[nagdu] Emergency vehicles

[The Pawpower Pack]

Hi Dan, 
I'm sorry to hear about your mother, hope she improves! 
I have ridden in ambulances several times and my dog just lay beside the wheeled bed thing.  I think one of the guide programs has material for EMS on this very issue. 

 Rox and the kitchen Bitches: 
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> On Jul 8, 2014, at 1:51 PM, Dan Weiner via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi to all.
> Well I hope that anyone who went to the NFB convention here in Orlando had a
> great time.
> I went but something happened which made things a bit more complicated.
> My Mom was there with me and her blood sugar went very very low, (she has
> diabetes) and I had to call paramedics from the hotel.
> They came right away and were very efficient.
> Now here's the question:
> They wanted to take her in an ambulance but said they weren't sure about my
> dog, they knew about service animals and loved the idea, but they said in
> quotes"they didn't have a way to secure him".
> I felt I was not in a position to argue as my Mom was incoherent and had
> been having convulsions,  so I followed in a taxi.
> So the question is, what is the scoop on guide dogs in emergency vehicles
> like ambulances.
> 
> God news is my Mom is doing well and though she is still in the hospital she
> is in good spirits and sounds normal to me, they are just checking out her
> heart because they thought they saw something on the chest X-ray.
> 
> Anyway, any thoughts would be useful because I was not sure of my rights and
> didn't feel I should press it without being sure.
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Dan and the parker Dog
> 
> 
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