That's literally me I tried to sign myself out of the er with a 103.8 fever when I was delusional af I wanted to leave because they wanted to keep me and I felt like I was wasting a room for people in more need 😂
@@RaisonLychi yeah and my hospital is all right, but for medical emergencies they will air vac you all the way to the state capital because we don’t have the best equipment. (A helicopter ride to the capital is less time than you think, a good drive is 4 hours tops)
I have a rare disease jfk has and SVT. The paramedics remember that I’m the model who loves her kids and passes out a lot from needing my emergency injection
@@mrs_maverick1121 i am grateful when they remember me and say “just put her in the back and let’s go she needs her shot”. Because I usually wait too long to call and by that time It’s hard to communicate. They know how sick I am/how deep into a crisis based on how bitchy I’m acting. When my cortisol is gone so are my manners and filter. Like a post seizure state. Im so grateful they said they know it’s my illness and not me. They’ve saved me more times than I can count. I need to get them some cupcakes
Dropped off a homeless lady at the hospital for general body pain. About 2 hours later, we're dropping off another patient at a different hospital and then we spot her. Turns out she walked out of the first one because she was too impatient, called 911, requested a different hospital, then when that hospital was taking too long, walked out across the street and called 911 attempting to request a 3rd different hospital....FD was fed up and had the Ambo crew send her back to the hospital she just walked out of.
Love it when homeless people are impatient and can’t wait. Like what else do you have to do? Go to work? And I’m not being a dick to the actual working homeless. They are nice people and don’t want to bother anyone. I’m talking about the ones who are in the ED every night for a place to go and free food or whatever else, making demands of everyone’s time and being disrespectful to the staff and other patients.)
@@almightyk11profiling is the act of studying human action and mildly-to-bluntly discriminating other individuals who fit said profile. A serial killer’s MO, picked up by an obsessive fan, plays into profiling through helping the police to think,”Perhaps this individual studied this killer, and so we need to search the libraries or whatnot to figure out who’s been reading up on said killer.” What’s going on with the police in this situation, is knowing that a specific individual is consistent in his petty crimes, and therefore make mildly threatening statements to either push him away from being their problem, or to discourage his likely planned poor decisions.
@@almightyk11 yes, yes it was. If picking a single person known to be frequently - and frequently convicted of - repeated Drunk and Disorderly to be profiling. Because profiling or not, they were not wrong, either.
I knew of a woman who actually walked over to the paramedics while smoking a cigarette 🚬 to tell them she had pneumonia and needed to go to the hospital 🏥. She really abused the ambulance service because the hospital was within walking distance of the liquor store. Her alcohol dependency caused her to leave the Emergency Department just to stop by the liquor store afterwards. She went to JAIL for repeated abuse of the ambulance service.😐🤨😒
As a paramedic, I can tell you that unfortunately it takes a metric ass Tonne of repeated, blatant abuse for the police to actually arrest someone for that in the large Northern California county i worked at.
@@SundayMourningLove well it sorta make sense.. couldn’t it be considered wasting city resources if caught abusing this for that reason multiple times? I could be wrong tho.. lol
@@Gray.1063 I honestly don't know if I think it makes sense... I certainly don't think it should be abused, that's not what I'm saying at all. But since the patient does pay for it, isn't it just like any other service we pay for? And some people, especially when they're sick or in pain, aren't thinking properly, so they might do something stupid like that... I don't believe that, like in the skit, you should be arrested for using them twice in one night. Maybe if you do it 3 times or more, then arrested... You should absolutely be warned the second time though that they pick you up that it is something you could be arrested for if you do it again.. and some hospitals wait times are ridiculous! It's not their fault, ofc, they can't hurry through each patient as if they don't matter! Especially for what the patient is going to be charged! But if you're in excruciating pain and the wait time is 6 hours or something I cd understand thinking you might be better off at a different hospital. So yeah, I just don't know if I think it's right or not. I would have to hear both sides of the argument ( why it should be an arrestable offense and why it shouldn't be ), listen to some EMTs themselves, and then make a more informed decision on the matter.
@@SundayMourningLove you’re absolutely right.. I didn’t even take a patient not being mentally fit into consideration. This really is a tuff situation when you put it that way and not only for the EMS but for both sides. What could make it even worse is if someone actually is intentionally abusing the system that has an actual mental health problem.. if so, the EMS would have to respond regardless due to the possibility of an actual emergency..
15 yrs as a Fire Rescue dispatch supervisor I’ve heard it all. From things that make you laugh so hard you pee. To the screams and begging that still haunt my dreams. Thank you for all you do brother. Your a big hit in our dept .
@@GhostDawg464 I'm well experienced with psychedelics, know a lot of other people who are too - I can't comprehend how anyone ends up that crazy off of them! I've heard similar stories to that, always baffles me. I suppose different things effect people differently, but still
@@Rad_Akali Simple. It's called: tolerance. Building up a resistance to psychedelic effects makes them less effective. If you've never done them, then immediately diving into a bag of shrooms is going to make you see shit you can't comprehend. That, and everyone is wired differently. Psychedelics may barely affect one person while another person might be three galaxies away fighting off robots.
Of all the systems to abuse, this one astonishes me. I had scary medical issues twice where I didn’t know what was causing it and went to the ER. But I didn’t want that. Why would someone want that?
I had a guy at my work once try to leave early because of a toothache and the foreman told him no so the guy called an ambulance to come pick him up so he could leave. When the ambulance pulled up and asked where the person was and he walked out looking perfectly fine then the paramedics asked him what was wrong and he said he had a toothache the look on the paramedic face was instant and utter rage like he wanted to murder and beat this guy to a bloody pulp for to have a good reason to take him to the hospital and for him CALLING A AMBULANCE for a toothache.
