I drive the ambo with ease, especially with patients in the back. Nothing like trying to do pt care while you're getting thrown the back of the ambo by some psycho driver who thinks he owns the road. I also don't run every damn siren and air horn like a maniac while transporting, it just makes the pt (not pri 1 blue) more stressed hearing all that rackett. I see it way to many times when emergency vehicles don't clear and intersection before proceeding. They don't have the right away...
I'm not saying this was the case in this instance...JMHO.
I'm with you. I've never driven an ambulance, but you can't run 80 while the IVT in the back is trying to start an IV on a patient. The driver has to drive defensive, but has to drive with due regard. I understand getting to the hospital with a priority patient is what you want to do quickly, but sometimes you have to slow down to go fast. Prime example, we've had two working house fires in the last four days, and not one time did our driver exceed 65. We have to understand that saving lives and property is our job, but we have to get there first to do it.
With that said, I don't know the instances surrounding the accident. I was pretty much rambling in that last paragraph. If the driver hit two vehicles, it sounds like he/she started into the intersection before they cleared it. Prayers are being sent to everyone involved.
