Neighbour leaves nasty note on parked ambulance attending emergency
Paramedics who were attending to a patient in cardiac arrest say they were subject to not only verbal abuse while on the job but claim a note was also left on their window asking them to move their car.
The note, that reads "I don't give a s*** if the whole street collapses", was left on an ambulance parked outside a property in West Midlands in England.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said staff were also subject to verbal abuse from the woman during their response to the emergency call, The Sun reports.
Paramedic mentor Katie Tudor posted the note on Twitter.
"So upset to be sent this by one of our crews this morning! Along with this note left on their [car] they received a load of verbal abuse," she wrote.
The note read "If this van is for anyone but No. 14 then you have no right to park here"
"Now move your van from outside my house."
So upset to be sent this by one of our crews this morning! Along with this note left on their 🚑 they received a load of verbal abuse!😡😔@OFFICIALWMAS @StaffsPolice pic.twitter.com/c4UYdcjv86
— Katie Tudor (@wmaskatietudor) February 18, 2018
Ms Tudor said "they weren't blocking the road, they were in a parking space... just obviously annoying someone that an ambo was outside their property".
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Assistant Chief Constable of Staffordshire Police, Nick Adderley, responded to the tweet with words of solidarity saying: "Sadly we have to 'tolerate' those in society who only ever think about themselves until such time when they need you/us.
"Then it's a different story.
"Just know that 99.9 per cent of the public really value and appreciate what you/we do."
Paramedic operational manager Mike Duggan also responded to the note saying "very angry to see yet again people getting grief for doing their job. We don't block the road for something to do."
"Is there anything that can be done about this? It's becoming a regular occurrence," Ms Tudor asked.
A similar incident happened last November when a heart attack patient died after a nasty note was left on the window of the attending ambulance in Birmingham in the UK.
"You may be saving lives, but don't park your van in a stupid place and block my drive," the man wrote on the note as paramedics worked to save someone's life inside the house.
