Save a Life by Giving Way to Ambulance | Saving Lane

In case of a medical emergency, every second is serious in saving a patient's life. The early valuation and early beginning of the treatment to the patient in the very first hour is vital in many emergencies and this gap of time is often denoted to as the 'Golden Hour'. Ambulances play a fundamental role in the golden hour, as the responsibility of the first treatment and also transporting the patient to the hospital lies with them.


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With cumulative traffic on the roads, we must be delicate about giving way to the ambulance. The moment we hear the siren of the ambulance, the driver should start moving to a side and give wayto it.


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The humblest and safest way to give way to an ambulance is by:

·        Slowing down

·        Keeping to your left

 

The top time-serious medical emergencies comprise heart attacks, strokes and poly-trauma with on-going bleeding.

In case of a heart attack, a portion of the heart muscle stops getting sufficient blood supply due to jam of the blood vessel and each passing minute upsurges the chances of irreparable death of that portion of the heart muscle or fatal arrhythmia. Likewise, in stroke a portion of the brain misses its blood supply and unalterable cell death starts, which degrades as the time passes leading to irreversible functional infirmity or even death. In case of poly trauma patients severe blood loss is the commonest cause of death.

The instant management for all these time serious emergencies starts as soon as the patient is in the ambulance. Currently, state-of-the-art ambulances function as 'Hospitals on Wheels', as they have resuscitative equipment along with qualified staff and modern communication technological assists to alert and keep the hospital emergency teams in readiness to take over as soon as the patient reaches at the Emergency Room.


Give Way To Ambulance

We must inform people to the fact that every minute counts in a medical emergency, which is why it is vigorous for people to give way when an ambulance approaches. It may mean the difference between life and death.

 


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