Spoedbegeleiding Zoetermeer naar EMC Rotterdam Reaction! 

Hello Highly, it's not just about reducing time, it's also about making the drive smooth. Because the ambulance can always keep rolling and never has to perform an emergency break, the people in the back can keep working the patient.

This well oiled machine start’s with a call…I had to make one last year…the ambulance arrived within 7 minutes…and the lady on the phone was guiding me all the way…till the ambulance came.So thankful for all…. who save so many people every day 🙏

Translating these is hard But if anyone is wondering what the "rechtdoor, rechtdoor" means that is constantly mentioned, its "straight ahead, straight ahead" The first one is which turn lane (linksaf/left, rechtdoor/straight rechtsaf/right), and the second rechtdoor is for the direction they will actually be going. So "Linksaf, recht door" would mean take the left turn lane to go straight. If there are multiple lanes for that turn, they will usually specify which one. If anyone is wondering what they are saying at a specific point, comment a timestamp and ill see if i can translate it for you

4:27 They save quite a lot of time, because the ambulance would otherwise have to slow down for every intersection, despite the sirens and lights. Not everyone is paying attention, so the ambulance needs to be careful. Now, they can just keep going. This also prevents the patient and doctors in the back from experiencing constant braking and accelerating, making life easier for everyone on board. In same cases, it means the difference between life or death, not having to stop, as they need to keep the person a stable as possible, in all regards.

Hi there Highly Combustible At 4:42 you're talking about "the average time they shave off per transport". But it's not only about time. It's just as much (in some cases even more) about the 'flow'. Many times the people in the back of the ambulance are fighting for a life. Slowing down, speeding up, (emergency) breaking, etc., make that work a lot harder or even impossible. Providing a smooth ride in which the people in the back can do what they have to do without any interference is just as important. And sometimes that is just the MOST important part of the ambulance-ride. You don't often see them, but be on the look out for movies with the word "glijdend" ( = sliding/gliding) in them. In the case of a 'glijdend transport', it's not about speed and/or time at all. Take for example spinal injuries. When a patient with a spinal injury has to be transported, it has to be a smooth as possible, because any movement could cause the spinal injury to get worse. In those cases, the ambulance might go slow as heck, but the cops are there to make sure they 'slide' slowly all the way without interference. Keep up the good work!

About the red light. It's illegal to run the red light, even when you want to make room for an emergency vehicle. But policeofficers overrule the lights, you have to obey them. At 25:49 the officer stops another ambulance which has his flashers on, even they have to obey. On the channel itself is explained that that ambulance was empty and had to stop.

Hello There.. as a military guy of course it fascinates you. discipline, control, planning and collaboration. so smooth and organized it fascinates me too.

These are our guardian angels! So proud to see our Dutch policemen (and women) act and serve!

Looks like you were wondering what they were talking about around 12:00; despite the high level of professionalism one of the guys made a mistake. The third motorcycle (who was in front and taking turns with the guy in the video to clear the next intersection, while the bike in the top right stays with the ambulance) reported his position and it turned out he was on a different highway. There was some confusion about which route they would take and he took the wrong exit as he was speeding ahead. That's why you don't see him anymore on the highway section of the drive. He had to haul ass on a different route to get back in front, and joins back up as they enter the city. That's why he was already there waiting at 21:50 :D

Respect for all the people in service!!!! btw there are always 3 motorcyles with the ambulance., and they can really drive.

They driving at 130 kmh , about 90 miles/hour , on the motorway . The unit is about 4 police-motors . They communicate with each other and with dispatch , who knows the traffic situation . EMC = Erasmus Medical Center ( university hospital ) Specialized in treatment of premature baby's .

Exciting to watch. The comments by my fellow country people were quite educational to me, there was a lot of stuff I didn’t know.

So that took like 19 minutes from freeway onramp to entering the hospital and that's including you pausing the video. I used to live half a mile from the EMC. My friend used to live in Zoetermeer, not the exact neighborhood where they started, but slightly closer to the freeway onramp. When I drove, I had to adhere to the max speed of 80 kph near Rotterdam and 100 kph most of the other way, so they'll already be faster, as they were driving 120/130 kph according to the communications. I'd say they shaved off at least 15-20 mins when it was a quiet day like it was here, but if it was more congested it would take me longer. They probably would still take the same amount of time. Living where I did, we'd frequently have the crossroads blocked by local police as motor police came in from elsewhere zipping past with an ambulance in their wake. The local police would sometimes have things blocked off minutes in advance. On some occasions they would also do the same but for ambulances that drove much more slowly so lord knows what those types of transports were. And a funny but unrelated story, that hospital has a helipad too and there's a park across the road. One day I'm walking my dog there, literally at the field with the tulips where my profile pic was taken and... there's an ambulance helicopter sitting there. Door open, no one in there. My dog trots up to there, sniffs the helicopter, walks on as I stand not too far off to intervene in case he lifts his leg (he didn't, thank goodness). I spot a guy in a weird suit sitting on a bench, eating what presumably is his lunch. A few minutes later, he gets up, gets in the helicopter, starts it and flies off. I'm assuming that even at lunch time, they have to have the helipad cleared, because he'd literally taken off there and put it down a quarter of a mile away from the helipad.

