Make sure to buckle up in the back of the rig...

[Martyn]

Car Crashes Into Ambulance, Sends EMTs Flying

There’s a reason why cars are supposed to clear the road when an ambulance is coming through. Unlike you, who are just going to work at your ****ty office job that suddenly stopped letting you work from home, these people actually have somewhere to be. There are lives that need saving!At the end...

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[DrParasite]

1) this was an ambulance that rolled over after being struck by a car
2) the person was facing forward, with no patient; absolutely no reason to not be seat belted
3) I'd be lying if I said I always wore a seatbelt in the back of the ambulance; in the front, almost 99% of the time, but in the back with a patient, not often.

that being said, culture has changed since I started (more stay and play on sick patients, no more CPR in a moving ambulance, etc), more focus on securing all equipment to make it crashworthy, so I do think that if you can do your job while seat belted, you absolutely should. and the patient should always be properly secured, with shoulder straps.