My entire family is quite hesitant to call an ambulance (even though it is completely free if there is a semi-acceptable reason to call it in my country) unless there was no other way. Once my grandma fell and broke her hip at night and as she's living alone nobody was there to help, so she called an ambulance. As it turned out, she had an open fracture, so the ambulance was definitely necessary. Another time a neighbourhood kid fell off his bike in front of our house, not wearing a helmet, and was unconscious for over 10 min, so my dad called an ambulance. They came by helicopter due to a high risk of serious brain injury. All other injuries, for which we needed a hospital (partially amputated finger, broken finger, broken shoulder, broken arm twice, torn ligament) we had someone else drive the injured person. I just don't get how someone can call an ambulance like this. I would be so ashamed if I had the ambulance come and it wasn't something serious, I would probably just die of embarrassment, especially if I knew it wasn't serious.
Yeah, it makes no sense to me either. The last place I want to be is in the back of an ambulance. Only times ive gone to the hospital in one is when I was so bad that I couldn't stand up even with people helping me.
My uncle had a slew of health issues. He was on about 22 different medications. There were times I had to call an ambulance for him. They always wanted to take him to the closest hospital, until I explained that he had a specific type of infection and is on all these meds, and will have to be transfered anyway, they ended up agreeing to take him to his hospital. Sadly he was known as a regular, even though it was only 2-3 times a year, they still knew him and where he had to go. They were never too happy about it. And we understood. So for the holidays and such, I would always send a thank you and care package to the station.
Recently I shattered my hip. When the EMT’s showed up I explained I needed to go to a specific hospital r/t my underlying illness. My specialist is there and that’s where I receive treatment and due to my illness they have to treat me differently w/anesthesia. They tried telling me it’s the farthest hospital and it will be a bumpy ride. In turn, I replied “if you hop in the left lane and drive 80 it’s not bad at all”. The one EMT started laughing and said “she’s absolutely right, she does know”. No issue after that, 20 minutes and a smooth ride🤣
I have about 15 diagnosed conditions, take 11 different medications, so also have complications when it comes to medical treatments. So one morning woke up with extremely bad pain, something unrelated to anything I had been experiencing up til then and couldn't even walk so g/f called 911. Had an ambulance crew try to convince me to go to the nearest hospital and so I told them: 1. I am poor, had no insurance, and won't be able out of pocket. 2. I am a veteran. ' 3. The VA hospital is twice the distance but your company is guaranteed to get paid. Send me to nearest hospital and it will be a crap shoot on if your company gets paid by the VA. Your choice. They chose the VA, but an added benefit was that since I get all my medical care through the VA they were able to call ahead and get authorization to give me a painkiller for the hour long ride. Turned out to be a few 2-6mm kidney stones lodged in my kidney. Probably been causing pain for a while but with all my other issues I just hadn't noticed them.
Why were they unhappy? Did they get paid more from the one hospital vs the other? They're supposed to take you to whatever hospital you request without complaint
@@ashassassin- most of the ambulances have contracts w/the hospitals they ride out of, so yes, it’s about money. It used to be we had independent ambulance stations and you could tell them where you wanted to go. Before trauma centers, unless it was a life or death situation, you wanted the closest hospital. So a code or trauma would be sent to the nearest hospital, stabilized and if they could appropriately care for the patient, keep them. If not, they would be transferred. Now trauma’s are taken to trauma centers, usually no matter the ambulance, or flown there. If there is not a trauma center w/in reasonable proximity then the trauma is taken to the nearest hospital, stabilized and then transported via ambulance or helicopter. Codes or almost codes are still sent to the nearest hospital. Then once stabilized, if the patient wants to be transferred they can make that choice. An almost code is someone who still has a heartbeat, though weak, needs intubation r/t poor respiratory rate or next to none and quite close to coding in front of you. That person gets intubated and an IV, scooped up and run to the nearest hospital b/c coding is imminent. Hope that helps.😊
New flash. They never ever pay the bill. Ambulance Isn’t a CC that gets declined if you don’t pay your bill. Just racks up a bill on top of that bill until it’s given to a debt collections to pay off the debt, who then will seek payment for paying off the debt. And the cycle continues.
Thank you for putting a kind band aid on really serious call. I work at a police department. I don’t exactly see what the EMT or Fire department sees but get the info after and it’s pretty amazing. I love how you reanimate the Real situations. Thank you
Is it illegal to go home when they dropped you off at a hospital or is it illegal to call EMS again when they already transported you for that issue once? I'm honestly asking.
reminds me of an incident where we were on the second call to the same address - the EMT told me on the first round, the ER had discharged the patient before they even had the ambulance back in service. - in this case, it was the ER staff the paramedic was mad at.
I have never told this before but I asked a cop in our small Texas town to arrest me once. He didn’t want to but I said look if you don’t you’ll be back tonight. It was at the peak of my iv meth and opioid addiction. The last year of the 10 years I was an addict I also drank until black out drunk every day. Drinking is what finally made me stop doing everything. Our small southern town police officers looked out for me so many times that I had to be so annoying. They gave me courtesy rides when I was too drunk to drive myself. Public servants have hearts of gold and the patience of a saint.
