Code 3 In Heavy Traffic to Childrens

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  • @ma218
    @ma218 10 років тому +73

    OK, I feel compelled to comment here (after reading many of the comments)
    1.) Yes, a lot of people are stupid and never yield to emergency vehicles. Anyone in public safety can tell you that. Despite what DeutscherGam3R stated, drivers all over the world can be stupid.
    2.) If it doesn't seem that the ambulance is going that fast for "Code 3", its because they probably weren't. Your chances of being involved in an accident go up as much as 60% when you are running "hot". Some of the worst trauma patients I have ever had were driven to a trauma center with me going no faster than 30-40 MPH. It is safer for everyone, and plus you have to remember you have people in the back that you are bouncing around. Their life is in your hands - not just the patients.
    3.) It is hard to judge distance, space and speed when watching something recorded on a camera.
    4.) I would have NEVER driven over the grassy area by the school buses. Yes I understand they weren't moving right away, but you have to remember the people in back (See #3)

  • @mlps93
    @mlps93 16 років тому +35

    LMAO
    Love it when u pass the school buses and like a thousand kids are staring at you.
    Nice response btw.
    Keep safe!

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  16 років тому +9

    Sometimes you have to "wake up" the other drivers. I have noticed that a large number of drivers that don't move over is because they are in another world, usually on a cell phone. The air horn tells them something is there.....hang up and drive....Thanks for the stars.

  • @dfw_fpis7655
    @dfw_fpis7655 10 років тому +34

    That's the thing these days, people won't move over for an emergency vehicle. They don't care until it is them or a family member in one or in need of one.

    • @zuluqueenchele
      @zuluqueenchele 10 років тому +4

      I don't get it either, when I see Emergency Vehicle I move over and give space.I was in one of them last December for a head injury

    • @dfw_fpis7655
      @dfw_fpis7655 10 років тому +3

      I hear you, people just don't care. Is it so hard to move over and let them pass, I mean seriously you turn the wheel and get over, not that hard. People are always in a hurry now and think that moving over is going to make them even later. OMG I need to get to McDonald's, wait is that a firetruck? Oh well I will just keep driving. People kill me with the laziness of not moving over.

    • @zuluqueenchele
      @zuluqueenchele 10 років тому +1

      SAD :(

  • @MrParamedics
    @MrParamedics 13 років тому +3

    Props to the ambulance driver, he navigated really well through that traffic, especially with the stress of a pediatric patient.

  • @SAXTProductions
    @SAXTProductions 12 років тому +1

    As a father of the children ages 10,9 and 4. If one ever has to go to the hospital via ambulance, I hope that driver will what ever it takes to get them there as fast as possible. Man that was some good driving.

  • @nikolailangdon167
    @nikolailangdon167 5 років тому +5

    I love the horn and you drove like a pro good job brother

  • @zz449944
    @zz449944 13 років тому +4

    Very professional driving. I could never stay that calm -- my adrenaline was pumping just watching this video.
    Why are there speed bumps in a medical complex? That's gotta be annoying to ambulance drivers 50 times a day and slows down arrival time.

  • @jamestitus1324
    @jamestitus1324 10 років тому +7

    Iv been a volunteer for 5 years in nepa an people stuck to there phones iv learned st160 street thunder with 2 100wat speakers and a rumbler work fantastic to get the hell out the way

  • @tito1rocks
    @tito1rocks 8 років тому +31

    I think ambulances and other responding vehicles should be equipped with push bars. JUST for moving twats out of the way. And let a PSA out so everyone KNOWS to move over and that they can do that. Just my thoughts

    • @breebw
      @breebw 8 років тому +3

      A study found the average distance a motorist becomes aware of an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens is just 20 yards.

    • @marilyndesrosiers7988
      @marilyndesrosiers7988 5 років тому +1

      in downtown NY, I have heard first responders with very loud horns and "megaphones" telling drivers to get out of the way, NOW. I like the idea of push bars and also code readers for licenses, too.

    • @KevinSun242
      @KevinSun242 4 роки тому

      40mm grenade launchers.

