Paramedics deserve our respect, right?
They work long shifts, unsociable hours and race against the clock to save lives every day.
However, instead of thanks, one ambulance crew got a pretty nasty surprise when they returned to their vehicle.
A crew from the West Midlands Ambulance Service were attending to a man in a critical condition who was vomiting blood, after which they found this note tucked into the windscreen wipers:
“YOU MAY BE SAVING LIVES, BUT DON’T PARK YOUR VAN IN A STUPID PLACE AND BLOCK MY DRIVE.”
Sometimes we just don't know what to say. This was the note left on an ambulance today. At the time, the crew were helping a man who was extremely unwell after vomiting blood. They took him on blue lights to hospital where he was in a critical condition. #patientscomefirst 🏥🚑💨 pic.twitter.com/RwCCVmZgrA
— West Midlands Ambulance Service #HelpUsHelpYou (@OFFICIALWMAS) November 10, 2017
Crew alerted an extremely poorly patient to hospital… minimal on scene time, arrived at hospital to find this note… this patient was TIME-CRITCAL. 😡😡😡 @OFFICIALWMAS pic.twitter.com/uGGAC2TUpI
— Tasha Starkey (@TashaaStarkeey) November 10, 2017
Jaw-dropping, isn’t it?
Understandably, it hasn’t gone down well on social media.
😧
Patient comes first. I can't believe that there are some very selfish people in this world who are more worried about their drives than other people's lives. https://t.co/4APuWdQZrq— Christian Dave P. (@xtian_daveRND) November 12, 2017
Some people are just rotten https://t.co/ogHVzkfqb2
— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) November 12, 2017
