o.oStormrider said:WTF!? we've waited 1 hour and 40 mins and it's just a paramedic. no ambulance!
I hope you file a complaint... write the newspaper, something like that.
Off Topix is a well established general discussion forum that originally opened to the public way back in 2009! We provide a laid back atmosphere and our members are down to earth. We have a ton of content and fresh stuff is constantly being added. We cover all sorts of topics, so there's bound to be something inside to pique your interest. We welcome anyone and everyone to register & become a member of our awesome community.
o.oStormrider said:WTF!? we've waited 1 hour and 40 mins and it's just a paramedic. no ambulance!
Stormrider said:WTF!? we've waited 1 hour and 40 mins and it's just a paramedic. no ambulance!
Stormrider said:Well 4 hours later - after 1st 999 call and the ambulance has arrived
And a complaint will definatly be made.
The paramedic that came in the car has been here for an hour and a half, been calling over the radio since she got here. She's fuming!
Stormrider said:ABSOLUTLY DISGRACEFUL!!!!
High Prioty 999 call and it's been 1 hour since we called them! Still no Ambulance. Thankfully it's not life or death just my step dad coughing up blood - maybe an ulcer or something. But good job no-ones had a heart attack or dying!
Now ringing 999 again to find out where the hell they are!
EDIT: Apparently the ambulance has had to come from 'outside the area' hence why it's taken over an hour :/
Jazzy said:I'm fuming just reading this. A lot of people have a lot of explaining to do. Like you said, if this were a heart attack, you'd be freakin' dead!
seasidemike said:but if it was a heart attack maybe it would have been treated as a higher priority.
Eghean said:And then Eghean.
Jazzy said:I would think someone coughing up blood is pretty high priority.
seasidemike said:maybe they had to deal with something that was 'life or death' first.
was it not possible to drive to a hospital within the same time frame as it took them to get there?
seasidemike said:I guess it depends on what you are used to.
Here, if you were conscious, could speak clearly and were not disoriented in anyway and coughed up a bit of blood, you would get in a car and have someone take you to a hospital. Emergency serviced are more used for really serious stuff. Coughing up blood could be anything and a bleeding ulcer is hardly life threatening unless you somehow got the Ebola virus or something.
I am not trying to minimize the issue here, but in 4 hours I would have been to the hospital, been checked out and most likely back home again.
Stormrider said:Yes, I understand that but 4 hours?!?! and no my step dad is paralysed from the neck down, we don't have a van only a normal car, which he can't get in. Only time we need to take him somewhere a st johns ambulance picks him up.
4 hours in not acceptable by any means. I can only imagine how scared he was along with you and your Mum.
It took a further 12 hours for a doctor to see him after he got to the hospital. When he got there he had to wait 6 hours on a trolley before they could find him a standard bed - he needs a proper airbed.
Is this hospital short of staff? 12 hours to see a patient throwing up bowls full of blood is again unacceptable.
He's alright now though, Not being ill anymore and they put a camera down today - don't know what was found yet as I haven't spoke to mum in great detail. Keeping him in over night again.
Jazzy said:Hello there! Long time no see. Did you bring me some Pringles?
Eghean said:Hello to you too, love. I'm afraid I didn't bring any delicious Pringles this time. Come to think of it, I haven't had any in a couple of months. Truly depressing. How have you been?
Well that's good.Stormrider said:He's alright now though
Evil Eye said:Evening, folks. Care to share some of those Pringles?
Evil Eye said:You can just retake it now, no problem!![]()