JW93Emergency What sort of speeds do the ambulances get up to on the long straight sections of road in this video? (at around the 5:40 mark for instance) Great driving BTW
Thank you for your comment and compliment. At 5:40 i was doing 70 (it's a 50 limit road) but there are sections where I was at 90. I do know of people who have got these up to 110. You'd only ever do that going to something like a Paediatric Cardiac Arrest.
+JW93Emergency Agree that 20 over is enough for a "hot" run (we call them code 1s in Australia). We are exempt from traffic act on code 1s (with due care and attention being the key words). Anything over 40km/h (25mph) over the speed limit comes under the criminal act. Having said that, if you do more than 40 and all is OK a blind eye may be turned. If you go through a speed camera doing more than 40, the cops may not mind, but management will kick butt. My longest code 1 was in outback Queensland. A chest pain that was 130km (80 miles) away. Took us almost 2 hours on dirt roads through a bushfire and 110 degrees F. Usually in those places, each cattle station (that's all there is there) have their own airstrips where a chopper or RFDS can aeromedivac the patient from.
I meant to ask someone that question. How do you manage to keep to the good old golden hour if someone is that far out in the bush? It's the generally accepted rule here that 20mph over the limit is the acceptable limit however it's not written in law. The law only states what exemptions we have: go the wrong snide of a kept left sign, treat red lights as a give way, and to travel above the posted speed limit. As long as you can justify why you are doing it, and you do it with due care and attention, you can technically travel at any speed. But 20 mph over the limit is the accepted unwritten rule.
That is a quick response! Not like here in the part of Spain where I am where ambulance drivers are fined if you go through a speed radar at more than 100 km / h (62 mph) something that seems ridiculous to me when it is an emergency vehicle that is Answering a call
Excellent driving. Here is proof that you can make progress and be safe with the appropriate training. As I'm not working in this field, IHCD is out of my grasp.
Thank you very much. :) a common misconception is that Emergency Driving is all about speed which is far from the truth. It's all about safe, steady progress.
JW93Emergency I agree. I have joined a ROSPA driving group; all of the films, literature and training say the same thing about making steady progress, or the appropriate use of speed. Unless you're on a Blue Light run, exceeding the speed limit doesn't gain you much. I often get passed by vehicles that are travelling well in excess of the speed limit. If they end up any further ahead than being the car in front, it's rarely more than half a dozen car lengths at the next set of lights or roundabout.
Where I live we have a small to medium sized hospital. If you think these journey times are bad, wait till you're in my neck of the woods and you have a heart attack, its a 1 hour ride to the nearest cardio cath lab. Furthermore where I live there are only two ambulances to serve a town with a population of approximately 50,000 residents. On a Saturday night I wouldn't like to have a genuine emergency that requires urgent medical attention. The most annoying thing is that the consultants at the Emergency Department have two government funded Air ambulances at their disposal, yet don't like to use them and send crews up the road, who consequently end up responding call in a major city because they are the closest unit. Leaving 1 ambulance and an ambulance crew freaking out trying to find their 999 cal in an unfamiliar area. CENTRALISED CONTROL CENTRES DO NOT WORK! I have heard of crews being sent up the road at 06:56 and their shift finishes at 07:00. All because a consultant wants a free bed and is not willing to wait anther 20 minutes for a helicopter. Not only that but they have increased the length of shifts from 11 hours to at least 12 to 13. Rant over. However I would like to say, god bless the men and women of the Scottish Ambulance Service. When I needed them they were on scene within 4 minutes. HOW LONG WILL IT TSKE FOR PEOPLE TO REALISE, THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE EMS ARE REAL LIFE ANGLES?
Thank you. There isn't a station; the station for the area is Thanet Make Ready Centre up on Haine Road at Westwood Cross. This was a response from Thanet South Community Ambulance Response Post. Basically it's a standby point where there is parking for two vehicles, toilet, kitchen and sitting room.
