Lifeline Ambulance

We had to use Lifeline’s services as my father needed to be transported from one hospital to another and unfortunately this is the one that the social worker chose.
Once seated in the automobile and en route, my mother asked the driver if he was going to use the sirens and he said no. The patient they were transporting was extremely ill, in critical condition and had many different kinds of lines and machines attached as he was in a very bad state. Seeing that the patient had every kind of machine imaginable attached, getting him to the nearest hospital in a timely matter is of utmost importance.
There were a few nurses and paramedics who came along for the transport. Some of them were from the hospital and some were from this company. None of them suggested to the driver to use the siren despite the dire condition the patient was in. I know it can be numbing doing the same kind of work all the time. But please put yourself in other people’s shoes.
Moving along, half way on the way to the hospital, the patient went into cardiac arrest. This is serious business because the patient was suffering from multiple problems at the time and had previously coded not too long ago. A patient in this state should be given the best care possible which nobody on the team could think of doing that. The transport driver was even given a hint while nobody was trying to be a backseat driver. All in all, it is always better to be safe rather than sorry. Little details count and could prove to be less traumatic and stressful for everyone.