[POV] INTENSE Police Escort Saves Patient's Life
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Welcome! Today we're following a Dutch emergency team with police motor vehicles and an ambulance. Paramedics are called in for a medical emergency. Their patient is in mortal danger and needs to be transported to the University Medical Centre in Leiden as fast as possible. To get there in time they request an emergency escort from the police. The emergency room approves and four police officers on bikes are sent in.
Leiden is a midsized densely populated city in the west of the Netherlands. In normal traffic, this route will take about 30 minutes, let’s see how fast these officers get there.
Source: Verkeerspolitie Den Haag
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Not a frist responder. Here is a video about the training as a motorcycle officer. Which is from Itchy Boots ruclips.net/video/MMp-oEyKh1s/видео.html
I work as a paramedic in a german city right on the dutch border and just once I had the priviledge to be escorted by the dutch police like this. The german police doesn't do this and leaves us to fend for ourselves, but when we transfered a dutch patient from the ICU of the hospital in our city to the ICU of a dutch hospital closer to his hometown they gave us this escort from the open border all the way to the destination. All the dutch officer on the lead motorcycle said to me when we met up at the border was: "Stay on my tail at all times, ignore the others." and off we went. The three other officers ran circles around us, buzzing through on open lanes or in between traffic or even along bike paths - but the lead officer kept a smooth and steady pace during the entire ride. As an emergency driver who is NOT used to this at all, it was an amazing feeling to cruise through city streets without a care in the world. I think I never even used the brake for almost the whole trip, because the changes in speed where so gradual and they kept us rolling so well that I just didn't need to. These officers are certainly skilled and provide excellent service. Unfortunately they were already gone after we transfered our patient into the care of the hospital, so I couldn't thank them in person.
Hi sir
I think they get the compliments from their superiors when everything comes to, sad to read that other countries do not support these kind of action for people in dangerous situations.
@QemeH danke für deinen dienst
note that this only works when the other road users are not utter and complete morons like here in the US.
Unfortunately we have morrons in the netherlands aswell. Fortunately, the police hasn't ruined their reputation as much as in the usa.
You can't compare apples with pears lol
Jeremy Dewitte is loving this video I'll bet
@@Random_user_8472Yes you say that good
Same in the uk @@jokethejokejoker
The original (Dutch) clip includes the constant radio communications of the motorcycle police officers.
Where can I find the original?
The source is in the description.
The nice thing is then you hear the directions they give. Like over left turn to go straight. Speed bump, bridge. To earn the ambulance.
That would be nice to watch (hear) as this version has too many assumptions on other driver's thoughts and actions.
@@kd5you1 if I remember correctly they mostly supply english translations as well via the RUclips translation feature
Having been the recipient of such an escort, all I can say is: 'may all first responders be blessed'.
if i remember correctly these guys are a dedicated emergency escorting unit
i think they are from Traffic Units - if you are watching the original videos - its says - Team Vekeer ( Team Traffic )
@@viking_skywalkerThey are indeed from the "normal" traffic police. The Ambulance will call Police Dispatch If an escort is needed. There they check if there are at least 3 Units available and send them if it's possible. They do severeal training excercises every year to keep their skills sharp.
Just to say that the UK Meteopolitan Police in London have the “Special Escort Group”, they are to my knowledge the only motorcycle escort group that have no other function other than high speed escorts of royalty and VIPs (and occasionally Medical Emrgencies).
Not dedicated as in all they do is escorts. But officers do need special training in order to be escorting.
Dutchy here. Note that it is NOT advised to break the speed limit to clear the lane. If you get an automated ticket you still have to pay and then have to proof you are innocent. If there's no fire truck or ambulance on the picture it will be damn hard to do so. Police officers won't write a ticket though, they are human and have actual brains. Camera's don't.
That’s true..
