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Originally posted by Sicilian SmaugThe ambulance should continue in its destination as;
An ambulance is speedily on its way to a serious road traffic accident, it is weaving through traffic and the driver makes an error and ploughs into pedestrians and another vehicle causing serious casualties(just as severe as the RTA that it is on its way to). The driver of the ambulance and his accomplice are unhurt. Should the ambulance crew tend to eally is one ambulance available in the whole town and it has to either go to one or the other.
1, the first people have suffered long enough
2, if the new ones had the same injury as the others then they'll survive as long
3, first come first serve
Unless of course, the ambulance is badly damaged. In that case they should attend to the new ones then shoot themselves.
Originally posted by Sicilian SmaugIn the scenario you describe the first priority is to call the police. I'm not saying it's the best priority, but it IS the one that the ambulance driver must obey.
An ambulance is speedily on its way to a serious road traffic accident, it is weaving through traffic and the driver makes an error and ploughs into pedestrians and another vehicle causing serious casualties(just as severe as the RTA that it is on its way to). The driver of the ambulance and his accomplice are unhurt. Should the ambulance crew tend to ...[text shortened]... eally is one ambulance available in the whole town and it has to either go to one or the other.
Then the second priority is to call the dispatch and report the accident.
So you see, the driver of the ambulance has no choice here. He will be told what to do.
Originally posted by Sicilian SmaugMy friend... once the ambulance driver calls the police he/she has no possibility of any choices. He/she cannot leave the scene of an accident, so the driver must wait there for the police to come. It would be in the driver's best interest to treat the people at the scene of the accident while waiting for the police to show up.
Agreed, the ambulance driver should call the police in the first instance. Somewhere along the line though, someone's got to make the decision. Does the ambulance leave the original people injured or the newly injured. It will be a tough choice to make!
Originally posted by Sicilian SmaugKey word is "triage". Take care of the injured who have a decent chance of surviving immediate care whichever disaster is worse...
An ambulance is speedily on its way to a serious road traffic accident, it is weaving through traffic and the driver makes an error and ploughs into pedestrians and another vehicle causing serious casualties(just as severe as the RTA that it is on its way to). The driver of the ambulance and his accomplice are unhurt. Should the ambulance crew tend to ...[text shortened]... eally is one ambulance available in the whole town and it has to either go to one or the other.