PacMany7 Hi PAcMany7, yes it's me driving. It was a backup to a Paramedic in a Rapid Response Vehicle who was already on scene. As for arrival targets, here's a breakdown: Our calls are categorised into different categories. CAT A Red 1: Cardiac Arrests, Strokes, Choking etc (An Ambulance/Response Car must be on scene within 8 minutes). CAT A Red 2: RTCs, Broken Limbs etc (An Ambulance/Response Car must be on scene in 8 minutes) CAT C 30: Not immediately life threatening but still require an emergency response (An Ambulance/Response Car must be on scene in 30 minutes). CAT C 60 Non emergency response (On scene in 60 minutes) CAT C 120: 120 minutes. CAT C 240 (I'll let you guess this one). Our back up responses are graded into three grades. Grade 1 (units on scene need an Ambulance urgently on blues and twos, it cannot be diverted to other calls), Grade 2 (units on scene need an ambulance semi-urgently on blues and twos but it can be diverted to other calls if needed), Grade 3 ( units on scene need an ambulance but not urgently. Respond at normal road speed/no use of exemptions) In this particular case the call was was at first a CAT A Red 2 and a Response Car was on scene in under 8 minutes.The Paramedic in this car assessed and the situation was not as bad as first thought but still required an Ambulance to attend fairly quickly so called for an Ambulance, Grade 2. This was us. The Ambulances in the area of this call were left to wait for more serious calls because they would be able to get to those in 8 minutes from their station. There were enough Ambulances in our own area to cover urgent calls etc, and we were tasked because we weren't particularly far away, and the patient was already being seen by a paramedic so care had already been commenced.
JW93Emergency WOW Thank you for such a detailed reply. That explains it fully. My brother and sister are nurses, my mother is a retired nurse & my father is a retired fire fighter. I have a career on National Rail, witch I enjoy and get paid well for. However there is a part of me that thinks I took the wrong path and that I am the odd one out. Videos like this one give me the kick I need in seeing Emergency Care/Driving/rescuing that I believe is in my blood. I often question NHS/Ambulance/Fire Rescue videos on youtube in an attempt to learn more in the career I maybe should have had. I have never had such a detailed reply on youtube. (Oh and just for the record I am the first-aider at work and have had my application to become a CFR declined because I don't have a driving licence ( I get free train travel I have never needed a car or driving licence) Great Video. You have a new sub.
You're most welcome. I'll always try and explain things as detailed as possible as it furthers people's understanding that way. If you really want to do it then go for it! You could do a few shifts a month part time around your full time work. Get your driving licence done and get an FPOS-I course done and you'll be good to go.
+JW93Emergency You have part time volunteers crewing ambulances? Very different to most of Australia. Here the only way you can become a paramedic is via 2 ways. First (and this is becoming less and less), you are recruited as a "student paramedic". Full time job (76 hour fortnight, with 8 weeks off a year) and complete a Bachelor of Health Science (paid for by ambulance service) as you go (and crewed with a clinical mentor who is an ALS paramedic). After 3 years (5,000 hours) you're a qualified ALS paramedic. The other way (most common now) is you study a double bachelor of health science (paramedicine and nursing) at University (your time, your money). Once graduated you can apply for a position as a qualified ALS paramedic, but still work under supervision for another 1-2 years before being able to work as a senior paramedic. If you want to become a Critical Care Paramedic, you can apply to do a post grad. diploma 2 years after getting your bachelors degree. That's a 1 year course. So even the newest CCP have had 5 years on road experience. 37,000GBP a year is an average wage for an ALS paramedic.
No we have staff who are paid who work 2 shifts a week as well as full time staff like myself. They are the same as full time staff but just work less shifts.
Must be frustrating for you having these targets to meet, yet the councils install more and more speed bumps, road narrowings etc making your job harder to get to incidents on time.
Michael Caplan or Americans don't like buying anything that isn't made in the USA even though us made vehicles are just dreadful. These are excellent vehicles for this work!
