32 year old Woman phones 999 because her feet hurt

There was an even worse idiot on that 999 what's your emergency program. He phoned because he missed his bus and didn't have taxi fare so it was an emergency...
 
I bet she knows everything there is to know about scratch cards and is an expert on claiming every penny of benefits that are out there

and probably needs to get home to watch some trash on Sky


"How old are you" - 32
 
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I am only surprised that the Emergency Operations Centre staff demonstrate such patience with callers like this. I suspect that alcohol may have been a feature.

As a Community First Responder I have had first hand experience of people who waste resources that could be utilised for others in greater need. For example (one of many), I was sent to a call given as a male with difficulty breathing. On arrival I found a man sitting in his living room with no sign of respiratory distress whatsoever. Direct questioning revealed that he had in fact called 999 because he had woken up that morning with a stiff neck. A rapid response paramedic arrived, and examination showed no abnormality; we cancelled the ambulance that was also en-route. Clearly this man did not need to be seen in hospital, and nor did he want to go. What he actually wanted was for someone to get him some paracetamol.

I contrast and compare such cases to those involving the elderly, where, despite being in discomfort and pain, the first thing they say is 'I'm sorry to put you to so much trouble'; or the distraught families who are so glad that someone has arrived to help their ill or injured child.
 
I wish there was a system to issue the invoice for the actual cost. Or perhaps as an intermediary a copy of the invoice and how it impacted their taxes.

People just seem clueless to comprehend the impact of their actions.
 
BBR said:
I don't think she was 'all there'.
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She sounded perfectly 'normal' to me, in terms of her reasoning and wanting to get home. If by suggesting she's not 'all there' you were implying an impaired mental capacity requiring psychiatirc help, I'm afraid you are probably mistaken.

All she probably needed was a comfy chair, a pack of Lambert & Butler, a cream cake and some time with Jeremy Kyle.:puke:

dejongj said:
People just seem clueless to comprehend the impact of their actions.
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It's called a lack of social conscience and it's a problem that's growing almost exponentially in the UK I'm afraid. :(
 
FourRingCircus said:
She sounded perfectly 'normal' to me, in terms of her reasoning and wanting to get home. If by suggesting she's not 'all there' you were implying an impaired mental capacity requiring psychiatirc help, I'm afraid you are probably mistaken.

All she probably needed was a comfy chair, a pack of Lambert & Butler, a cream cake and some time with Jeremy Kyle.:puke:
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What she actually needed was a kick up the a&se!
 
dejongj said:
I wish there was a system to issue the invoice for the actual cost. Or perhaps as an intermediary a copy of the invoice and how it impacted their taxes.

People just seem clueless to comprehend the impact of their actions.
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agreed.

i mean when my grandparents (a few years ago now) had an accident where they fell off their BSA motorbike and my gran broke her ankle, they got a bill for the ambulance.

if someone in genuine need (okay maybe they could have made their own way to hospital) can get charged then a time waster certainly can.
 
neil_g said:
agreed.

i mean when my grandparents (a few years ago now) had an accident where they fell off their BSA motorbike and my gran broke her ankle, they got a bill for the ambulance.

if someone in genuine need (okay maybe they could have made their own way to hospital) can get charged then a time waster certainly can.
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I think RTAs are different in that the NHS expect to be reimbursed by the vehicle insurer.
 
Ah but

remember this poor wee footsore lady has been paying into the NHS all her working life so feel she is due her trip home when she can't walk it .
 
dejongj said:
I wish there was a system to issue the invoice for the actual cost. Or perhaps as an intermediary a copy of the invoice and how it impacted their taxes.

People just seem clueless to comprehend the impact of their actions.
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People dont seem to cherish what has been given free of charge - "To Them" If it has no cost then it has no value, Its a very very modern way to think and has absolutely no merit.
 
Anubis said:
I am only surprised that the Emergency Operations Centre staff demonstrate such patience with callers like this. I suspect that alcohol may have been a feature.

As a Community First Responder I have had first hand experience of people who waste resources that could be utilised for others in greater need. For example (one of many), I was sent to a call given as a male with difficulty breathing. On arrival I found a man sitting in his living room with no sign of respiratory distress whatsoever. Direct questioning revealed that he had in fact called 999 because he had woken up that morning with a stiff neck. A rapid response paramedic arrived, and examination showed no abnormality; we cancelled the ambulance that was also en-route. Clearly this man did not need to be seen in hospital, and nor did he want to go. What he actually wanted was for someone to get him some paracetamol.

I contrast and compare such cases to those involving the elderly, where, despite being in discomfort and pain, the first thing they say is 'I'm sorry to put you to so much trouble'; or the distraught families who are so glad that someone has arrived to help their ill or injured child.
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I am a big fan of the Community First Responder programme

Why.... simple.... the first time I became aware of it, it was my medical condition tbat brought it into my life, 20 months ago. I only knew that there were 2 responders in my village 5 days after I started to come around in hospital after a full on stroke. They were able to start stabilising me so that when the paramedic arrived he had enough feexback and SATs to hit the ground running and so I was ready for the ambulance to whisk me on blue lights to the emergency hospital......

That process meant that the emergency stroke team at the hospital got a head start on their work from the moment the paramedic arrived through mobile comms and continuous data feed. The system worked and though I have permanent issues from the stroke, I am back driving and living a quality life with some limitations.

Stepping it back and had the First responders been on a nonsense call which then took out thd Paramedic and, perhaps, the ambulance crew too, my life could well have been much more difficult or even led to my not surviving.

The boneheads that make spurious calls on emergency services could be the cause of the deaths of very ill people.

Sadly the stupid and selfish will always be with us and likely to increase in numbers as the generations breed.

Steve
 
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