This is one of those polls where we ask a question that we’re scared to see the answer to. We really hope the majority of voters answer “no,” that you’ve never been transported to a hospital in an ambulance before, but…
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Yes, some idiot driving a Ford Exploder thought 4WD made him invincible during a Snow Storm and hit the lady in front of him and then spun across four lanes of traffic and totaled my Restored 75 Scout II. Happened 31 December 1998 shortly after Noon, Wife and I spent New Years Eve in the hospital.
I fell about 30 feet in a stairway while installing an acoustical ceiling. Another worker hit my scaffolding causing me to fall. I was airlifted.
I was riding a horse out side of Manhattan, MT. The horse tried to jump a small creek and it went one way and I went the other and landed on my head. The Paramedics found me with the aid of GPS and transported me to the hospital Bozeman, where I spent the night in ICU.
Civilian ambulance, NO. Military ambulance, YES. After a training accident and being knocked off a bridge we were building.
Yes but I was either driving or the Medic.
The hospital told me I couldn’t come in to deliver my 3rd baby yet. Even though I told them contractions were 3 minutes apart. I had my baby in the livingroom. My husband did a better job than the other deliveries. Ambulance showed up after it was all over. They took me to the hospital as preventive.
I’m an avid off road biker. My first ride after being off the bike for 6 months after abdominal surgery (not related to biking) I was on a 1/2 mile long rocky downhill I’d ridden dozens of times. About halfway down I hit a rock, stopped suddenly, went over the bars and dislocated my shoulder. Medics were called and had to carry me on a stretcher because every time I tried to get up I passed out. In the ambulance I wanted to meditate to offset the pain…the medic kept shaking me “stay with me, don’t go to sleep,” Argh!
My biggest worry? Leaving my expensive bike alone in the woods!
First thought was just once, then the memories slowly returned. So at least 3 (maybe more)
Blew self up on July 4th just burning brush from tornado a few days earlier.
Garage blew up and burned house down day b4 thanksgiving. Had to go in for smoke inhalation.
(No longer allowed to work or light any flames on holidays – lifetime ban)
Cracked skull while working as a mounted Police Officer. Yes, unconventional dismount from 18+ hand belgian (working a parade, on a holiday…)
Roland, thank you for your service.
Back in 2015 I was working out of town. My wife and I worked as a team. Mid job I experienced a fall of about 23 feet due to poor contractor safeguards and poor housekeeping by same contractor. My wife saw the last 10-15 feet of the fall where I landed on a concrete floor. Shattered a knee cap and fractured tibia in 3 places. 911 was called and I was taken to the local emergency room. Surgery followed as well as several months of physical therapy. Went back to work at my estimated 95 percent of full mobility.
I had surgery and after got very sick. Ambulance came and took me to hospital where I had a MRSA infection. Was in hospital for quite awhile. None was a fun experience.
Had a heart attack in 09 but my ambulance was an air ambulance. Took a helo ride from my point of work to a hospital. Then straight into surgery. Cost of ride. $13,000, thankfully I had good insurance.
Yes, and I absolutely did not want to be.
Auto accident in 1982. – Tom
Skiing mishap
During an endoscopy my esophagus tore and a lung collapsed. The ambulance had to transport me across Tucson to a hospital with a surgeon who specialized in thoracic surgery. During the entire ride the driver cussed because he didn’t want to go across town. A wonderful experience to proceed a 12 hour surgery.
I was 9 months old, so no memories to share!
No , me or my husband have never. And pray we don’t ever have to.
I marked no but forgot my auto accident in 1973. I was a little out of it so could not remember the ride.
When I was still working (trucking), a guy plowed into the side of my set of doubles (in town – Reno) and tipped both trailers AND my tractor over. The cab roof was crushed down to the steering wheel but I somehow managed to avoid injury. But, the cops called an ambulance and they said because of the overturned tractor, they HAD to take me to the hospital, even though I protested.
Also in Reno at airport while about to park. A returning rental car in the wrong area, decided to do a u-turn into my motorcycle.
6 yrs ago I had surgery, 5 weeks later I developed a staph infection and had to be transported in a ambulance. I was delirious and didn’t know anything. 3 days later the Dr. told me another 4 hrs and I would’ve been dead. I was unconscious for 3 days. Don’t want to go through that again.
Yes twice. Last a single engine airplane accident. Pilot & myself had broken necks & I had broken collar bone
As an ER Nurse with specialized training in trauma care, I did a “ride-along” in an ambulance, but I’ve never been a patient in one.
Voted no but, 20 years as an EMT have transported to the hospital a FEW times.
I was rear ended by a car in my pickup.
Yes. Talk about a rough ride.
Our daughter was resisting being born. The hospital in the small town we’d driven to (104 miles) for prenatal care didn’t handle anything complicated. So, after working all night, they put me in an ambulance to the bigger town & hospital 60 miles further along. And, I had to share it with the town drunk because they didn’t want both of the town’s ambulances away at the same time.
This sounds like a plot from a Chuck Lorre sitcom.