It's advised to not break any traffic rules, except when following police direction. They are trained for this, you are not. Don't be the idiot that tries to think for the police and causes another incident. If they wave you through a red light, drive through the red light. The commander is indicating exactly when they cross traffic lights and any fines you might incur can be matched against those times to get dismissed, since indications by police or other authorized officials overrule the lights.
im glad i got a dashcam in front and back 😂im so innocent then 🤣🤣
they can recall with time that there is an emergency vehicle there, also they get a picture taken too for speeding.
jup altho they either can prove the oke by proving they were sent by the dispatcher or it is filterd out automaticaly
@@ooRobertoo
"it usually takes 30 minutes to get to the hospital"
officers: "half off special coming through!"
Incredible. Great skills and teamwork by the police and the Ambo driver. People actually doing what the police tell them to do. If this is typical road behaviour by people in the Netherlands, then they all have my congratulations.
In about 99% of the time people do as they are told with these kind of escorts. The original channel have posted quite a few of these escort video's and they are all amazing to watch.
This is all part of training. Every driver knows to move aside, clear roundabouts and to not panic. Meanwhile, emergency vehicle drives know it costs 8 seconds for people to respond to the 2-tone siren. So they anticipate on that while driving. Meanwhile motorcops know how to make a sort of relay race out of intersection clearing.
Main reason for this kind of transports is the prevention of stopping and going in traffic. The goal is that the ambulance drives as smooth as possible and the motor police makes room to do so. So speed can be a extra reason and is a bonus, but is not the main reason to do this kind of transport. Although sometimes for transport of donor organs speed is of the essence. On board of these Dutch ambulances is a lot of life saving equipment and highly trained personal so they work on the patient during transport.
The emergency room doesn't approve the police escort that is done through the emergency call center. The emergency room is where patients come in to a hospital.
Thank you! I will keep it in mind in the future.
@@Emergency-POV Perhaps a better english name is dispatch center or dispatch.
@@Wouter112 Thanks :)
Depending on the country
@@Wouter112 The Dutch word is "Meldkamer", which translates into English as "control room" or more literally, "report room". This is probably what they meant by emergency room...
Here in Japan, Doctors have the same power.
The law states they have complete authority over the first responders in order to save a life.
Paramedics / EMTs have to contact the hospital and follow directions of the Physician on call.
If a human is in need of IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE by these Doctors, the Doctor can command Police and Fire Department escort or even helicopter transport if necessary.
This shows amazing team work by all the riders .. and Paramedics .. many thanks for sharing it with us
Story time:
When I was about 1-2 years old I had a fit and was living in a place called Horsham in the UK with my mum, dad and grandparents my mum called an ambulance which arrived within 3 minutes I was loaded in the back and the nearest hospital was in another Town called Worthing which in normal rush hour traffic is about 45 minutes to an hour because of the traffic we got a police escort by 1 police car and it only took us 12 minutes to get there. When I went in my dad spoke to the paramedic and he asked him what speed he hit and he said and I quote “I must of hit 120mph”
Such a pleasure to watch the police work together so well and all know what they are doing.
This is a great display of co-ordination and team work.
Well done.
Can’t even imagine the police in the U.S. being this coordinated or professional
You think Brasil is better? 😂
Clearly you've not spent any major amount of time in the US. Police convoys 10x as long as this aren't unheard of. Think Mr brazil is taking out some jealousy😂
@@DodgeRaccoonmore doesn’t mean better. Look at Londons SEG they are the elite. Much like the SAS being more elite than any of Americans equivalent. The SAS are looked up to as being the best!
Probably the best display of how Police motorcycles can make the difference between life and death, obviously the best vehicles for this situation. Today on the way home from work on a two way single lane each way road which has crests and dips and corners an Ambulance from came from behind me and I was really impressed by the response of drivers pulling off the road in both directions to allow the Ambulance to get where it needed to go at at reasonable pace. A big shout out to everybody on Wellington Road Lysterfield this afternoon, well done.
little bit overdramatic commentary
Thanks for your feedback!
Nothing overdramatic. Just factual. Keep up the good work.
