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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

How far are you from your nearest A&E and could you get your husband there quickly if you had to?

204 replies

verdantverdure · 05/01/2023 17:11

And what would you do with the children?

One of my neighbours had to get her husband to hospital recently in the absence of an ambulance and it took a borrowed wheelchair and several neighbours.

Am I being unreasonable to think most of us don't have a plan for this?

Could most of us get our partners to hospital fast enough in the event of a stroke or heart attack?

What's your plan?

OP posts:
Lostinplaces · 02/03/2023 21:56

My husband is 6ft 4 and weighs 18st. If he collapsed it would be very unlikely that I could get him to hospital myself even with help. I don’t know what I would do. It would be a case of taking turns doing CPR with anyone I could get to help until an ambulance arrived.

BraceForImpact · 02/03/2023 21:57

10 minute drive. I could do it and neighbours would help.

Fromwetome · 02/03/2023 22:19

@ShowOfHands I work for the NHS and waiting time for a suspected heart attack ambulance in my area is 2.5 hours.

newjobnewstartihope · 02/03/2023 22:54

It's five minutes for us . Would grab a wheelchair from outside the hospital

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