    • @kingodie
      @kingodie 2 роки тому

      @@KevinSun242 that's a real stupid comment, shows your more stupid then the one that don't pull over

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  15 років тому +5

    That is one reason for my videos. So that everyone can see what it is like from behind the wheel of an emergency vehicle. Thank for the comment.

  • @jackb43
    @jackb43 9 років тому +20

    I love that horn usage!

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  15 років тому +1

    Use your turn signal that you are moving to the right. That will let the driver of the emergency vehicle know you see it. then when safe to, more to the right and slow down, not suddenly. It all depends if on a 4 lane, 2 lane, etc. If 4 lane or more, just move over to a right lane. But, the emergency vehicle may move to a right lane to exit, like on a freeway. On a 2 lane, usually signal, slow, and move to the right is best. Check the laws in your state.

  • @mooo483
    @mooo483 12 років тому +1

    Depends on the state. Generally it's seatbelts always on unless you're working with a patient in the ambulance and the seatbelt would obstruct you from safely doing whatever you need to do.

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  16 років тому +3

    thanks for the comments. I have a great mount that suction cup mounts to the windshield. It has worked out great, does not get in the way, and has never fallen. I did have to add a piece to it so it would hold the camera upright. nothing major.

  • @m2inla
    @m2inla 15 років тому

    kos, im a paramedic who halves my time driving and the other in als patient care.
    in my service we have 2 seperate wheelen sirens (t3, fed, rad, wail, etc.) and have an air horn.
    we spend that extra money because it has been shown in tests that some sirens are more effective when cars are far away and others are better when nearby.
    p.s . the t3 doesnt "lose volume" it is a loud, haunting sound and drivers hear it before the all of sirens used in this video.

  • @bob00machinrie
    @bob00machinrie 10 років тому +42

    why they put speed bump on an ambulance path on the hospital road ?????

    • @95gtscort
      @95gtscort 10 років тому +7

      That's the same thing I was wondering.

    • @chaosdemonwolf1
      @chaosdemonwolf1 10 років тому +4

      Damn good question mate

    • @chaosdemonwolf1
      @chaosdemonwolf1 9 років тому

      John Doe? Really..............

    • @casmatori
      @casmatori 9 років тому

      chaosdemonwolf1 He was clearly joking.........

    • @chaosdemonwolf1
      @chaosdemonwolf1 9 років тому

      +To Infiniti, And Beyond I don't think so

  • @m2inla
    @m2inla 15 років тому

    no, im in louisiana..
    they say that when driving faster than 45 mph, the flow of air going into the siren will overpower the siren itself, so using sirens on the interstate is not neeeded, but still should be used for nearby vehicles to hear.

  • @tgibbings
    @tgibbings 14 років тому +1

    the speed bumps going into hospital cost more time then the rude drivers

  • @StringerP7B
    @StringerP7B 11 років тому

    #1 some states require electronic siren always on.and a lot of people have it in yelp especially if it's a pa300 #2 you always drive code 3 on the highway #3 Not getting the patient to the hospital will kill him,not driving on grass for 10 seconds #4 they didn't endanger anybody #5 You pass on the right if you can't on the left,it's an emergency you get there one way or another as long as you do it safely. I don't know what drugs you are on but these guys are good drivers

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  15 років тому

    Yes they are required to move to the right. The time I moved right is when a line of traffic stopped in the left lane and left the right lane open. I used the open lane instead of trying to get the stopped left lane to all move over. On this road, we take what they give us.

  • @tomzchicago
    @tomzchicago 9 років тому +19

    I don't know where this video was taken. But, they just don't pull over or even stop... A lot different where I'm at. Crazy Drivers!

    • @armystrong9997
      @armystrong9997 9 років тому +7

      Tom Z Mobile, AL people down here do not know how to drive....

    • @zach7161
      @zach7161 7 років тому +2

      i saw many move out of the way

    • @disneydanny2
      @disneydanny2 5 років тому

      @@armystrong9997 the ones that *DIDN'T probably think the license they get when they drive the Autopia at Disney World is good enough to pass as a real license.