I agree we mainly use Renault vehicles in our service (private Pts) we have just ordered a new fleet of 70 2017 masters as our old ones have managed over 300k+ miles without any major problems. Our Peugeot boxers have been a different matter although to be fair the main issue they have is with the air suspension.
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cool, starts off on the road where I lived for 30 years, Pysons road Broadstairs, nice upload and great driving!
Nice driving and that's a fast ambulance!
Thank you very much! These trucks certainly do fly!
JW93Emergency What sort of speeds do the ambulances get up to on the long straight sections of road in this video? (at around the 5:40 mark for instance) Great driving BTW
Thank you for your comment and compliment. At 5:40 i was doing 70 (it's a 50 limit road) but there are sections where I was at 90. I do know of people who have got these up to 110. You'd only ever do that going to something like a Paediatric Cardiac Arrest.
+JW93Emergency Agree that 20 over is enough for a "hot" run (we call them code 1s in Australia). We are exempt from traffic act on code 1s (with due care and attention being the key words). Anything over 40km/h (25mph) over the speed limit comes under the criminal act. Having said that, if you do more than 40 and all is OK a blind eye may be turned. If you go through a speed camera doing more than 40, the cops may not mind, but management will kick butt. My longest code 1 was in outback Queensland. A chest pain that was 130km (80 miles) away. Took us almost 2 hours on dirt roads through a bushfire and 110 degrees F. Usually in those places, each cattle station (that's all there is there) have their own airstrips where a chopper or RFDS can aeromedivac the patient from.
I meant to ask someone that question. How do you manage to keep to the good old golden hour if someone is that far out in the bush? It's the generally accepted rule here that 20mph over the limit is the acceptable limit however it's not written in law. The law only states what exemptions we have: go the wrong snide of a kept left sign, treat red lights as a give way, and to travel above the posted speed limit. As long as you can justify why you are doing it, and you do it with due care and attention, you can technically travel at any speed. But 20 mph over the limit is the accepted unwritten rule.
That is a quick response! Not like here in the part of Spain where I am where ambulance drivers are fined if you go through a speed radar at more than 100 km / h (62 mph) something that seems ridiculous to me when it is an emergency vehicle that is Answering a call
Our motorway speed limits are 70mph. That would be way too Extreme
Excellent driving. Here is proof that you can make progress and be safe with the appropriate training. As I'm not working in this field, IHCD is out of my grasp.
Thank you very much. :) a common misconception is that Emergency Driving is all about speed which is far from the truth. It's all about safe, steady progress.
JW93Emergency I agree. I have joined a ROSPA driving group; all of the films, literature and training say the same thing about making steady progress, or the appropriate use of speed. Unless you're on a Blue Light run, exceeding the speed limit doesn't gain you much. I often get passed by vehicles that are travelling well in excess of the speed limit. If they end up any further ahead than being the car in front, it's rarely more than half a dozen car lengths at the next set of lights or roundabout.
It's all about IPSGA ;-)
JW93Emergency Absolutely, IPSGA and a high visual horizon.
Long way to go.
Where I live we have a small to medium sized hospital. If you think these journey times are bad, wait till you're in my neck of the woods and you have a heart attack, its a 1 hour ride to the nearest cardio cath lab. Furthermore where I live there are only two ambulances to serve a town with a population of approximately 50,000 residents. On a Saturday night I wouldn't like to have a genuine emergency that requires urgent medical attention. The most annoying thing is that the consultants at the Emergency Department have two government funded Air ambulances at their disposal, yet don't like to use them and send crews up the road, who consequently end up responding call in a major city because they are the closest unit. Leaving 1 ambulance and an ambulance crew freaking out trying to find their 999 cal in an unfamiliar area. CENTRALISED CONTROL CENTRES DO NOT WORK! I have heard of crews being sent up the road at 06:56 and their shift finishes at 07:00. All because a consultant wants a free bed and is not willing to wait anther 20 minutes for a helicopter. Not only that but they have increased the length of shifts from 11 hours to at least 12 to 13. Rant over. However I would like to say, god bless the men and women of the Scottish Ambulance Service. When I needed them they were on scene within 4 minutes. HOW LONG WILL IT TSKE FOR PEOPLE TO REALISE, THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE EMS ARE REAL LIFE ANGLES?
