mosssideblue
Well-Known Member
The thing I constantly strive to avoid happened to me yesterday.
A long story, but I ended up pushed to the garage floor with my electric wheelchair locked in fwd drive, trying to ride over my legs.
Took 15 mins before wife found me, but with my disability, there is no way I could get up off the floor.
Called 999 and asked for ambulance as they have the correct equipment and expertise to raise people stranded on the floor.
8 hrs, I was told it would be!
Thankfully, my Daughter was nearby and she with her daughter managed to get me to safety.
She later told me that she knew of an old lady who had fallen and broke her pelvis, only to lie there for 12 hrs before attendance arrived . Poor lady died in hospital.
It never used to be like this, what has changed?
A long story, but I ended up pushed to the garage floor with my electric wheelchair locked in fwd drive, trying to ride over my legs.
Took 15 mins before wife found me, but with my disability, there is no way I could get up off the floor.
Called 999 and asked for ambulance as they have the correct equipment and expertise to raise people stranded on the floor.
8 hrs, I was told it would be!
Thankfully, my Daughter was nearby and she with her daughter managed to get me to safety.
She later told me that she knew of an old lady who had fallen and broke her pelvis, only to lie there for 12 hrs before attendance arrived . Poor lady died in hospital.
It never used to be like this, what has changed?