Over the course of your life, have you ever had cause to ride in an ambulance? If so, how was the experience?
Share why if you wish.
Asking — and answering — life's interesting questions
Over the course of your life, have you ever had cause to ride in an ambulance? If so, how was the experience?
Share why if you wish.
Once, after I was struck while biking home after work. I ended up with two broken knees, and was laid up for weeks. The story has a happy ending though — less than two years later I rode my bicycle all the way across the country!
I have been in an ambulance twice. The first time was when I was very young. I went to a friend’s home on the second floor of a duplex. I fell down the outdoor stairs, hit my head, lost consciousness, and wasn’t found for a few hours. The fall caused a severe concussion. I don’t remember riding in the ambulance. I was hospitalized for eight days, during which I suffered from aphasia — an inability to speak intelligibly. Also, my coordination was poor and took several years to recover.
The second time was a couple of years ago. Rebecca took me to a clinic because I was having trouble breathing and my blood oxygen level (as measured by a home pulse oximeter) was very low. I believe the clinic diagnosed me with severe pneumonia. They took me by ambulance to the hospital at the University of Minnesota. Although I shouldn’t have been in this mood, I remember feeling somewhat giddy and unaware of how serious the situation was. I believe I was hospitalized for four days.