You are right, this is cool to see. It is the team work, the professionalism and the good cause.

But in the Netherlands we all learn that when an ambulance is comming, you have to ride to the right as far as possible. When you hear they are comming, before they are by you, you are at the right side of the road.

The guy in red in the beginning of the video is the trauma doctor, they are flown in by helicopter. Ambulance personeel judge the situation, and when they need extra help to stabilise the patient, they can ask for a trauma doctor on scene.

EMC means Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, that's one of the best universities medical centre in the Netherlands, next to universities medical centres of Amsterdam, Leiden and Groningen.

pay special attention to how the front rider uses the left side of the road and the rear rider uses the right side of the road. there is also a purpose behind this. btw your pronunciation of " verkeerspolitie " at the end sounded very good, :)

Hi! like your videos. This was a part of my job as a marechaussee. On this distance it will be 5 till 10 minutes faster then a regular drive with an ambulance driving A1. Can make a big difference.

At the end they talked about a security group to arrive for the victim, so there might be more to this story. Either this victim is a criminal, or his/her life is threatend by others, or both...

26:00: even the other ambulance is stopped. Btw. it is not about being fast, time is not about being fast, it is about not having to stop. One other thing, I have driven this route many times during the rush hour and they can do the same during rush hour. Maybe, we Dutch are afraid of those damn high fines they can give.

It took them 22 minutes, normally it would have taken them 30 to 50 minutes (google maps)

Now youhave seen my hometown of Zoetermeer. Come visit once

😮 your Dutch is getting better and better 👍 I wonder how big the distance between the motorcycles and the ambulance is....

my brother has had such escort also long time ago. he sufferd brain trauma in a heavy single vehicle accident. we still think he had to evade a other car or so but no witnesses (nearby construction workers only heard the crash) and the only thing he remembers from that day is that he left the house to go fishing and woke up few weeks later in the hospital. (he made a full recovery despite a temporary paralysis that wasn't noticed until he tried to get out of bed the first time for a smoke, only permanent thing was his short memory being worse then it already was)

‘We’ stop because we respect and hope that that person will be okay

thanks for the video Highly . i love this video's

Cudos for your pronounciation of Dutch words! Perfect. 25 minutes from Zoetermeer to Erasmus MC Rotterdam is fast. In this case, however, the traffic was so low, that the ambulance would have been as fast without motor escort. But when traffic is busy (like it normally is) then I think they might shave off 30% off the time of the ambulance without motor escort. I drove this a dozen times and I usually needed 50 minutes in normal traffic and an hour in heavy traffic. Is it worth it? Well, if really every minute counts, yes. I cannot judge of course if it is always necessary.

It is getting better in T-land! I see people moving out of the way now. Ten years ago no-one had a idea what to do!

Must have been VERY urgent; it is not nearby ..from Zoetermeer to Rotterdam! 🚨well he is not saying 'get out off the way' it is more like 'get the f off' 🤔

always nice to see pro's at work😊

Hey Highly, your question about the time saved by doing these kind of "transports"? They haul ass big time! They often are faster then the medical helicopters. The insane amount of training these cops go through so they can assist and make these transports possible is crazy. We "the dutch" have the upmost respect for the sirens and lights (the most people who don't get out of the way just don't know or freeze to react in the best way possible). When you stop for a red trafficlight and you need to make way for the Police, Ambulance and/or Firetrucks (when lights and sirens are used) its mandatory you run the red light if needed to make way. Love your reactions.

The blocking of the crossings is a Rotterdam thing; guess is has to do with the layout of the roads that lead to the EMC.

The patient and caretakers inside the ambulance notice nothing about the hectic and traffic around them, do hardly even hear the siren. As if it was a calm nice ride on an empty road without stress, and that's what you want.

