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Couple Rushing To Hospital To Have Baby Get Traffic Ticket
FAIRFAX, Va. -- A couple that went to a Virginia hospital to deliver a baby went home with a traffic ticket.
Kathleen Siragusa and her husband, Tom, were in the car on their way to the hospital when her water broke. That's when they hit a traffic jam.
"The first thought on my mind was what came out of my mouth. 'Turn on the lights, drive on the shoulder and go!'" Kathleen said.
A mile later, a police car appeared in front of them.
"I saw a police car and thought, 'A policeman when you need him, yeah!'" Kathleen said.
However, the couple soon found out their trouble was just beginning.
"I rolled down the window and said, 'We need to get to the hospital. Will you escort us?' He said he would call an ambulance and my wife said, 'Let's go!'" Tom said.
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What would you do? Wait for EMS, or drive to the hospital?
I thought this one out, and here's my thought process:
I'd drive to the hospital. PD would have to call for an ambulance. Depending on the response time, the ambulance would probably take 8 minutes, an average response time. Then the pt has to be loaded into the ambulance, at which point they code to the hospital. In my experience, coding doesn't really mean getting there all that much faster. Maybe a few minutes, just enough time to make up for the time it took the ambulance to arrive on scene?
I think back in the day many cops would have transported the woman RLS. Unfortunately we now live in a society where everyone needs to cover their ***. Just the other day I had PD call us for a possible OD, and arrive to hear the cop say "We're just covering our ***." We arrive, don't think the guy did anything, with fine vitals. We then call ALS "Just to cover our ***."
I read this story on FARK, and you can read the comments other people wrote here (there are 200+).
FAIRFAX, Va. -- A couple that went to a Virginia hospital to deliver a baby went home with a traffic ticket.
Kathleen Siragusa and her husband, Tom, were in the car on their way to the hospital when her water broke. That's when they hit a traffic jam.
"The first thought on my mind was what came out of my mouth. 'Turn on the lights, drive on the shoulder and go!'" Kathleen said.
A mile later, a police car appeared in front of them.
"I saw a police car and thought, 'A policeman when you need him, yeah!'" Kathleen said.
However, the couple soon found out their trouble was just beginning.
"I rolled down the window and said, 'We need to get to the hospital. Will you escort us?' He said he would call an ambulance and my wife said, 'Let's go!'" Tom said.
[Read More!]
What would you do? Wait for EMS, or drive to the hospital?
I thought this one out, and here's my thought process:
I'd drive to the hospital. PD would have to call for an ambulance. Depending on the response time, the ambulance would probably take 8 minutes, an average response time. Then the pt has to be loaded into the ambulance, at which point they code to the hospital. In my experience, coding doesn't really mean getting there all that much faster. Maybe a few minutes, just enough time to make up for the time it took the ambulance to arrive on scene?
I think back in the day many cops would have transported the woman RLS. Unfortunately we now live in a society where everyone needs to cover their ***. Just the other day I had PD call us for a possible OD, and arrive to hear the cop say "We're just covering our ***." We arrive, don't think the guy did anything, with fine vitals. We then call ALS "Just to cover our ***."
I read this story on FARK, and you can read the comments other people wrote here (there are 200+).