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- Thread starter Princess
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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!
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:
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?
Jazzy said:
but if it was a heart attack maybe it would have been treated as a higher priority.
And then Eghean.
Jazzy 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.
seasidemike 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.
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.
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.
seasidemike said:
Oh and it wasn't 'abit of blood' it was bowls full... Mum measured 1 litre whilst the medic was at the house and another 2 bowls full at the hospital.
And like I said. He is paralysed from the neck down and a head injury. - Not your average patient.
Jazzy 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?