@@Daveyseal If you want factual, go watch the original makers and uploaders of this video, Verkeerspolitie Den Haag. At the very least because it's their content that this guy has blatantly stole.
@@Daveyseal Thank You!
@@Perseus7567 the source was in the description all the time. Where else should I mention it?
Wow it’s so nice to see people with brains and not self centered like the POS drivers here in US. They’d probably still be trying to get there if it was here.
A hand in the air is signaling "Yellow light" which means stop! That counts for ALL directions and ALL types of traffic - bicycles and pedestrians included. An office in ANY lane with a hand in the air shuts down the WHOLE intersection. So please follow that.
And all included in the Netherlands’ universal healthcare system. What would that patient be charged in USA?
excellent work by the police but also the public. There was a similar scenario filmed in the UK a few years ago, a transplant organ had to go from i think it was Harlow in Essex to a central London Hospital @ 30 miles and it was extremely time critical. It was in many ways more difficult due to the huge amounts of traffic as they entered London and the Essex Police handed over to the London Met police. Very stressful for all concerned and i believe 1 of the police motorcycle officers resigned from the motorcycle group afterwards due to the intense pressure he had been under.
This was executed professionally. Love how drivers understand police commands and obeyed. Here in the spoiled USA that would never happen, everyone thinks they are special and they'd ride the left lane, block the escort, and ignore police commands.
Also has to do with respect for each other. Police is strict but fair in general; so drivers understand the emergency and obey.
The commands the police use are required theory in the Dutch drivers examination. When I did my motorcycle drivers test atleast 5 questions involved verbal / hand commands by police officers what what I was to do in such a situation.
Best thing I've seen on RUclips for a long time. Its a tonic when something works so well in an emergency.
That entire operation was beautifully choreographed and superbly executed. Those officers deserve a commendation for their superb effort. Having driven an ambulance in San Diego, California in my youth, I can attest to how difficult it can be moving through traffic, and as my experience was in the mid-fifties, the difficulty factor has grown many times over.
So nice to see real pros at work
Love how the first 10 seconds of the video already contain a mistake by the narrator. The narration says that the patient needs to be transported to the hospital "as fast as possible", that's not true. If as fast as possible was needed, this escort wouldn't be given. This escort is to ensure gliding transport. Meaning minimal braking and accelerating by the ambulance.
Regular Dutch highway: 🇳🇱
Regular Dutch highway for EMS in an emergency: 🇩🇪
I find it interesting to see that the ones that had slower reaction times were the ones with a non-Dutch license plate 😅
Though it's not really illogical, it still baffles me.
How do people not realize breaking the law is perfectly okay if no one is going to enforce the law you are breaking. If you see flashing lights get out of the dam way.
Fantastic work. But if that was the UK, you’d always have a prick in a BMW refusing to pull over.
Or an Audi 🙄
Personally I've always saw a white ford transit hogging the road...that or a Mercedes van.
Yep, those too@@RaccoonCityPoliceDept
6 years in the fire service and I was lucky enough to have had two of these escorts. Amazing to be involved in and amazing riding from all these bike officers all around the world
They were with 3 clearing the way, normally there are 2.
Really good video. As an ex convoy trained driver this is really good and commentary is spot on.
3:51 I once drove a vehicle which I wasn’t Licensed to drive because I had 12 Police Officers onboard and an 8 Motorcycle Police Escort.
Had this done for me in the uk as i was a golden hour patient massive respect for all concerned
Fun fact... Jeremy Dewitte saw this video and now claims to be Dutch.
Well he has Dutch ancestory. His last name de Witte is Dutch.
Imagine this without police escort to clear ahead intersections.. this would take atleast 4x as long..
You can find plenty of similar videos from the Netherlands.
Look at a video of ambulances stuck in New York traffic and you can understand why we have it much better.
Even if the ambulance has to go through a busy city center cars will make room for it.
Seeing a working and civilised society is a breath of fresh air isn't it?
