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Rapid Response Vehicles doing ambulance escorts i thought that should be left to WAPOL its like the SJA team leader giving a crew a P1 escort to hospital it would never happen.

Markmywords wrote:What ever is safe and expedient to do so with the Ambo's if you drive outside your limits come unstuck you wear it pretty much and the fact you would void the owners insurance.

hey MMW you really need to see the doc and get some sleeping tablets lol.
it cant be doing your job any good, perhaps some valerian forte to start with?

haha yer well this weekend is the first weekend ive had in along time so wont be doing much haha

Markmywords wrote:Rapid Response Vehicles doing ambulance escorts i thought that should be left to WAPOL its like the SJA team leader giving a crew a P1 escort to hospital it would never happen.

Why would an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens need another emergency vehicle with lights and sirens escort it to the hospital

ZO100_marto wrote:

Markmywords wrote:Rapid Response Vehicles doing ambulance escorts i thought that should be left to WAPOL its like the SJA team leader giving a crew a P1 escort to hospital it would never happen.

Why would an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens need another emergency vehicle with lights and sirens escort it to the hospital

slow escort for spinal patient

PFO wrote:

ZO100_marto wrote:

Markmywords wrote:Rapid Response Vehicles doing ambulance escorts i thought that should be left to WAPOL its like the SJA team leader giving a crew a P1 escort to hospital it would never happen.

Why would an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens need another emergency vehicle with lights and sirens escort it to the hospital

slow escort for spinal patient

police escort if possible and also dangerous pt where trg are escorting

Kyle wrote:
Also you should have your siren, lights on and alternating.. I heard of a SJA accident when they only had the lights on and it went to court.

Are you saying they went to court because they didn't have their sirens on??


Road Traffic Code 2000

Regulation 281

(b) the vehicle is a motor vehicle that is moving and the vehicle is displaying a red or blue light flashing light or sounding an alarm

ZO100_marto wrote:

Markmywords wrote:Rapid Response Vehicles doing ambulance escorts i thought that should be left to WAPOL its like the SJA team leader giving a crew a P1 escort to hospital it would never happen.

Why would an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens need another emergency vehicle with lights and sirens escort it to the hospital

Exactley im sure the WAPOl wouldnt like it for a start, alas did a police escort from peel a few weeks back so guess the medical escort car wasnt available haha,

Markmywords wrote:

ZO100_marto wrote:

Markmywords wrote:Rapid Response Vehicles doing ambulance escorts i thought that should be left to WAPOL its like the SJA team leader giving a crew a P1 escort to hospital it would never happen.

Why would an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens need another emergency vehicle with lights and sirens escort it to the hospital

Exactley im sure the WAPOl wouldnt like it for a start, alas did a police escort from peel a few weeks back so guess the medical escort car wasnt available haha,

may have been a psych patient in which police would be required

PFO wrote:

ZO100_marto wrote:

Markmywords wrote:Rapid Response Vehicles doing ambulance escorts i thought that should be left to WAPOL its like the SJA team leader giving a crew a P1 escort to hospital it would never happen.

Why would an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens need another emergency vehicle with lights and sirens escort it to the hospital

slow escort for spinal patient

ROFL

Does that mean that every pt that is collared at a smash should have a police escort because into hospital?

There has never been in WA a spinal patient who has been injured worse during transport. If the ambulance driver is driving as they have been taught then smooth acceleration, smooth braking easy cornering etc etc is all they need. So same again why tie up another police car when there's already bugger all on the road.

PFO wrote:

Markmywords wrote:

ZO100_marto wrote: Why would an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens need another emergency vehicle with lights and sirens escort it to the hospital

Exactley im sure the WAPOl wouldnt like it for a start, alas did a police escort from peel a few weeks back so guess the medical escort car wasnt available haha,

may have been a psych patient in which police would be required

When a pt is one forms 1 & 3 a police officer is required to travel with the pt in the ambulance and the other officer just follows to pick him up at the other end. So again no police escort required....

ZO100_marto wrote:

PFO wrote:

ZO100_marto wrote: Why would an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens need another emergency vehicle with lights and sirens escort it to the hospital

slow escort for spinal patient

ROFL

Does that mean that every pt that is collared at a smash should have a police escort because into hospital?

There has never been in WA a spinal patient who has been injured worse during transport. If the ambulance driver is driving as they have been taught then smooth acceleration, smooth braking easy cornering etc etc is all they need. So same again why tie up another police car when there's already bugger all on the road.

i have personally been involved with unstable C spine fractures with subluxasion via rfds where police escort was required because we could only travel at 30km per hour. And yes by the way it is also common practice for RPH to do the same when transferring the same kind of PT to Shenton Park.You are right in that no we dont need that from the scene of an accident unless instructed to do so by a higher power.

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The police escort was a lights n sirens one, guess the chopper was busy as well as sja down there.

I dont know what kyle was talking about if an ambulance was in an accident i doubt the officers would go to court well unless who ever was wheeling was negligent and seriously injured or killed another driver/person.

hey zoo also seen police escort ambulances over the narrows bridge on australia day