You did the very bravest thing you could ever do, and ask for help. This Internet stranger is proud of you. I am proud of you for maintaining sobriety, and remember, recovery is not a linear process. Give yourself some grace. 💜 🦋 There are many people that are so glad that you are still here, and still with us. 💚
Gone to the hospital in an ambulance only once. Apparently I had sepsis but I didn't know that at the time. I was shaking like mad and felt like I couldn't breathe, like I was running up a hill and couldn't stop to catch my breath. By the time they arrived though, it had stopped and I felt like a jackàss 😅
@@Cloudyb01 It was pretty rough, do not recommend. As it turned out though my husband could have probably driven me to the hospital. Took the docs several hours to get to me so I don't think it was that time sensitive. I really thought I was having a heart attack or something though, my heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest. I was only 26 and fit though so it would have been weird for it to be a heart attack. Totally thought I was dying for a bit there though but when the paramedics arrived I was like "So this thing WAS happening and now it's not ..."😅
@@BeyondIntention The sepsis took a week of antibiotics in the hospital to treat, plus a round at home, it didn't stop on its own. What stopped was the shakes and my heavy breathing, which is what I called the ambulance for. I didn't know I had sepsis so I was just left saying "I was breathing heavily and shaking but now Im not" I didn't know anything else was wrong at that point. The doc didn't seem surprised it had stopped and my heart rate was still high when I got to the hospital. She said those symptoms had been caused by the sepsis but didn't seem that worried about it. They were more worried that I'm allergic to penicillin and weren't sure the alternatives would have enough oomf for how sick I was according to the tests or something. They were considering giving me penicillin anyway and then treating my allergic reaction if it got that bad 😮 Lucky for me it was okay but it was a tough time.
I got scratched in the eye by my cat years ago and the pain was so intense I could barely keep my good eye open, so I called an ambulance to take me to the urgent care because I was afraid to drive. In hindsight, I could have just called a friend.
I lived in Salem Oregon and had a situation where I needed to go to the hospital. A friend was gonna drive me. Salem hospital was only a couple miles away, but she refused to take me there because of the wait time, so we drove all the way to Silverton hospital and I was in and done within the hour. I've been to Salem hospital several times, so I'm 100% certain that she saved me at least 3 or 4 hours of waiting time. 😂
I transported a client from the ER to home. When we arrived at his condo, I assisted him to his recliner, opened his windows, he offered a tip, but I refused and wished him well. I explained to the case manager that I have a feeling the guy was going to injure himself again because he wasn’t able to maneuver himself. Sure enough, a few days later, we were ordered to do a hospital discharge to hospice because he fell and was now unconscious. Of the many clients I’ve had, I felt very bad for him, wish I could have done more.
@@Fezzerz I’m a private medical transporter, handivan services and gurney transporter. You’re only a patient if we’re ordered by the hospital, hospice and Kaiser Health. When I picked him up, he paid out of pocket.
I see this WAY too much in home health. Not so much the hospice bit, but the general neglect and disregard of patient safety. You can't save them all. But you did what you could.
Very good for you for advocating for the patient.👏👏👏👏💯 I have done this before, only to be either ignored or given a rude response from someone (e.g., physician, case manager, etc.) who felt they just couldn't be bothered.
@@78Yaira I'm not trying to be disrespectful, I'm not a hospital health professional but I'm an EMT. I was confused I thought you meant a person like this would be in the ICU
It's like those "What I have seen working Retail" videos, where evryone is like "No way that happened", and other people doing the same job will imediately jump in and go "Oh no. This happened. For sure. That's the kinda crap we deal with"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That part about being "reunited"... I actually feel sorry for all the BS that first responders have to put up with. What a waste of essential resources.😣😫
I never understood this. Not an ambulance story, but an ER one. Got severe food poisoning and couldn't keep anything down for 24 hours, so my parents took me to the ER. They put me in the high priority area since I had a pretty bad fever and couldn't keep stuff down. I got to the point where I had no energy to move without assistance. After 12 hours of waiting, a woman starts pointing out my PJ pants to her husband and starts laughing at me, saying that they looked dumb. Neither her or her husband looked like they needed high priority so I don't understand why she was there. All the laughing stopped when she saw the nurse and my mother assisting me to the bed since I couldn't even walk without help anymore. I don't know why people go to the ER just for the sake of it sometimes 😞 I sure as hell didn't want to be there and don't ever want to be back there without a damn good reason
Drugs. Opioid pain meds. I don't know when your food poisoning took place. But it used to be fairly easy for a person to go to the ER, complain about the right symptoms, say the right words, and walk out with some "good" pain meds. They might take them themselves, or trade for other narcotics if they were broke. It's not nearly as easy to do now. The two emergency rooms in my area won't even treat pain without some kind of verifiable injury. It still happens though. People with no money looking for a buzz go from hospital to hospital trying to score. It's not like they have anything better to do.
I’ve unfortunately been in a similar situation I agreed to go to the hospital when I was incredibly intoxicated and depressed and when I arrived I was left alone for an hour just sitting on the hospital bed and everyone I tried to talk to just ignored me like I wasn’t worth their time. I just needed someone to talk to and nobody could care less or tell me what I was waiting for and what they were going to do to help so I walked out and started walking home. The officer who took me to the hospital an hour before found me walking on the side of the road and stopped to see if I was okay and I told him the situation. He took the time to listen and understand my feelings, offered to take me home and proceeded to listen and give me life changing advice all the way to my house. When we got there he gave me his card telling me to call him if I ever needed anything and made sure I got inside safely. Long story short take a second to make people you know are going through a tough time feel heard or let them know they’re gonna be okay. A little goes a long way. We’re all human and should be treated as such.
Includes the healthcare workers. You want them tostop what they are doing and talk to you for however long but then are complaining that you have to wait too long. Nope.
@susansanders3231 don't be so quick to react to what he's saying. It's their job to take care of their patients, even if that means having a 5 minute conversion
I work in a hospital and I'm sorry if this sounds mean. I'm just being completely honest and realistic. I don't want to hear from alcoholics when I have 5 severe traumas who need actual life saving attention.