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  16 років тому

    Children are the hardest and a challenge. This child was having periods of apnea. We were transferring it to a children s hospital where there were specialist.

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  12 років тому +3

    this was a hospital to hospital transfer. The other hospital was an hour and a half away

  • @chewyaustinman
    @chewyaustinman 11 років тому +1

    Hey, nice job bud. Thanks for your service and doing all that you do.

  • @EnjoyFirefighting
    @EnjoyFirefighting 13 років тому

    @hnie0607 if you would know what they did here: in front of the hospital there's a 30km/h (19 mph) zone, but no one slowed down, and then they turned that part iinto cobbled street. So now all the ambulances transporting patients to the hospital are driving really sloooooowly there; as far as I know they want to fix that mistake this year

  • @wotviewer
    @wotviewer 8 років тому +27

    its all very well complaining about people not pulling over but whoever designed that as the ambulance route into a hospital should be pulled over themselves - all the time gained rushing there only to lose it on speed bumps. WTF!!

    • @disneybuff2002
      @disneybuff2002 8 років тому +9

      +Wot Viewer I was thinking the exact thing when I first noticed your comment. They need a way for emergency responders to get to the hospital that doesn't require the same route that everyone else uses. Speed bumps are for slowing down stupid drivers who can't get their foot off the accelerator, not for slowing down ambulances...

    • @chickenpermission8373
      @chickenpermission8373 7 років тому +2

      Why the long zig-zaggy road and not to mention, the bumps? Where's the emergency entrance for ambulances only?

  • @raystewart7859
    @raystewart7859 11 років тому +1

    To Childrens ??? WHAT, School, Home, Hospice.

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  16 років тому

    Actually the law here in Alabama says you are to yield to the right of emergency vehicles. This area where we were, They move wherever they can to move out of the way. Which is fine with me. Thanks for the comment.

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  13 років тому

    @firerescue427 We are a small town, only service there that does all calls, all hauls. We do a lot of inter facility transfers that are usually 80+ miles one way.

  • @AnthonyClauser
    @AnthonyClauser 12 років тому

    Speed bumps where the ambulances come through. Brilliant!

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  15 років тому +1

    Im loading a new one right now. Hope to have it up sometime tonight. We part thr traffic at one point. Thanks and stay tuned.

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  15 років тому +1

    Thank You, and thanks for watching.

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  15 років тому

    I had to use the right lane to exit off the interstate. Its not smart to shoot across from the left across three lanes of traffic to exit. That would be extremely dangerous driving. The only other time I got in the right lane was when a truck stopped dead in the right lane. I knew he stopped for us. Watch it again. Thanks for watching.

  • @trey18244
    @trey18244 10 років тому +6

    When I work its the same way but if it was there family they would move asap people are idiots these days

  • @Fritzw911
    @Fritzw911 15 років тому

    The Motor Vehicle Act allows you to proceed through a red light or
    stop sign without stopping (Section 118 (1)(b)). BCAS policies
    and procedures do not. However, the Motor Vehicle Act does
    require you to drive with due regard for safety

  • @Grosskev
    @Grosskev 12 років тому +1

    I love how "everyone" pulls over to the right for you

  • @flammabletube
    @flammabletube 11 років тому

    Wow school buses were stopped in traffic with doors closed no problem no danger off road yes quickest thru the traffic no problem there siren on on the highway no problem it helps warn the traffic I give the driver 10/10 for good safe driving while getting his patient to hospital as fast as possible

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  15 років тому

    this was an inter facility transport, upgrade in care. Some of the hospitals do not require us to call in if we are bypassing the ER. He thought this was one of them. This hospital likes to know so they can have security meet us and escort us to the patients room.

  • @bluegrassfireproductions3029
    @bluegrassfireproductions3029 9 років тому +1

    I freakin love it bud! I've experienced a few rides through the grass!