1x, heart attack…waited at emergency room 1 hr for transport to hospital that could treat(2 stents). 4yrs ago
The first time was at age 61 when I shattered my right ankle on a forest fire. The second time was 6 months later when a blood clot came out of my right leg and stopped the blood flow to my heart. I should have died then but the EMTs on the life flight revived me several times. Next ride was a couple days later when I was transferred to a heart transplant hospital, bad weather so no life flight. The last ride was about seven years later, one year after my heart transplant, I was performing some maintenance on my house that I hadn’t done in several years and I fell off my back deck and landed on my face. Ambulance ride to the nearest hospital and life flight back to the transplant hospital. Spent 4 days in ICU with four fractured vertebrae, fractured facial bones, concussion and double vision. My wife of 51 years was there for it all and she’s still with me. I’ve been awake for two of the rides, looking out the back windows and everything is moving backwards (away from you) is weird.
Twice, one in 1975 after car accident and in ‘89 after motorcycle accident. Don’t remember anything about either ride in ambulance. Only think I do remember if police asking for drivers license and registration. With a broken clavicle I couldn’t get to my wallet. I got a ticket in both incidents for failure to provide both. 🤔 Took both tickets to traffic court and won.
A few years ago I came up from the lower level to the kitchen and was talking with my wife when I was hit with a severe dizzy spell – Vertigo! Terrifying and lst experience with this on the ground. (I’ve had vertigo while flying – a completely different thing). Ambulance to emergency room -10f – soaked in sweat – cold ride even with warmed blanket! ($1,700. 11 miles)
On December 29th my wife, with COPD had a difficult time breathing and was unable to walk. I couldn’t get her down the stairs and to the car so I called 911 and she was transported by ambulance to the emergency room. She stayed in the hospital 2 nites to clear up pneumonia in her left lung. ($2,200. – 12 miles).
I was transported to hospital in ambulance after motorcycle accident. Minor injuries. It could have been worse because my husband said the driver smelled of alcohol and was holding his radio backwards while speaking into it!!
My wife got a ride to the hospital, but it was in a flying ambulance, the Life Flight helicopter. ATV accident. Pretty banged up, but a complete recovery, thank goodness.
I answered no but I have been to all the hospitals in the area in an ambulance. I was an EMT on our volunteer service for 15 years, with the highlights being delivering a baby and a defibrillator save.
Jon – Thanks for providing that service!
I was transported to the hospital as a “fake patient” in a disaster drill when I was in nursing school!! It was fun!!
I had a heart attack at 10AM, was in the hospital room recovering from stent put in place by 3 PM. Went home 2 days later.
I have never been the patient in a ambulance but had to follow one over the Cascade Mountains with my husband in the back. The great news is he is fine now!
Yes, I have twice been transported in an ambulance. But both times were for non-emergency trips. I was being transported from one facility to another in both cases. The first time I was being transferred to a cardiac hospital, and the second time I was being transferred to an inpatient rehabilitation center.
My “Yes” is like Paul’s. Just transported from one hospital to another. Also there was the time my doctor drove me from her office to the ER at the nearby town.
My wife gave birth to our 5th child in the back of an ambulance, before they were both taken to the hospital.
Only once in my 64 years. A med I had been taking for a year put me in anaphylactic shock about 15 years ago.
On the 4th of July 2021…. Fell off a ladder & broke my neck, with Spinal Cord Injury……Always wanted to ride in an Ambulance…But Not As A Patient
Got to be specific when you want to ride in an ambulance. As for me never to be repeated.
Thankfully only once. I was thirteen and was hit by a car while crossing the street. Luckily I was fine.
Only twice — once from my doctor’s office to the hospital (about one mile away) because my doctor said to come to his office and then they were surprised that I drove myself! And a few days later, I was taken to a larger hospital for a procedure and brought back to the original hospital for surgery. The second time, the ambulance was late and so I got red lights and sirens at all the intersections!
O wait I need to change my answer because I was involved in an accident that well its embarrassing and so yes I was, once. Never again. Long story and one not to be repeated. Our daughter was as well. Glad that never happened again.
I’ve had two rides, one after complications from a stress test at doctors office. The second after many back surgeries, the pain meds I was prescribed I had an allergic reaction to ( couldn’t breathe) and was rushed to hospital.
Once. Had a vertigo event. Couldn’t even walk to the gurney which was only 10 feet away.
In January 1968 my grandparents, my brother, and I were run off the road while being passed by a careless driver. Because I had a bloody nose I was taken to the nearest hispital in an ambulance. After a few minutes in the emergency room I was released to my parents because I had no other injuries.
When I was 5 my Father and I were in a car accident. The local ambulance was not available so I was transported in… a hearse. Imagine my mother’s surprise when a hearse pulled up in front of our house!
Only once; well, actually twice but in same day. I was skiing at Beaver Creek Ski Resort in CO. At top of the ski lift, there were 3 very young girls in a pile due to problems exiting the chairlift……I exited my seat and was maneuvering around them when one decided to cross in front of me. I diverted off to left and went head over heels down a slope. The next thing I remember I was being transported inside a “body bag” strapped to a sled behind a snowmobile. Once we arrived at base of ski area, an ambulance was awaiting me and took me to the local hospital. A variety of tests were done but due to possible concussion, I was put into another ambulance and transported over 2 hours to Denver. Not the way to spend a ski vacation!