm and hydrated throughout her wait and was made as comfortable as possible with painkillers.
It's not good enough but it is understandable.
The ambulance service is finite and has to prioritise. Hopefully, your friend was kept warm and hydrated throughout her wait and was made as comfortable as possible with painkillers.
It's not good enough but it is understandable.
Update:
I wasn't there, but my sister was and I think she said the ambulance finally turned up at 10.45pm.
She had fallen upstairs and they had to hoist her into a wheelchair so that they could get her in the lift to get her downstairs and then get her out of the wheelchair onto a stretcher. I don't know why, but for some reason they couldn't put her on a stretcher upstairs and bring her down the stairs.
Anyway, she's broken her hip and apparently it's very complicated. She needs half a new hip (or something like that - I'm quoting what I recall being told from my sister). It's very high risk with her condition and she'll be in surgery soon, because apparently they like to operate within 36 hours of the trauma.
We've also been told that if she survives the op, the life expectancy for someone like her is typically 12 months ..... so it's all looking a bit grim at the mo :(
I wasn't there, but my sister was and I think she said the ambulance finally turned up at 10.45pm.
She had fallen upstairs and they had to hoist her into a wheelchair so that they could get her in the lift to get her downstairs and then get her out of the wheelchair onto a stretcher. I don't know why, but for some reason they couldn't put her on a stretcher upstairs and bring her down the stairs.
Anyway, she's broken her hip and apparently it's very complicated. She needs half a new hip (or something like that - I'm quoting what I recall being told from my sister). It's very high risk with her condition and she'll be in surgery soon, because apparently they like to operate within 36 hours of the trauma.
We've also been told that if she survives the op, the life expectancy for someone like her is typically 12 months ..... so it's all looking a bit grim at the mo :(
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