  • @jeanphilippeg
    @jeanphilippeg 16 років тому +1

    Safe driving and great air horn! But I thought your siren wasn't very loud... or maybe it's just me, getting older lol!

  • @CrackBerryTorch
    @CrackBerryTorch 13 років тому

    All ambulances and emergency vehicle should have this. Have a camera in the front so when people dont move out of the way you can send them a ticket in the mail.

  • @goosubux
    @goosubux 12 років тому

    If my child nees a ride to the hospital, I'm calling you guys...excellent driving.

  • @mariohendriks
    @mariohendriks 15 років тому

    In Holland we have a proverb for these people, which losely translates to:
    The best sailors/captains never leave firm land.

  • @reddeacon
    @reddeacon 13 років тому

    To the brother or sister at the wheel - good, solid, skillful driving.

  • @holtz65
    @holtz65 16 років тому

    If thats what you call heavy traffic, I'd love to have your response area during 'light traffic' haha. You wouldn't believe the amount of maneuvering it takes to get through Wilshire or Sunset Blvd during normal times, let alone rush hour. I don't know how LAFD's trucks do it.
    But excellent driving - very well done! And I have to echo others here - nice airhorn!

  • @NixNix-ch7ow
    @NixNix-ch7ow 7 років тому +1

    Considering that this ambulance is a huge ass truck, you'd think all those puny cars would move out of the way and pull over faster right?

  • @Silver1Sprg
    @Silver1Sprg 12 років тому

    I totally understand that.. and because of that, I was cautious when rolling code 3. But when a vehicle is behind you for a while "code 3", no matter how 'quiet' the siren is, you should be able to see or hear it. But yeah, I know there are times a department will have quiet sirens and I have always taken that in effect. Sometimes I have heard people say "why don't they just go around me?", which does nothing but show how ignorant they are. DMV is responsible for training new drivers. :-)

  • @josh1303
    @josh1303 15 років тому

    It's generally an accepted rule of thumb to slow down move over to the right and stop. Depending on road.

  • @arctyler
    @arctyler 8 років тому

    I can't believe the amount of people that don't know how to move out of the way, something like that happens in my town and the air horn is on immediately. Usually we are also using the air horns a lot more when encountering traffic jams like that too.

  • @zboi778
    @zboi778 13 років тому

    I like the trooper watching you go across the grass getting off on the off ramp before the bridge. lol

  • @redbullfire19
    @redbullfire19 15 років тому

    good driving!!! Which service are you with...

  • @GregRyman
    @GregRyman 14 років тому

    I'm always amazed at how many people don't check their mirrors.

  • @breebw
    @breebw 7 років тому

    A study done a few years ago found the average distance a motorist became aware of an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens was 20 yards. So not much.

  • @DnitschEMT
    @DnitschEMT 13 років тому

    @dewjr06 I run with a volly ambulance in CT, one of our guys who was driving got stuck behind someone who flat out refused to yield, didn't move at all, so he wrote down the lic plate # and gave it to the state troopers in our town, BAM $300 dollar fine and a summons in the jerks mailbox three days later. :D

  • @trekriderPA332
    @trekriderPA332 15 років тому

    I like how, going by the buses, you can see all the kids' heads snap right towards you lol

  • @1nm1
    @1nm1 15 років тому

    0:45 was a no win situation for everyone
    2:53 was even worse [greater chance of someone having an accident]. Like above, no win situation for everyone, but is it just me or would it might??? have helped if you had moved to the turn lane a bit faster [so everyone else didn't go in it].
    5:16 was a pleasant surprise, a [white] car that actually took the initiative to move & create a path, rather than stay put and hope you find a way around them.
    keep up the good work & thanks for the videos

  • @pocomoke1
    @pocomoke1 12 років тому

    @sn9696 Im a Firefighter/EMT try transporting someone in cardiac arrest while people are not yeilding to lights and sirens you would get upset to knowing every second counts!

  • @MicroAppleStudios
    @MicroAppleStudios 12 років тому

    HEY!!! Thats I-65 south just past Moffet rd in mobile, al... Whats the odds of finding a video of somewhere close by.