Sam Thomson our PPCI was an hours run as well. Only have 1 for the entire county. 5 A&E depts but 1 cath lab!
Very nice response driving, I never knew there was an Ambo station down there (Start Point).
Thank you. There isn't a station; the station for the area is Thanet Make Ready Centre up on Haine Road at Westwood Cross. This was a response from Thanet South Community Ambulance Response Post. Basically it's a standby point where there is parking for two vehicles, toilet, kitchen and sitting room.
JW93Emergency Oh I see, thanks for that. I didn't think there was any other make ready's around.
There are 5 MRCs in SECAmb area. 3 in Kent: Thanet, Ashford and Paddock Wood.
How long can u stay on standby ? Is standby on!y for your 30 min meal break or can u go their whenever you want if your lucky enough to bet a break
you get told where to go on standby. It could be anywhere from a few seconds to a few hours depending on what is happening and how busy we are.
The start of the video is just round the corner from where I live. :)
Great video, nice driving!
Thank you. More to come as well :)
Very cool video!
TGG - Global Emergency Responses thank you. Feel free to use it if you do compilations/playlists etc.
Fantastic vid and driving :)
Thank you very much. More to follow!
Great video
Edward Hewitt thank you. Please do check out the rest of my videos.
R2 for a broken limb? Not a chance lol. Green 2 unless there is major blood loss. Never the less, good tunes on the radio!
Green calls don't exist in our area. We have Red 1, Red 2, C30, C60 etc
Nice video
Derek Imler thank you 😊
Is this the newer shape master? We have the new and the older shapes here in nottingham the new shapes can shift pretty well when they need to.
TJ this was an older shape. It flies!
Was you driving JW93Emergency? That's a long way to go for an emergency 15 or so miles. What are your arrival targets?
PacMany7 Hi PAcMany7, yes it's me driving. It was a backup to a Paramedic in a Rapid Response Vehicle who was already on scene. As for arrival targets, here's a breakdown:
Our calls are categorised into different categories. CAT A Red 1: Cardiac Arrests, Strokes, Choking etc (An Ambulance/Response Car must be on scene within 8 minutes). CAT A Red 2: RTCs, Broken Limbs etc (An Ambulance/Response Car must be on scene in 8 minutes) CAT C 30: Not immediately life threatening but still require an emergency response (An Ambulance/Response Car must be on scene in 30 minutes). CAT C 60 Non emergency response (On scene in 60 minutes) CAT C 120: 120 minutes. CAT C 240 (I'll let you guess this one).
Our back up responses are graded into three grades. Grade 1 (units on scene need an Ambulance urgently on blues and twos, it cannot be diverted to other calls), Grade 2 (units on scene need an ambulance semi-urgently on blues and twos but it can be diverted to other calls if needed), Grade 3 ( units on scene need an ambulance but not urgently. Respond at normal road speed/no use of exemptions)
In this particular case the call was was at first a CAT A Red 2 and a Response Car was on scene in under 8 minutes.The Paramedic in this car assessed and the situation was not as bad as first thought but still required an Ambulance to attend fairly quickly so called for an Ambulance, Grade 2. This was us. The Ambulances in the area of this call were left to wait for more serious calls because they would be able to get to those in 8 minutes from their station. There were enough Ambulances in our own area to cover urgent calls etc, and we were tasked because we weren't particularly far away, and the patient was already being seen by a paramedic so care had already been commenced.
JW93Emergency WOW Thank you for such a detailed reply. That explains it fully.