Much love from the UK.
Well done! Signs of a civil society.
We need a more educated/ Highway code literate public to save more lives.
L😂ets see how fast the officers get there well the video is 15mins so we have obvious answer 😅
The drivers weren’t responding slowly at all.
alle complimenten naar de agenten aan hun rijvaardigheid diepe buiging
Very interesting video. In Queensland Australia we'll probably transport only about 1% of all patients lights and sirens to hospital. I think one other state uses police escorts on occasions, but for us generally only when transporting a critically injured police officer. In short, you could go through your whole career never having a police escort.
I would not be too surprised if it's even lower here in The Netherlands. It's rare to even happen and more rare to happen outside of the The Hague area, as the police-team of The Hague is specially trained for escorts like this, where normal motor-officers don't get the extensive training their Hague-colleagues get.
Is this allowed in the US? I've seen this in other videos taken in other countries, like the Netherlands and China. I wonder this is done in other countries.
I see the Dutch have updated their windmills
Amazing cooperation between the citizens and police personnel...
follow the rules and be safe...
My mom is from there
God bless the police escort - excellent job. And God bless the paramedics for the work they with every patient.
To see the two branches of the emergency services working so well together shows professionalism they are all real heroes well done 😊
This would never work in the United States. They make getting a driver's license here waaaaay too easy.
A great commentary on both the good and the bad of public reactions. It is observable how much better Dutch drivers are in their response to emergency services than in the UK.
I saw an similiar situation, but there it was a busdriver whom helped the paramedics, as he blocked several drivelanes for other vehicles and as the Ambulance was driving in the same direction, was stalling the traffic so there were no other cars coming from the back of the Ambulance. And the Bus had another advantage for the ambulance. it had Direct control for the Trafficlights! On this busline the Busses have a system integrated whom gives them priority over normal traffic so they are not blocking the traffic. This was an advantage in this case, as the Ambulance had straight green lights the whole way to the General Hospital. In my Hometown all! busses have this system integrated and that since the End of the 80s.
Ambulances can be outfitted with the exact same system, and instead of being GPRS based for buses, it's on-request for ambulances when outfitted on the traffic light installation.
Priority-style requests on traffic light installations for buses are not necessarily common in every city, but they are not superrare either.
@@Dutch3DMasterAs far as I know, it was installed before the busses were delivered here. The Citycouncil made it mandatory for all new Busses. Each Trafficlight is mounted with the nessesary systems as well.
Great job from the police escort. No chance it would go that smoothly in any American city.
An incredible escort job; I think this is probably Team Verkeer Den Haag, who often have their videos on RUclips. A 30 minute journey in 14m 40s is a feat in itself, but dealing with some of those absolute idiots on the road (especially that numbnuts in the red car, who froze in the middle of the lane), I'd never have the balls for that.
For normal drivers, a vehicle with special rights/ Code 3 is an exceptional situation, but for the police, fire brigade and rescue services it is normal.
What a great job these guys do
Great interservice teamwork by both police and ambulance service. Trust that the exceptional times saving made a positive impact on the patients health and recovery.
R E S P E C T ! ! !
This will not happen in South Africa at all. Maybe in some places in South Africa. I like to watch the video's. Its nice to see the support the cops receive in Europe.
Coming from the U.S., it's just great to see police actually serving the public good, and the public observing and respecting the same. Both are so rare here...
For me driving on public roads it feels like a privilege.
3:48 youre not allowed to go over the speed limit in The Netherlands where this is filmed, even to clear the way. You're also not allowed to go through red, unless directed by police or traffic warden. A emergency vehicle (defined as a vehicle displaying flashing blue lights and sounding an audible signal) alone never allows you to break traffic regulations in The Netherlands.
Incredible and precise teamwork.
There are so many variables to this workflow, big props to the team. Those bikes must be 1200cc or more.
BMW R1250RT
Indeed what the other comment says, the BMW R1250 RT-P (Police version) Has 1250 cc and weigh about 300 kilo's.