  • @jayasmrmore3687
    @jayasmrmore3687 3 роки тому

    2:12 the American dream. Just honking and blowing through a red signal

  • @markslazenger6713
    @markslazenger6713 10 років тому

    interesting in seeing the difference of codes. here in this vid its Code 3 which must mean urgent?, in NZ its colour coded.m Purple, Red, Orange, Green, Grey. Purple being a cardiac/resp arrest, Red meaning urgent or under lights, orange is immediate response at road speed but we can upgrade to under lights if we deem it needed by reading the job notes etc, Green and Grey road speed non urgent.

    • @Rick1885
      @Rick1885 9 років тому

      in my area in Pennsylvania, we use codes like delta Charlie bravo and alpha response . delta being the most urgent while alpha means no lights and sirens.

  • @k0smon
    @k0smon 15 років тому

    m2inla: I don't know of any radio shop that checks electronic siren output by measuring wattage. I'll bet if they did, they would find some pretty pooped-out sirens.
    Are you in Calif? Last I heard, the CHP did not want EVs to use sirens on the freeways.
    Keep saving lives out there!

  • @keeneyeful
    @keeneyeful 11 років тому

    Sounds to me like it's a Grover Stutter Tone. They sound even better in person, and nothing yells 'Git outta Ma Way' when you hear them from behind :D

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  16 років тому

    i know compared to other places that was just a Sunday drive in the park, lol. Thanks for the comment.

  • @cutiger3115
    @cutiger3115 13 років тому

    @stedon101 You do realize that they have to get the same certification? The only difference is where the paycheck comes from and the name on the side of their unit.

  • @kujo4242
    @kujo4242 14 років тому

    @theunknownnewbie Well, in Canada, on any multi-lane highway/freeway, we're to move SAFELY to whichever side is closest in order to make room for the emergency vehicle. So if I were in the fast lane on a highway, I'd move to the left shoulder. No sense crossing three or more lanes just to get to the right. I'm sure it would be the same for the U.S :)

  • @l1998
    @l1998 11 років тому +2

    yea people for some reason don't really pull over like the way they do when there's a cop behind them lol

  • @firerescue427
    @firerescue427 13 років тому

    What ambulance company is this and do you do interfacility or 911 or both?

  • @xGOFORBROKEx
    @xGOFORBROKEx 12 років тому

    @oscarcardozo Some ambulance don't go more than 80 MPH due to the safety of the patient. An example would be idiots not getting out of the way when they see an ambulance on the highway or road.

  • @kurnellampdwarf
    @kurnellampdwarf 14 років тому +1

    3:15
    What a prick in the Buick! Also nice job going around the buses, and that horn did work lol.

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  16 років тому

    I accidentally deleted a comment while attempting to respond to it. Don't remember the persons name, but I apologize for that error on my part. Keep the comments comming as all are welcome.

  • @KaysoneTransport_ATS
    @KaysoneTransport_ATS 12 років тому

    Second, what kind of air horn is installed on the rig?

  • @PLINGMAN777777
    @PLINGMAN777777 15 років тому

    however was driving did a hell of a job with the whole freeway exit thing

  • @Rummeltobi
    @Rummeltobi 13 років тому

    Good response :) The air horn is so awesome!

  • @TRIXSTER03
    @TRIXSTER03 11 років тому

    You can drive with yelp as the primary siren. It is also good to vary siren pitches. If the intersection your trying to get through is blocked by traffic then you do have the option to shut off all emergency equipment until able to proceed. You are also allowed to go code 3 on the freeway. There is no problems with that. Finally, although you should be passing on the left, sometimes passing on the right is the only option and can be safer in some unique situations.

  • @ssfd1
    @ssfd1 11 років тому

    That is a Grover 1510 Stuttertone. They have a very nice sound

  • @EMR11353
    @EMR11353 9 років тому

    What was the nature of illness or mechanism of injury?

  • @CaptinHoot51
    @CaptinHoot51 12 років тому

    If you read the side of the first school bus it said mobile county school distrist. The city of Mobile is in Alabama.