@@AfiOye not sure how its in clown america. in my place if patient walks of without checks and dies somewhere in a ditch... your ass not only getting fired for patient neglect or dereliction of duty but also goes to prison for about 5 years. 5 severe traumas vs 1 now dead patient
@@Aiveqyeah no a lot of time our hospitals are so insanely overwhelmed which is why people have to wait so long for what may be dire conditions. Always someone else who is in an even greater emergency I think. Our whole medical system Is a huge mess.
I came in to work (rx) one day to find out we were making narcan drips like crazy. I delivered stat to the ED RN and inquired about what was going on so I could calculate pharmacy narcan inventory and was told they were trying to get pt to wake out of it. I figured pt would leave as soon as they awoke. Yep, and was back again OD before the end of my shift.
I've watched so many of these videos now, and just die laughing every time. This guy is talented. He's playing all these parts and you know it's him, but you don't see "him." Probably helps that these are real stories and stuff, but still
My accident with my horse broke my leg and fractured the lower bones..my leg swelled up so bad the surgeon was concerned that I may have compartment syndrome,I had surgery rods and screws saved my leg but it took three years to heal. I never even heard of compartment syndrome before that,I hope your leg was saved
David Lee Roth said in interviews that his time as a volunteer paramedic was more rewarding than his music career. But you know he had to put up with things like this too. The overall job must be worth the hassles that come by, but man do you guys have to put up with some nonsense that you shouldn't have to deal with.
Funniest this I've ever seen at work in the ER was a guy trying to convice the nurse to call his wife for a pick up and the nurse trying to get him to wait (presumably to let her calm down). It came to a head with her saying "I know you had an accident but let's just get get you cleaned up and-" when he cuts her off with "I didn't have an accident. I ShIt in the driveway!" Said in the most serious, hillbilly tone ice ever heard. The nurses even had to admit to him that they were struggling to keep a straight face because he was hilarious. This dude was middle-aged, big ol moustache, at like 6-7 pm, so it probably happened around 4-5 (probably why the wife was so mad). She convinced him to stay a bit and when she offered a bathroom or urinal he said something about still having room in the first one. Then about 40 mins later flagging me (a housekeeper) down and asking for a urinal or somewhere to pee, while doing a halfassed "jack-off" motion. I about died. 😂😂🤣 Nobody that interacted with him could keep a straight face, and that dude was so serious about all of it, the delivery was just *chef's kiss* GOLDEN lmao
I know all the cops and EMT people because my friend/roommate has seizures and episodes of complete memory loss.. they get called multiple times a month most months. No one's fault it is what it is
@@randallhughes7938 yeah, there are two categories of frequent flyers: system abusers and people with legitimately serious medical conditions. We don’t get upset at the legitimate frequent flyers. We do get annoyed by those who think we are a quick trip to a bed in the ER despite there not being an actual issue needing us; the charge nurse sends them directly to triage so they get to wait at the back of the line. I’m happy to show up to the same residence twice in one night when they really do need help (even if it’s simply to help them get into their bed or to the bathroom and back). Public assist calls are fine. The annoying part for the system abusers is having to say “uh huh” to the nurse during the radio (phone in these cases) report who immediately notices the patient is taking up everyone’s time, all the decon, and the waste of time having to fill out a pointless PCR.
@@ShimrraJamaane I understand and have never felt like the EMT people took offense took the many calls. They have always been friendly and professional and I have appreciated it. Can say the same with the police because they have to show up first sometimes especially when he loses his memory and starts walking of to a unknown destination. Didn't mean to give you the wrong impression. Cause I don't like the abusers either and glad there is a recourse to correct it
@@randallhughes7938 No, you didn't give the wrong impression, at all. I was just confirming that we truly care for people like your friend/roommate and that there should never be a feeling of shame in calling us for people like that. It is the abusers who create a stigma that harms people that legitimately do need our relatively frequent contact. You're good, brother.
Yeeesss!!!! We have due that's been too the hospital 9 times in 9 days. We pick this dude up every 48-72 hours for the same shit. His address pops up and me and my partner are always like "Fuck!"
If I need the ER and know it'll be an emergency soon, but isn't quite yet (chronic issue) I call a cab if I can't drive(most of the time I can't drive). Just costs 15 there, 15 back. At the ER I'm a frequent flyer because it can quickly overtake my heart. I'm seen right off so it's serious enough. The ambulance is not a taxi service! I also do not want to disturb others to come and pick me up.
I'll give him that the wait was so long. I once had to go to the emergency room. Not only was there a ton of people there, but one guy actually fell into the floor from his chair. One of the staff walked over to him on the floor and casually says "Ugh, we're going to need a wheelchair for this guy."
Going by ambulance doesn't guarantee that you don't go to the front as well. I tell people if they're likely to go to the front and wait like everyone else, but they still want to go by ambulance. Those instances, going to urgent care would be faster but nope, they don't listen. After 13 years, I still don't understand their thought process.
I literally died in an er once. My BP kept dropping and dropping and dropping, my mom and husband kept telling them I was losing consciousness and they ended up calling my surgeon even(issue stemmed from botched surgery) and he called the er to bitch them out and get me seen faster. Well after coming to after cpr because as I said,I literally died from waiting so long,the er nurse had the cheek to get prissy at me because my family had the surgeon call and yell at them. So that was fun
My best friend passed from a pulmonary embolism, he had blood clots in his shoulder, arm, and lung. An EKG was ordered ASAP, they ordered it for 10 days out. He passed the following morning. Reminder kids, medical malpractice is a leading cause of death in the US. Avoid hopsitals like the plague.
Also I had a friend with immense side pain go to the hopsital, after waiting for hours and being told to just drink water, his appendix burst in the waiting room. He nearly died as well.