Rare video ;) It very rarely happens that one of them takes the wrong decision and ends up somewhere else. But he made up for his mistake, that's what you talk about at 22:00 : this officer has kept radiocontact going on his whereabouts. Even though he took a different motorway, he made sure to catch up with them again. Teams like these usually consist of only 3 motor-officers, that constantly switch roles. The one who starts up front is the first to block the intersection that comes first and thus he is ultimately also the one who will have to make sure to keep himself in front of the ambulance: that's a very important rule: the motor-officers NEVER get behind the ambulance. Their motto is that the ride in the ambulance itself is stressful enough for the patient already, and constantly having motors with sirens zoom past the ambulance will not add to that experience. It means they will have to floor it everytime the ambulance gets close to stay in front of it, but that's the deal. And that's also why this is so hard: you have to keep the distance to such a minimum that the general public has no chance at all of missing the ambulance, but also not so close you'll interfere with the ambulance itself. The training these guys (VTB Haaglanden, VerkeersTechnische Begeleiding The Hague region, (Technical Traffic Support) is very tough and the mistake here is something that most likely will be discussed at debriefing. EDIT: VERY RARE VIDEO. At the end, the radioroom announces a unit from Rotterdam is on its way to make sure the victim is safe. Apparently, this was quite a high-profile victim...

I am a woman and even I find it fascinating to watch!

I love this kind of video's! Incredible work

I think because our Dutch society is build on a social structure ( the strong carry the weak) we are taught to absolute get out of the way. The police escort is a blessing when they cannot slow down anywhere.

At about 13:50 you 'report' don't you hear the siren... and the answer is most likely NO. And that's not surprising... because of the high speed, the sound disappears to the rear and not to the front. So you only hear it when the motorcyclist is almost on top of you. But if you use the mirrors as you should, the driver could have seen him coming from afar. In addition, many people always wonder why the flashing light(s) and siren go off when merging onto the highway. It has been proven that when emergency services enter 'normally', this is more streamlined and safer than when they appear with all the bells and whistles. Safety before everything!! When they have moved to the leftmost lane (lane 1), everything switches back on

These guy's follow not only the law but also the law of respect, also respect for the athor road users!!!

As a American did you notice the quality of the roads? That's what a social democracy does to her inhabitants. It is terrible 🤣😅

Bedankt

in these actions you have two sprinters one came the fullscreen one is a sprinter and you have a commander thats driving in front of the ambulance and has contact with both his sprinters and the ambulance. the sprintersw leapfrog the interchanges and try to keep infront of the commander. and the ambulance is most off the time the one that decides the speed so if they have a reanimation they can even stop where ever they are or they can slow down or decide to take different roads depending on the person in the back

I totally agree with you.

Sometimes the Dutsch are bloody efficient

If they are going to Rotterdam MC it is usually about children. Greetings Roelof.

In the end, says the central. There are people on the way, for surveillance! of the patient.

So there is one police motor before the ambulance and 2 police motors rotating in front. The trick is I think to keep the distance between the 2 motors in front and the ambulance short enough so that people don't get impatient and start moving just when the ambulance arrives. Very tricky choreography

In the Netherlands if you realy hinder these escorts you get the fine automaticly send to you at home.

Watching these videos reminds me of a video game.

i love this video's I would love a POV video of the ambu tough..

Respect !!!

You should watch 'saving lives at sea'. Its a great show too about people saving others.

I always have mixed feelings watching this. I feel sorry for the person in the ambulance, and the same time, i'm happy it's not me.

They are in constant communication because Dutch traffic can be quite busy. So the motor agent tells constantly what he is going to do and how and how fast to drive. They go 130 km/h, that 30 km’s over the national speed limit, on the highway, slightly over 80 mph. Pretty fast with a critically ill patient on board. As you can see, the roads are in good condition, so that helps with the ability to go fast. On several moments the motor agent uses untranslatable heavy Dutch, because of the behavior of some drivers. At the end the female agent on the radio confirms that a police unit is on its way to protect the patient. That sounds like a serious crime like attempted homicide. This also explains the number of police at the beginning, in the suburbs, where they started their journey. Otherwise you don’t see that many police, in the case of a none crime related critically ill patient, but the blocking crossroads in advance technique will be applied, so a full motor agent team will do in that case a similar job.

Hey my hometown :-)

Too bad it's not subtitled, but they constantly comment on the driving situations, lanes, speeds, lights, traffic, merging in and out. Rinse and repeat. Awesome vid.

the with building is the best hospital of the netherlands.. :) its rly BIG

first 10 seconds you see the trauma helicopter team walking away

Jaa als wij wat doen, DOEN WE HET OOK ECHT GOED😍🤗DANK U🌷⚘🌷⚘🌷⚘🌷❤😘uit Holland💝💋

What do they mean how can you watch this? this is how far the Dutch community goes when there's a life at stake. I bet you would love it if it was your mum or dad or siblings of you. proud to be Dutch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! serve and protect (police motto.)

I think 20 to 40 minutes. Especially when it's peak hours.

9 mi time to s joure LIFE

And imagine this Highly, we did this for someone who stubbed his toe.