My brother and sister are nurses, my mother is a retired nurse & my father is a retired fire fighter. I have a career on National Rail, witch I enjoy and get paid well for. However there is a part of me that thinks I took the wrong path and that I am the odd one out. Videos like this one give me the kick I need in seeing Emergency Care/Driving/rescuing that I believe is in my blood.
I often question NHS/Ambulance/Fire Rescue videos on youtube in an attempt to learn more in the career I maybe should have had. I have never had such a detailed reply on youtube. (Oh and just for the record I am the first-aider at work and have had my application to become a CFR declined because I don't have a driving licence ( I get free train travel I have never needed a car or driving licence)
Great Video. You have a new sub.
You're most welcome. I'll always try and explain things as detailed as possible as it furthers people's understanding that way. If you really want to do it then go for it! You could do a few shifts a month part time around your full time work. Get your driving licence done and get an FPOS-I course done and you'll be good to go.
+JW93Emergency You have part time volunteers crewing ambulances? Very different to most of Australia. Here the only way you can become a paramedic is via 2 ways. First (and this is becoming less and less), you are recruited as a "student paramedic". Full time job (76 hour fortnight, with 8 weeks off a year) and complete a Bachelor of Health Science (paid for by ambulance service) as you go (and crewed with a clinical mentor who is an ALS paramedic). After 3 years (5,000 hours) you're a qualified ALS paramedic. The other way (most common now) is you study a double bachelor of health science (paramedicine and nursing) at University (your time, your money). Once graduated you can apply for a position as a qualified ALS paramedic, but still work under supervision for another 1-2 years before being able to work as a senior paramedic. If you want to become a Critical Care Paramedic, you can apply to do a post grad. diploma 2 years after getting your bachelors degree. That's a 1 year course. So even the newest CCP have had 5 years on road experience. 37,000GBP a year is an average wage for an ALS paramedic.
No we have staff who are paid who work 2 shifts a week as well as full time staff like myself. They are the same as full time staff but just work less shifts.
What type of speed you get on the carriageway
Is that the sprinter?
Joe McCann I was doing 90mph here on the dual carriageway. This was a Renault Master :)
JW93Emergency do you go any faster
I suppose 90 is fast enough in the van
Joe McCann I've pushed 105 before
JW93Emergency I couldn't imagine 105 if it was a sprinter
Joe McCann you'd be surprised :P
I would play songs by Sabaton doing this since their good for high speeds
The question is... do they know it’s Christmas time
Beautifal singing lol
Sam Brooks why thank you :P
Did you have to ask permission to film/who off? :P (Ie supervisor or media department)?
UniversalGamingUK not required as there is absolutely no way to identify the patient or their details (address etc) from the footage.
Do you and your crew mate not talk?
probably solo
Could be a rapid response paramedic so will be a single crewed vehicle
We do, but often about previous jobs so I don’t include it. Also we enjoy just listening to some music.
SECAmb or private?
Private, working on contract for SECAmb 999 shifts.
JW93Emergency awesome. Would love to see more vids of blue light runs!
There will be more coming. We are very busy so it's easy to get them.
Great driving. 17 minutes is way too long though.
Must be frustrating for you having these targets to meet, yet the councils install more and more speed bumps, road narrowings etc making your job harder to get to incidents on time.
GaryH speed bumps never stopped me 😋 seriously though, they can get annoying.
Is this UKSAS or Falck or other?
Sam smith
Renault makes such awful white that none of their products are for sale in the U.S. anymore.
shite
Michael Caplan or Americans don't like buying anything that isn't made in the USA even though us made vehicles are just dreadful. These are excellent vehicles for this work!
I agree we mainly use Renault vehicles in our service (private Pts) we have just ordered a new fleet of 70 2017 masters as our old ones have managed over 300k+ miles without any major problems. Our Peugeot boxers have been a different matter although to be fair the main issue they have is with the air suspension.
tyre fitters do it quicker
Are you for real????? FAKE!!!!!!!!
@@kevdonnachie9627 very much for real thank you.
@@CymruEmergencyResponder Reported to police