Open Airways: Stories from the back of the ambulance
Snowmobiler vs. Tree
Greg Friese
Greg recalls an incident in rural Wisconsin in which a snowmobiler zoomed up to his ambulance and motioned for him to get on the back in order to reach an injured person. After they took off, Greg realized, “The stench of alcohol on his breath was so strong I almost fell off… and I realized the folly of what I had done in accepting a ride from this fellow.”
Click to here this story by Greg Friese, president of Emergency Preparedness Systems LLC.
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