Learned this myself, which is why I'll never call an ambulance. The hospital near more would sooner try to kill me than save me. I was having chest pains, and a BP of 190/120. They decided that it wasn't urgent enough and made me wait for 12 hours until I decided to leave since my symptoms had subsided. I still wanted to get seen to make sure my heart enzymes and such were okay, but that clearly wasn't going to happen. And I'm extremely confident I suffered a mini stroke as a result, because now I'll randomly have problems breathing while trying to sleep ever since then. And then had the audacity to charge me. So yea. I'd rather go to the hospital that's 15 more minutes further than that one, regardless of what's wrong with me. Nobody has had a good experience at this hospital, and you only hear how bad they are.
@@AkaiAzul They will only take you to the nearest hospital. If you ask them, they'll just tell you their protocol is to take you to the nearest hospital. I don't know about a cabulance, but I don't believe so.
As soon as they take your name at the front desk and add you to the patient list you will be charged for the ER visit. During peak covid I saw a lady tell them she was done waiting and leaving, only to come back within an hour and they had to add her to the end of the waitlist because she was already "discharged"/left the ER. And she was pissed when they told her she would be billed for two ER visits.
You...do realize that EMTs state which hospital they're driving you to and ask for approval (if you’re awake enough). Just tell them the preferred hospital and they’ll transport you.
@@ForcedHandleName You DO realize that I've already said that they don't take your input, right? My family has worked as EMTs, I have friends that are EMTs, and I've been transported by EMTs. All of them say the same thing. They do NOT need your approval of which hospital to go to. Their prime directive is getting you immediate medical treatment as quick as possible, and that means delivering you to the nearest available hospital, regardless if you approve or not.
Omg years ago I was walking up the block and there was a homeless guy who needed help. He had a dirty dressing on one of his feet, looks like his toes got amputated or something, idk. But I called the ambulance and I stood talking to the guy until they came, and the conversation pretty much happened like this video! Lol apparently they just dropped him off and he left for some reason, I think because he wanted pain medicine but the doctor didn’t feel comfortable prescribing it because he was an alcoholic. I told the guy to try and stay to at least get his wound treated. I hope he’s doing ok
@@samsh0-q3a to be fair, if there were alcohol in his system (and I am not saying there was, if he had toe amputation and was acting drunk or out of it, it could very easily have been insulin related which is serious and I’m so glad OP helped him) - but if he DID have any alcohol in his system it’s problematic to add heavy painkillers on top of that because they can depress your breathing function, and mixing the two can actually cause you to stop breathing. I’m guessing they’d have to rush a Blood Alcohol Content test to determine if it was safe, or what dosage to use to not cause more problems. But I also don’t blame him not wanting to stay stuck sitting there in pain while people tell you, “just wait, we’re working on it as quick as we can!” Because it’s maddening. And you are completely right that our medical system has inherent biases built into it, which can only end up hurting the patients that go there for help - so 100% no disagreement there!
I used to live in a main city in my country, and during my time there i only went to the hospital twice. The first time was after a (TW) suicide attempt, this lovely doctor glued my wrist skin back together and was incredibly helpful. 3 months later i had an abscess but i have no dental insurance so i went to the hospital instead to be treated, and low and behold, its the same doctor 😂 my city has four hospitals and i still happened to be treated by him again
I once road a bus where a guy kept asking the driver to call an ambulance for him so he could go to a specific hospital. the bus driver calmly and repeatedly explained that he would be brought to the closest hospital which was not the one that he wanted. Then he asked me to call. I told him the same thing, he did not care at that point, so I called them. then he told the paramedics which hospital he wanted, and they also told him it did not work that way.
A patient can definitely request a different hospital. There are very few reasons why this request wouldn't be answered, for ex, a life-and-death matter is straight to the nearest trauma center. But if the diversion is less than 30 minutes, it's usually no problem.
You're absolutely allowed to request a certain hospital unless you're being unreasonable and want them driving an hour out of their way. If it's just a town over they should have no issue with this.
For having someone pick him up from a perfectly good hospital because the wait was too long, brought home and call 911 again to be brought to another hospital
@@FireDepartmentChronicles"Perfectly good hospital" doesn't exist. Some hospitals I've been to had a 15 minute wait and immediately found out what's wrong, others had me waiting multiple hours just to tell me to sleep off my (later discovered) infected cyst. Some hospitals are bad enough that getting no treatment is better.
My old supervisor transported a mental health patient to the mental health facility over an hour away and after he dropped the gentleman off he decided to get lunch at a drive through. Right after he got back on the road. A short while later he received a phone call from the chief asking him what he did with the “prisoner”? He responded that he did as instructed and brought the guy to the mental health facility and released him into their care. His chief then proceeded to ask him where his location was. He responded I’m approximately 20 minutes out. His chief replied “get your ass back he now… (the gentleman [name protected]) is out he screaming at traffic on the side walk…! Apparently the man was a bit of a “ladies man” and was “seeing” one of the nurses and also already had another “lady friend” on stand by at the clinic to bring him home. Haha
I willingly got into an ambulance due to bad depression years ago. Physically healthy and had my common sense. I got a $2,000 bill. Never again will I step into an ambulance unless I'm dying.
Man, Jason, my city's fire department isn't really running calls in my city. We're a decent sized city with 2 stations. One is on main street, and the other is on a state route with a Federal Signal 508 by it. Usually that station runs calls to Middletown for drug overdoses.
The people that need it explained to them that it's ILLEGAL to abuse emergency response systems are why there's instructions on 3-in-1 shampoo bottles.
My elderly neighbor, who did have some health issues, she'd call 911 like 2x month, even if she just had a cold. Because she knew with her condition + ambulance ride, she'd get in right away. And then she'd tell them she didn't have a ride home, so ambulance would have to bring her home, because she was on oxygen and couldn't take a cab.
