This is an embarrassing story, but I thought you would enjoy reading it.
Once I had a little fall. There was a medflight waiting when the ambulance came. Only, 911 misunderstood exactly what the emergency was. They thought I was hit by a car and was trapped beneath it. In reality, I was the one who hit the unassuming car. With my head. The car wasn’t moving. It was parked, minding its own business. I ended up falling under the car after it happened. I was okay. The ambulance and all that really wasn’t needed, but they told me they rather come and not be needed rather than not coming and someone dies. An innocent bystander who only saw this all happen out of the corner of their eye was the one who alerted the authorities.
I was a little embarrassed knowing that the helicopter was waiting on the pad to burst into action if the opposite had actually been true. It was in another town, but could have gotten there in moments. I was unaware that there is actually a private air ambulance service that can be hired privately and doesn’t take away from the emergency stuff. In fact, they use it to transport patients for transplant surgeries, and to transfer patients between hospitals when an ambulance ride just isn’t practical. Afterall, sometimes there are rare conditions where one has to go to a regional hospital. I would imagine a charity could have a fundraiser to fund a flight for someone in need whose condition their cause is about too. Air Ambulance One is company that runs air flights.
Hmm….I wonder what the inflight menu choices are. If you are well enough to think about that, you probably don’t need to be airlifted. On the contrary, since the flights are more of less planned if you use the service and aren’t just scooped off your butt in a parking lot like I almost was, you will get catering! It only applies if, of course, your flight time runs over the normal time one would eat a meal. In otherwords, don’t consider it a theme restaurant.
At any rate, I am very glad that my little incident did not prevent someone who was in a life or death situation getting the help they needed! (And by the way, the person who owned the car never knew what happened. I didn’t make a dent!)
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