no offense but its so much less expensive doing so
if you are seriously like dying in a couple minutes an ambulance wont get to you in time, it wont help
the only time it helps is if you code while en route and they can jumpstart your heart or push iv fluids and/or O2 to prevent / postpone death, and thats if traffic allows to get you there in time
otherwise you’re better off getting there privately
Most of my trips to the emergency room, I end up driving myself. The ER is less than half a mile from my door. The only times I rode in an ambulance was when I was transported from urgent care (which I drove to).
My DH called an ambulance a few weeks ago - he said that he wouldn’t be able to sit in the seat of the car to be driven because he was in so much pain. He could have laid down in the back seat - but it was his call to make.
Fortunately we have OK insurance which should cover the cost of the ambo. But as we have never called one before ... I guess I’ll have to wait and see.
When my mom had to get my dad to the hospital the first time we came and my husband helped get him to the car.
The second time we were out of town so she called an ambulance.
He is six feet and about 180. She is about five two and maybe 110. There was no way she could get him in the car.
With a fall accident you do want ambulance because you do not want to do more damage.