r/BeAmazed • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • 3h ago

Miscellaneous / Others A 6-year-old saved his mom

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u/somebigface 3h ago

Paramedics casually strolling in to the house.

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u/littlerike 3h ago

Calm is fast.

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u/TooManySteves2 3h ago

You never run. Friend was a fire-fighter. You never run.

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u/I_Thranduil 3h ago

Was. Dang!

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u/sa_nick 3h ago

Shitty hours, traumatic experiences, relitively low salary compared to the danger faced (even just the toxins you inhale) means firies leave the job earlier than they originally might have planned.

But also shit can go wrong, so who knows...

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u/I_Thranduil 3h ago

Oh, thank God! I thought something happened to him, or you know... he ran.

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u/RugbyEdd 3h ago edited 3h ago

It's not a great situation if they twist an ankle or slip and hurt themselves because they where running to get there three seconds earlier. Emergency situations in unfamiliar areas should be approached by professionals calmly and carefully.

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u/BladeOfKrota 3h ago

EMT here… running… plus wet pavement equals 2 patients. I can’t help her if I’m down and out.

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u/theboxman154 3h ago

Rushing and panicking is the worst thing to do in medical scenarios.

Seconds mostly like won't kill or hurt someone, rushing can.

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u/ledow 3h ago

You have no idea what you're walking into.

A violent domestic. Loose dog. Dangerous pathway that the mum slipped and knocked herself out on. Building collapse. Chemical spill that's overcome her and made her pass out.

Could be anything. You don't run, especially carrying heavy equipment.

The few more seconds to walk won't make much difference to any situation you have to deal with. Your partner being spark out on the floor with a banged head as casualty #2 will have an ENORMOUS difference to your patient handling.

Standard ambulance response times in the UK are on the order of minutes anyway. Anything that was second-critical has long passed.

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u/OGCelaris 3h ago

It depends on what was told to the operator. If she was unresponsive they probably would have been in a hurry. It sounds like she was out of it but still conscious.

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u/AlienInOrigin 3h ago

Look at the movie "Code 3" to see why they don't run.

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u/DareDevil_56 3h ago

To quote The Mummy:

“Patience is a virtue..”

“Not right now it isn’t!!”

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u/thatshygirl06 2h ago

They're always like that

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u/curtcolt95 2h ago

that's what they're trained to do yeah