I had the amazing opportunity to be escorted from hasselt, belgium to Brussels. With a military police escort. It was a practice run for them and my school offered to participate, so with 2 vans from school with me being in one of them, we got a full escort like youre seeing in this video, it was an amazing experience.
WOWWWWW. These motorcycle policemen are regular genius!!!!
I'm confused why you said at 7:50 "they ignored him." They absolutely didn't 'ignore him'. Braking out of nowhere without instructions visible to everyone would only cause crashes. You can't just brake and expect the person behind you to notice. That's extremely dangerous. Everyone did exactly as they were supposed to act. And later "hit the officer"? What? It's not even close, there's still like 3 meter distance between them in the last frame. I find it a bit too much how you make conclusions that aren't there, it's annoying.
I liked how, when the police officers were almost at the destination, the two boys got off their bikes and moved onto the pavement. They weren't morons.
In the UK you cannot go through a red traffic light or speed to make way for an emergency vehicle, as this would be breaking the law. Emergency drivers/riders know this.
Is there a version without narration?
Yes, check the channel of Verkeerspolitie Den Haag.
Sadly we don't have escorts like this in Czechia. But at least we have rendez vous system, in serious cases doctor car response in advance of the ambulance, provides first major care to the patient before the ambulance van arrives. On the way back to the hospital, I saw in multiple cases doctor car driving slowly through the intersection and therefore block it for upcoming ambulance. But it's not a rule and always a case, we don't have special services like this.
Ok, here we go.
There is a escort of 3 or more motorcycles, there are also situations where there is 1 police car and 2 motorcycle officers.
The two officers infront are called ''spitsers'' the officer in either the car or on the motorcycle that is close escort to the ambulance is the commander. There will also in other cases be a tail vehicle. the Ambulance being a first responder vehicle with full sirens and alarms going is automaticly the tail vehicle.
When a officer appears on say a intersection. And its clogged. The moment a officer appears with full lights and sirenes and moves his hand up its a halt command. That officer is now in charge of that intersection. All traffic is commanded to stop, regardless of lights, right of way or other circumstances. The officer will then direct traffic as needed, These commands may not be disregarded. If the officer tells you to move, you move. You are however not allowed to break the speed limit to conform to the officers command. The normal traffic rules resume once the officer who gave the halt command, leaves the intersection.
Officers under these circumstances ( I.e escort ) Are allowed to do things usually not permitted. Pass on the right, go trough red, break the speed limit exc, the goal is the ambulance does not stop rolling so the patient and paramedics treating him have the calmest enviornment possible.
Commands that the police use are part of the Dutch driving examination. In my time several questions would be on handsignals exc and what they mean.
Here in Western Australia I served the public as a paramedic for 34 years, and not was only in the early years that I earned that motorcycle escorts were a greater risk than they were worth. So many near misses, both for the price motorcyclists and for the ambulance. Majority of drivers have never considered the concept that there may be more than one vehicle with a siren on. Also the local police force have put maximum speed restrictions on emergency vehicles dependent on posted speed limits. Idiocy.
Majority of drivers have never considered that they aren't the most important driver on the road
also it is not anescort like right in front the is only one vehicel. then there are bikers who race to the nexed uncoverd intersection adn keep the derection from wich the ambulance is moving actualy moving therfor creating les obsticals and therfor a smoother ride
I was only a few weeks into my career in South Africa when we picked up a police officer who had been shot. I had not even been signed off as a competent responder at the time but as the lowest medically skilled person I was told to keep up with the escort and to ensure that Ikept the siren on a constant tone so as to enable other vehicles to distinguish that multiple vehicles were "in convoy" I was more concerned about keeping the ride as smooth as possible and keeping my colleagues updated if I needed to alter speed or turn so they had time to grab a rail so they didn't get injured. Fortunately it was late evening so traffic wasn't too bad but I was shaking like a leaf when the adrenaline started to drop.
