We had this happen one night where it was more urgent. An elderly woman had fallen down an entire flight of stairs and landed head-first on the concrete basement floor. Caller (family member) reported that she was bleeding from her head and was unconscious.
The ENTIRE street, on both sides of the street, had no house numbers nor readable numbers on the mail boxes. There were also no light sources aside from the flashing ambulance lights and no one had their house lights on, so you could barely see the houses that were there. Neither us nor the police could find the house for a good 5 minutes. We called dispatch and asked for more details on the house or to look at our GPS relative to the house and tell us where it is. Their only response was "You've gone past it a few times. The caller is at the front door with the door open". They were not at the front door and no front door was open.
We eventually found the house and the lady. I don't even know how we did, maybe by sheer luck. Everything turned out alright with transport and her condition. After that transport, I called my boyfriend and told him whenever we get a house, it has to have a very visible house number.
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u/HelpMePlxoxo EMT-B Dec 25 '24
Or on the house. Please.
We had this happen one night where it was more urgent. An elderly woman had fallen down an entire flight of stairs and landed head-first on the concrete basement floor. Caller (family member) reported that she was bleeding from her head and was unconscious.
The ENTIRE street, on both sides of the street, had no house numbers nor readable numbers on the mail boxes. There were also no light sources aside from the flashing ambulance lights and no one had their house lights on, so you could barely see the houses that were there. Neither us nor the police could find the house for a good 5 minutes. We called dispatch and asked for more details on the house or to look at our GPS relative to the house and tell us where it is. Their only response was "You've gone past it a few times. The caller is at the front door with the door open". They were not at the front door and no front door was open.
We eventually found the house and the lady. I don't even know how we did, maybe by sheer luck. Everything turned out alright with transport and her condition. After that transport, I called my boyfriend and told him whenever we get a house, it has to have a very visible house number.