I get this in my job too. I send someone to an Urgent Care or ER and a little while later I get a call back asking to be sent somwhere else because the wait is too long. I would like to explain to them that this is the state of healthcare today. Everywhere you go, you wait. Probably because 90% of the people who are there don't really need to be or are to irresponsible to make a doctor's appointment in a timely manner. And when I do send them somewhere else it goes with my silent wish that the wait at the next place is even longer.
One of my favorite things is when patients get sick of waiting in the lobby so they go home and call EMS. They bring them in and they typically roll right back out to the waiting room. Ma’am your upset tummy does not make you an emergency. Septic Sandra and GSW George take priority 😂
so damn good that he is going to join his gf. here would have to the hospital and then if we are lucky the ward for people that are under arrest. but most of the time they walk right out
That's like my patients who sign out AMA (against medical advice) because they aren't getting what they want (usually meds), and 15 minutes later they stroll into ED saying they got bad care and they want a new doctor. 🤬
I have seen good reason for it at 3 hospitals in my area. It is clear that medicine isn't simple so it is reasonable to assume that finding a doctor willing to put the work in and a hospital that prioritizes patients would be difficult. UMC in Jackson Ms. is the only hospital that would do anything for my wife's IIH beyond "therapeutic" lumbar puncture. She went undiagnosed for years going to other hospitals.
Waiting for you to do the ones that call 911 from the ER wanting the ambulance to take them to another ER because it's taking too long/I don't like this hospital/they don't believe me and won't give me the treatment/drugs I want
@AlmightyK depends what kind of treatment they want. Drug seeking behavior is a big problem in some areas. Other people are just entitled and can't understand how their twisted ankle isn't getting the attention the 65 year old man vomiting coffee grounds is. There's a difference between "not being treated" and "not being treated the way you want"
@LycanKai I'm sorry that you have such shitty doctors if they have labeled you as "drug seeking" when that term specifically refers to people who will do and say anything to specifically get opioid painkillers. I've known people with chronic disabilities who struggled for years to finally get the proper diagnosis so they could finally get proper effective treatment, but they were never labeled as "drug seekers." I wish you luck finding a doctor who will take your needs seriously
@@almightyk11 That comment sounded incredibly naïve. It's very common for addicts to try and get "supplies" from hospitals, and then for hospitals to refuse that specific treatment. It would be IRRESPONSIBLE to do so. It's also why Animal Hospitals have to beef up security, they have the same stuff just in smaller dosages for their "clients". Break-ins are rising on them.
There's people dying because they don't want to be an inconvenience and then, there's this guy.
And his wasting time is kill anyone who needs ems at same time
@@thedude5342 people say this but it could happen in a smaller town and those also have 2 ambulances and a helicopter if needed
Nah its cause they dont want to pay for the ambulance
Sounds like the people dying cause they don't want to be an inconvenience whatever the fuck that means need some self worth followed by esteem
That's literally me I tried to sign myself out of the er with a 103.8 fever when I was delusional af I wanted to leave because they wanted to keep me and I felt like I was wasting a room for people in more need 😂
So in my small town, we don’t have issues with needing to go to a different hospital because we only have one. 😅
I guess that's better than my small town where we have two and they always takes you to the bad one to save a few minutes. 😅
@@RaisonLychi yeah and my hospital is all right, but for medical emergencies they will air vac you all the way to the state capital because we don’t have the best equipment. (A helicopter ride to the capital is less time than you think, a good drive is 4 hours tops)
You guys have a hospital? Lucky :p
We don’t even have one lol
Wait you have a hospital in town? Closest hospital is a 30 minute drive for me lol.
My sister's a paramedic and the first time I heard her refer to her 'regulars' I did a double take.
Frequent Flyers... I knew some of their info by heart, full name, date of birth and SSN because we transported them so often...
frequent flyers
I have a rare disease jfk has and SVT. The paramedics remember that I’m the model who loves her kids and passes out a lot from needing my emergency injection
@Siren Cott those things are legit and don't bother us!
@@mrs_maverick1121 i am grateful when they remember me and say “just put her in the back and let’s go she needs her shot”. Because I usually wait too long to call and by that time It’s hard to communicate. They know how sick I am/how deep into a crisis based on how bitchy I’m acting. When my cortisol is gone so are my manners and filter. Like a post seizure state. Im so grateful they said they know it’s my illness and not me. They’ve saved me more times than I can count. I need to get them some cupcakes
Dropped off a homeless lady at the hospital for general body pain. About 2 hours later, we're dropping off another patient at a different hospital and then we spot her. Turns out she walked out of the first one because she was too impatient, called 911, requested a different hospital, then when that hospital was taking too long, walked out across the street and called 911 attempting to request a 3rd different hospital....FD was fed up and had the Ambo crew send her back to the hospital she just walked out of.
Love it when homeless people are impatient and can’t wait. Like what else do you have to do? Go to work? And I’m not being a dick to the actual working homeless. They are nice people and don’t want to bother anyone. I’m talking about the ones who are in the ED every night for a place to go and free food or whatever else, making demands of everyone’s time and being disrespectful to the staff and other patients.)
Maybe because nobody takes homeless people seriously including doctors. They are all drug addicts after all, that's what Fox news said
Luckily we have a policy that allows us to deny a patient that is on the premises of one hospital requesting to go to a different one.
@@genericsocks7542 the funny thing about that to me is this suggests it happens so often, someone said "enough is enough"
I just don't understand why. Why would someone do this?
Yeah, I knew a guy like this.
It got to the point that any time the cops saw him, they uncased their cuffs.
The threat was only partially successful.
