Public urged to understand the life-saving role of ambulances

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Public urged to understand the life-saving role of ambulances

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Institute for Emergency Medicine on Thursday appealed for public cooperation to provide convenience and passage for emergency ambulances so they can bring patients to hospitals quickly.

 

The appeal was made by Dr Pumin Silaphan, deputy secretary-general of NIEM, following an incident on Wednesday when an ambulance of Bang Bua Thuang could not pick up a critically ill patient to be rushed to the hospital and who eventually died because the ambulance was held up in a minor road accident with a pick-up truck whose owner refused to allow the ambulance to leave the scene of accident until the accident was settled by insurance brokers of the two sides.

 

Dr Pumin said that the patient’s death should have been avoided had he been sent to the hospital fast enough. As a standard practice, he explained that an ambulance must reach its destination as quick as possible within standard practice and, in case an ambulance is involved in an accident, the case must be settled quickly with the motorist, so the officials can perform their duty.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/public-urged-understand-life-saving-role-ambulances/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-01-20

[optad]

'Urge them'. They'll learn 'em.

 

Some onomatopoeic games to assist  er-or, ooogah-ooogah, nee-nore, nee-nore

 

Meh. Why do you have to tell people this?

[kotsak]

So I guess people think that ambulances are for a joy ride? God may have mercy on them if they ever need to use one.. 

[Thaiwrath]

It is very hard to explain to any Thai, who has achieved adulthood,  that what they have been doing up to now is wrong.

Add that to their sense of superiority when driving on the roads, and it's going to be an uphill struggle.

 

[rhythmworx]

Prosecution for the drivers that refuse to let them pass should be done, only for farang drivers though.

 

Or maybe they should invest in helicopters. 

 

 

 

[ezzra]

There's nothing more pathetic than seeing an ambulance with it's sirens wailing stuck in a traffic jam with nowhere to go, you can't but thank god you're not the one in that ambulance, After all what is an ambulance good for if it has nowhere to go and it's stuck

just like the rest of us poor sobs, worse of all, the traffic light cop doesn't even care to turn the green light on to let the traffic go......

[Somtamnication]

They will never understand until THEY are inside the ambulance.

[meatboy]

over 60yrs.ago i asked a question, WHY DONT THEY DO THAT? 

answer SON YOU CANT EDUCATE MUTTON.

[arrowsdawdle]

How hard is it? All they have to do is imprison the guy that held up the ambulance for negligent homicide and publicize the heck out of it in all the media.

 

But, that will never happen in a country that has never issued a ticket for speeding, improper lane change, or following too close; not to mention, leaving the scene of an accident. One guy runs over a cop and drags him a long way and another speeding guy in his Porsche cuts a woman in half and at most they received a shrug of the shoulders.

 

Now, what chance is there for having Thais take ambulance access seriously?

[Pinot]

11 minutes ago, arrowsdawdle said:

How hard is it? All they have to do is imprison the guy that held up the ambulance for negligent homicide and publicize the heck out of it in all the media.

 

But, that will never happen in a country that has never issued a ticket for speeding, improper lane change, or following too close; not to mention, leaving the scene of an accident. One guy runs over a cop and drags him a long way and another speeding guy in his Porsche cuts a woman in half and at most they received a shrug of the shoulders.

 

Now, what chance is there for having Thais take ambulance access seriously?

 

No chance. It's always going to be this way. TIT

[robertthesculptor]

With the advances in quad copters and drones an Ambucopter would be a wonderful invention seems to me

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[JAG]

They will never understand until THEY are inside the ambulance.

By which time it is too late -they will die stuck in traffic.

[rijb]

Maybe a small, tasteful gun turret to augment the flashing lights.

[daveAustin]

 Am I really reading this? Public urged to understand why an ambulance must reach the hospital? 

You can't do it politely and hope. Only way is to hit the mongrels in the pocket, start impounding cars and offer up custodial sentences in worst case scenarios like yesterday. 

[Luckysilk]

Put the odd policeman in an ambulance and when these idiots don't move or obstruct traffic throw the book at them with a 50,000 baht fine.

 

No need to man every ambulance just a few and they'll learn quickly to obey the law.

[kotsak]

29 minutes ago, rijb said:

Maybe a small, tasteful gun turret to augment the flashing lights.

 

I would go with a mounted M134 Minigun on top to help clear the way out..

[Eligius]

This really says so much about Thailand, doesn't it? Thais need to be taught (adult Thais) that ambulances have a life-saving function to perform?!!! Duh!!!

 

This is an indicator of the total brainlessness and selfishness that have hit stratospheric heights in this deliberately dumbed-down, 'me-me-me' culture.

[Borzandy]

The ambulances are new in Thailand (appeared only 3/4 years back) the word "ambulance" should be translated and explained in Thai, It will takes about 10 years.

[maewang99]

"why do they have to be told to do this"..... ????

uuumm.. because it's Thailand with a Thai "education" system where you are graded and trained in only one thing basically... do (1) (2) (3).... as well as what to think.... and not to do any thinking on your own. 

and how to do THAT??? hire farlang "teachers" who are not real teachers..... give studants the same multiple guess final examinations that take 10 minutes so that the ajarn's slightest adjustment here and there on the score sheets they dutifully hand in posterity... are swung by the ajarn himself or herself.. to favor those "students" who show "respect" for X and Y and Z but not A or B or C. And learn to copy stuff.... and never do anything original... or obtain a wider perspective on people and life by reading novels and real books... only expose them to textbooks, Buddhist teachings and comic books... not anything that would give them a wider view (that's for farlang only, plus some other kinds of "foreigners").
   

[little mary sunshine]

Urged??? Understand???  They need to

be fined B10,000 for blocking  a life

saving ambulance and their vehicle

impounded for 30days, and pay an

impound fee of B150/day!!!

[Khon Kaen Dave]

When they see all the flashing lights and sirens,their minds automatically forgets its emergency,and goes to auto question,

"wow!Where can i get me some of those"

[alocacoc]

We need a Ambulance crackdown.

[sanukjim]

As long as the police and emergency vehicles keep their lights and sometimes sirens on just to drive down the road then the public will never what is an emergency and when the axxholes are just trying to beat the traffic.

[Khun Paul]

You can take a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink, you can tell Thais until yuour blue in the face, but nothing absolutely nothing penetrates that agile selfish mind.

[maxpower]

[yardrunner]

8 hours ago, kotsak said:

So I guess people think that ambulances are for a joy ride? God may have mercy on them if they ever need to use one.. 

Some Thai health professionals believe that the blues and twos are put on indiscriminately, was giving a hospital nurse a lift and an ambulance came up behind us with siren blaring and lights flashing, i pulled over to let him pass and was asked why did you do that he was just showing how important he is.

I agree that you should give way to emergency vehicles when they have the blues and twos on but the drivers of these vehicles also need training so they only use them when it is appropriate otherwise the boy who called wolf syndrome kicks in and people do not believe it is an emergency even when it is one

[Redline]

If they don't know now, it's a lost cause!  Fix the education system idiots

[Moonmoon]

I hope they come out with a program to re-educate everyone about defensive driving and proper traffic rules.

[Surasak]

5 hours ago, robertthesculptor said:

With the advances in quad copters and drones an Ambucopter would be a wonderful invention seems to me

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Not if it resembles the onee posted above?

[elgordo38]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Public urged to understand the life-saving role of ambulances

Urged and understand worlds apart.