Paramedics Stunned By Nasty Note Left On Ambulance
WEST MIDLANDS, England (CBS4) - Paramedics were stunned when they returned to their ambulance after helping a patient and found a nasty note on the windshield.
The note read, "You may be saving lives but don't park your van in a stupid place and block my drive."
Sometimes we just don't know what to say. This was the note left on an ambulance today. At the time, the crew were helping a man who was extremely unwell after vomiting blood. They took him on blue lights to hospital where he was in a critical condition. #patientscomefirst ???????????? pic.twitter.com/RwCCVmZgrA
— West Midlands Ambulance Service #HelpUsHelpYou (@OFFICIALWMAS) November 10, 2017
Paramedic Tasha Starkey said the situation was "TIME-CRITICAL."
Crew alerted an extremely poorly patient to hospital... minimal on scene time, arrived at hospital to find this note... this patient was TIME-CRITCAL. ???????????? @OFFICIALWMAS pic.twitter.com/uGGAC2TUpI
— Tasha Starkey (@TashaaStarkeey) November 10, 2017
"People are too focused in their own lives and forget about others. Infuriating," Starkey said on Twitter.
People reacted with a range of emotions, from outrage to compassion and respect.
"I would wrap that note around a brick and hurl it into the front window," one person commented.
"Absolutely awful," another wrote. "Nothing but respect for ambulance crews."
"I would not wish harm to anyone but if this person ever needs an ambulance let's hope it doesn't have to park half a mile down a road so as not to block someone's drive," another Twitter user replied.