What did bro do to deserve that? 😭😭😭💀💀💀
aholes like this learn to manipulate every system and make lives for innocent folks so much harder
That is literally profiling
@@almightyk11profiling is the act of studying human action and mildly-to-bluntly discriminating other individuals who fit said profile. A serial killer’s MO, picked up by an obsessive fan, plays into profiling through helping the police to think,”Perhaps this individual studied this killer, and so we need to search the libraries or whatnot to figure out who’s been reading up on said killer.”
What’s going on with the police in this situation, is knowing that a specific individual is consistent in his petty crimes, and therefore make mildly threatening statements to either push him away from being their problem, or to discourage his likely planned poor decisions.
@@almightyk11 yes, yes it was. If picking a single person known to be frequently - and frequently convicted of - repeated Drunk and Disorderly to be profiling.
Because profiling or not, they were not wrong, either.
I knew of a woman who actually walked over to the paramedics while smoking a cigarette 🚬 to tell them she had pneumonia and needed to go to the hospital 🏥. She really abused the ambulance service because the hospital was within walking distance of the liquor store. Her alcohol dependency caused her to leave the Emergency Department just to stop by the liquor store afterwards. She went to JAIL for repeated abuse of the ambulance service.😐🤨😒
As a paramedic, I can tell you that unfortunately it takes a metric ass Tonne of repeated, blatant abuse for the police to actually arrest someone for that in the large Northern California county i worked at.
I didn't know that was something you could be arrested for
@@SundayMourningLove well it sorta make sense.. couldn’t it be considered wasting city resources if caught abusing this for that reason multiple times? I could be wrong tho.. lol
@@Gray.1063 I honestly don't know if I think it makes sense... I certainly don't think it should be abused, that's not what I'm saying at all. But since the patient does pay for it, isn't it just like any other service we pay for? And some people, especially when they're sick or in pain, aren't thinking properly, so they might do something stupid like that... I don't believe that, like in the skit, you should be arrested for using them twice in one night. Maybe if you do it 3 times or more, then arrested... You should absolutely be warned the second time though that they pick you up that it is something you could be arrested for if you do it again.. and some hospitals wait times are ridiculous! It's not their fault, ofc, they can't hurry through each patient as if they don't matter! Especially for what the patient is going to be charged! But if you're in excruciating pain and the wait time is 6 hours or something I cd understand thinking you might be better off at a different hospital. So yeah, I just don't know if I think it's right or not. I would have to hear both sides of the argument ( why it should be an arrestable offense and why it shouldn't be ), listen to some EMTs themselves, and then make a more informed decision on the matter.
@@SundayMourningLove you’re absolutely right.. I didn’t even take a patient not being mentally fit into consideration. This really is a tuff situation when you put it that way and not only for the EMS but for both sides. What could make it even worse is if someone actually is intentionally abusing the system that has an actual mental health problem.. if so, the EMS would have to respond regardless due to the possibility of an actual emergency..
15 yrs as a Fire Rescue dispatch supervisor I’ve heard it all. From things that make you laugh so hard you pee. To the screams and begging that still haunt my dreams.
Thank you for all you do brother. Your a big hit in our dept .
Got any stories that still make you chuckle?
@@CallUNexTuesday the guy tripping on shrooms running around his apartment complex naked convinced Pennywise the clown was trying to steal his willy.
@@GhostDawg464 Hahah ok yep, figured it was some banana's stuff.
@@GhostDawg464 I'm well experienced with psychedelics, know a lot of other people who are too - I can't comprehend how anyone ends up that crazy off of them! I've heard similar stories to that, always baffles me. I suppose different things effect people differently, but still
@@Rad_Akali Simple. It's called: tolerance. Building up a resistance to psychedelic effects makes them less effective. If you've never done them, then immediately diving into a bag of shrooms is going to make you see shit you can't comprehend. That, and everyone is wired differently. Psychedelics may barely affect one person while another person might be three galaxies away fighting off robots.
Of all the systems to abuse, this one astonishes me. I had scary medical issues twice where I didn’t know what was causing it and went to the ER. But I didn’t want that. Why would someone want that?
They never pay the bills and don't feel responsible for anything they do ? 🤷♂️
Faster than Uber (who will refuse to take them). And free. Well... not free to you and me...
I had a guy at my work once try to leave early because of a toothache and the foreman told him no so the guy called an ambulance to come pick him up so he could leave. When the ambulance pulled up and asked where the person was and he walked out looking perfectly fine then the paramedics asked him what was wrong and he said he had a toothache the look on the paramedic face was instant and utter rage like he wanted to murder and beat this guy to a bloody pulp for to have a good reason to take him to the hospital and for him CALLING A AMBULANCE for a toothache.
My entire family is quite hesitant to call an ambulance (even though it is completely free if there is a semi-acceptable reason to call it in my country) unless there was no other way. Once my grandma fell and broke her hip at night and as she's living alone nobody was there to help, so she called an ambulance. As it turned out, she had an open fracture, so the ambulance was definitely necessary. Another time a neighbourhood kid fell off his bike in front of our house, not wearing a helmet, and was unconscious for over 10 min, so my dad called an ambulance. They came by helicopter due to a high risk of serious brain injury.
All other injuries, for which we needed a hospital (partially amputated finger, broken finger, broken shoulder, broken arm twice, torn ligament) we had someone else drive the injured person.
I just don't get how someone can call an ambulance like this. I would be so ashamed if I had the ambulance come and it wasn't something serious, I would probably just die of embarrassment, especially if I knew it wasn't serious.
Yeah, it makes no sense to me either. The last place I want to be is in the back of an ambulance. Only times ive gone to the hospital in one is when I was so bad that I couldn't stand up even with people helping me.