Nice but European police sirens are so weird sounding. Sounds like my in laws yammering about inane topics I don’t care about.
This would be a good thing in Germany but I think they wouldn't like to pay the extra officers to be always on duty
Would never work in the UK, Most drivers are utterly useless, too aggressive and impatient.
My mousedriver could do better, my mousewheel jumps up and down... or was that not what you meant?
Actually in the UK , anyone driving through a red light to allow an emergency vehicle through thanks to our government can now be prosecuted for jumping a red light. 🇬🇧
Everybody has to know that in the netherlands we say "nood breekt wet" witch means "emergency breaks rule"
if one rider is staying with the ambulance and calling the route on the fly to the other 3 outriders, then that is the method taught by the metropolitan police SEG (special escort group), who train police form all around the world in this method, though for very busy places like the centre of London they opt for whistles rather than sirens, as sirens are too common, unlike whistles.
I wonder how it compares time wise with a heli, this is probably quite a bit faster since the heli most likely needed to get to the hospital first.
these officers seem to be naturals at their job. Good work officers!
Nicely narrated video. But you're wrong about being allowed to break the speed limit to get out of the way of an emergency vehicle. All traffic laws still apply and you can get a ticket if you break any. Of course no officer would give you one unless you are being incredibly reckless, but speeding camera's don't care and take your picture regardless.
That said, if that's the best option and I can safely do so, I would speed up to overtake rather than having to brake in front of an emergency vehicle.
tbh, speed up or brake, whichever way is FASTEST to make room for emergency vehicles
edit: also you can get speeding tickets taken by cameras thrown out, if it was in a case of emergency
Fantastic teamwork, great to see!
4 minutes in and every vehicle slow to move over has german plates. I'm starting to see a pattern here...
This happens on daily basis in my country but expect it was the VIP caravan which was being escorted and the level of traffic is huge.
I just hate that i know without a doubt people would not be able to act like the drivers in this video did here in Germany
Epic music makes the drama perfect, doesn't it?
You have to think about it. We do everything humanly possible to save injured people... like in the video. But still we have been fighting each other for thousands of years, nobody cares if you have financial problems and mental problems and if you are healthy, you are hardly noticed because you are fine anyway. What a world.
Always interesting seeing how other systems work.
Another difference here is conflicting sirens, no two vehicles should run the same pattern, so 1 wail, 1 yelp, 1 two tone
With the difference that wails, yelps or anything other than a two-tone is not allowed here. More than one siren causes the problem of creating more conflict, because of how different siren sounds are capable of reaching different distances at the same time.
The main thing to do here is pay attention: see 1 motorcyclist? Expect a second one.
That last thing is not going to benefit from different sirens.
It's just a well coordinated game of leapfrog.
I think I saw you when I was going to a steakhouse with my. Father on the highway
Wie priortaire voertuigen negeert zou eigenlijk zelf eens hulp moeten nodig hebben om te beseffen dat het noodzakelijk is hen niet te hinderen van zodra ik een sirene hoor begin ik al in het rond te kijken je MOET respect hebben voor hen want ooit heb je ze zelf nodig !
bedankt!
Jeremy Dewitte would’ve gotten the ambulance there with his them whey faster than these officers and afterwards he would have asked to speak to their Lieutenant. 😂
Much respect to all these personnel!
I'd like to see them try this in America. I have a feeling it wouldn't go so well. Luckily theres was fairly light traffic
I once saw an escort for a VIP and it was a disaster: while they did get to where they wanted to go reasonably quickly, they did not have a bike in front of the car being there in front and not actively clearing intersections, but there was basically only 2 motorcycles.
Both sucked at clearing intersections because they just kept driving circles or gave someone an instruction to hold their position only to drive off way before the car was there.
Funny enough it had some comments of Americans who said they needed to check out the Dutch police :P .
Try this with New York City Cabs in the mix.
What is the tilte name of the offical video?