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  15 років тому

    yes it does. But i bet you are talking about the time i had to pass on the right.
    thise vehicles had stopped for me. So it was easier to pass on the right than it was to force all of them to the right.

  • @chechnya
    @chechnya 12 років тому

    Could you imagine fire trucks with big cowbells? Awesome.

  • @0702029
    @0702029 12 років тому

    Imagine a back trauma, or neck trauma... must hurt as hell when entering ahha

  • @MrParamedics
    @MrParamedics 10 років тому +6

    That's a heavy engine sound. Was this a mobile care unit? It sounds too big to be an ambulance.

    • @wolvesone
      @wolvesone 9 років тому +3

      +MrParamedics a lot of ambulances are built on international or freightliner chassis case in point is the link works the medic from my old station img08.deviantart.net/5717/i/2010/334/3/9/south_bend_medic_4_11_30_10_by_wolvesone-d33yomz.jpg

    • @TheMUDFUCKERS
      @TheMUDFUCKERS 6 років тому +3

      It’s a 6.0 powerstroke turbo diesel, they are just loud

    • @richardjones8060
      @richardjones8060 6 років тому +1

      Fseries chassis no doubt

    • @Meatinskull
      @Meatinskull 5 років тому +1

      It's definitely the 6 blow.

  • @Unit430
    @Unit430 15 років тому

    @Magician0ericZ Does that apply to "yelp" as well?

  • @el_gringo_rojo766
    @el_gringo_rojo766 6 років тому

    In my state you can only use your secondary lights while driving code on the freeway

  • @hagen0813
    @hagen0813 15 років тому

    Some people listen to their music too loudly and don't check their mirrors... You would be surprised at how many people don't notice an emergency vehicle.

  • @MrSimba593
    @MrSimba593 10 років тому +2

    Just think... if you were in that ambulance and your life depended on how fast u got to the hospital...

  • @CaptinHoot51
    @CaptinHoot51 12 років тому

    That was funny how all the kids in the back of that first bus was looking at the ambulance like the had no clue of what was going on. They got horns that sound weird.

  • @Skuba_13
    @Skuba_13 13 років тому

    I like the use of the horn at 3:13!!!!

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  16 років тому

    I do like that siren on this truck, as I do the full LED light package.

  • @cutiger3115
    @cutiger3115 12 років тому

    @JohnAntonyFortune So if no one reports crimes then how are criminals punished? Just curious about how you think the real world works.

  • @xxxsolidgtoxxx
    @xxxsolidgtoxxx 15 років тому

    theres alot of shell gas stations down there. unless ur repeatedly driving by the same one from different directions

  • @hagen0813
    @hagen0813 15 років тому

    Not a whole lot the cop could have done. The ambulance was already off roading. AND they probably don't work for the same city. Police traffic is on one channel and Fire traffic on another (larger cities might have an ambulance channel too)

  • @JB1052
    @JB1052 14 років тому

    God Damn people....Pull over and STOP when an emergency vehicle is behind you!!!

  • @colbychristian2282
    @colbychristian2282 11 років тому

    Is this a mobile county or mobile fire ambulance ?

  • @Natedogg8922
    @Natedogg8922 12 років тому

    I think its ridiculous how some people are oblivious to the vehicle behind them with flashing lights and sirens and just keep driving and dont yield or even make an attempt to

  • @fireheadquarters
    @fireheadquarters 15 років тому

    what state do you work in?

  • @TheKillzone69
    @TheKillzone69 14 років тому

    @s5medic516 what is your rig f550 or bigger around here all thay have are f550

  • @Sunburn2007
    @Sunburn2007 15 років тому

    How did your patient end up doing?

  • @s5medic516
    @s5medic516  12 років тому

    the camera is fixed. The driver did not hold the camera and film. I'm sure the family wont complain about us getting there safe and quick as possible.

  • @Gman027
    @Gman027 16 років тому

    im guessing it has to be a lucky day for you to go on the ambulance with the eq2b???
    good video keep'em up