My uncle had a slew of health issues. He was on about 22 different medications. There were times I had to call an ambulance for him. They always wanted to take him to the closest hospital, until I explained that he had a specific type of infection and is on all these meds, and will have to be transfered anyway, they ended up agreeing to take him to his hospital. Sadly he was known as a regular, even though it was only 2-3 times a year, they still knew him and where he had to go. They were never too happy about it. And we understood. So for the holidays and such, I would always send a thank you and care package to the station.
If they weren't happy about it, it means you or he were doing something wrong and they didn't want to lose their licenses telling you.
Recently I shattered my hip. When the EMT’s showed up I explained I needed to go to a specific hospital r/t my underlying illness. My specialist is there and that’s where I receive treatment and due to my illness they have to treat me differently w/anesthesia. They tried telling me it’s the farthest hospital and it will be a bumpy ride. In turn, I replied “if you hop in the left lane and drive 80 it’s not bad at all”. The one EMT started laughing and said “she’s absolutely right, she does know”. No issue after that, 20 minutes and a smooth ride🤣
I have about 15 diagnosed conditions, take 11 different medications, so also have complications when it comes to medical treatments.
So one morning woke up with extremely bad pain, something unrelated to anything I had been experiencing up til then and couldn't even walk so g/f called 911.
Had an ambulance crew try to convince me to go to the nearest hospital and so I told them:
1. I am poor, had no insurance, and won't be able out of pocket.
2. I am a veteran. '
3. The VA hospital is twice the distance but your company is guaranteed to get paid. Send me to nearest hospital and it will be a crap shoot on if your company gets paid by the VA. Your choice.
They chose the VA, but an added benefit was that since I get all my medical care through the VA they were able to call ahead and get authorization to give me a painkiller for the hour long ride.
Turned out to be a few 2-6mm kidney stones lodged in my kidney. Probably been causing pain for a while but with all my other issues I just hadn't noticed them.
Why were they unhappy? Did they get paid more from the one hospital vs the other? They're supposed to take you to whatever hospital you request without complaint
@@ashassassin- most of the ambulances have contracts w/the hospitals they ride out of, so yes, it’s about money. It used to be we had independent ambulance stations and you could tell them where you wanted to go. Before trauma centers, unless it was a life or death situation, you wanted the closest hospital. So a code or trauma would be sent to the nearest hospital, stabilized and if they could appropriately care for the patient, keep them. If not, they would be transferred. Now trauma’s are taken to trauma centers, usually no matter the ambulance, or flown there. If there is not a trauma center w/in reasonable proximity then the trauma is taken to the nearest hospital, stabilized and then transported via ambulance or helicopter. Codes or almost codes are still sent to the nearest hospital. Then once stabilized, if the patient wants to be transferred they can make that choice. An almost code is someone who still has a heartbeat, though weak, needs intubation r/t poor respiratory rate or next to none and quite close to coding in front of you. That person gets intubated and an IV, scooped up and run to the nearest hospital b/c coding is imminent. Hope that helps.😊
How can people afford multiple ambulance trips?!
New flash. They never ever pay the bill. Ambulance Isn’t a CC that gets declined if you don’t pay your bill. Just racks up a bill on top of that bill until it’s given to a debt collections to pay off the debt, who then will seek payment for paying off the debt. And the cycle continues.
@@Wareagle9203 Doesn't that trash your credit score though?
@@virulenthunter3017 they don't care
By living in a sane, civilized, normal country where medical debt doesn't exist.
@@virulenthunter3017 their credit score is probably already trashed. People that do this kind of thing usually don't have a stable life
Thank you for putting a kind band aid on really serious call. I work at a police department. I don’t exactly see what the EMT or Fire department sees but get the info after and it’s pretty amazing. I love how you reanimate the Real situations. Thank you
Well the good news is u and your girlfriend are about to be “reunited” 😂
I really like that the handcuffed gesture also looks like a heart.
@@FlyingDominion lmao oh yeah it does
Is it illegal to go home when they dropped you off at a hospital or is it illegal to call EMS again when they already transported you for that issue once?
I'm honestly asking.
@@wjzav1971 I have no idea
@@wjzav1971 I think this falls under "misuse of emergency services" or something like that.
reminds me of an incident where we were on the second call to the same address - the EMT told me on the first round, the ER had discharged the patient before they even had the ambulance back in service. - in this case, it was the ER staff the paramedic was mad at.
Had that happened to me before ... Small county hospitals aren't the best for what's necessary to find it what's going on with us ..
I’m my experience ERs are absolutely useless for actual emergencies. They literally don’t care about their patients.
I freaking love your acting.
it's not acting, it comes from a genuine place lmao
@@samsh0-q3a yes of course it does, all good acting does.
Ready for Hollywood baby!
I have never told this before but I asked a cop in our small Texas town to arrest me once. He didn’t want to but I said look if you don’t you’ll be back tonight. It was at the peak of my iv meth and opioid addiction. The last year of the 10 years I was an addict I also drank until black out drunk every day. Drinking is what finally made me stop doing everything. Our small southern town police officers looked out for me so many times that I had to be so annoying. They gave me courtesy rides when I was too drunk to drive myself. Public servants have hearts of gold and the patience of a saint.
You did the very bravest thing you could ever do, and ask for help. This Internet stranger is proud of you. I am proud of you for maintaining sobriety, and remember, recovery is not a linear process. Give yourself some grace. 💜 🦋 There are many people that are so glad that you are still here, and still with us. 💚
Gone to the hospital in an ambulance only once. Apparently I had sepsis but I didn't know that at the time. I was shaking like mad and felt like I couldn't breathe, like I was running up a hill and couldn't stop to catch my breath. By the time they arrived though, it had stopped and I felt like a jackàss 😅
Sepsis is no joke. Good thing you went hospital
@@Cloudyb01 It was pretty rough, do not recommend. As it turned out though my husband could have probably driven me to the hospital. Took the docs several hours to get to me so I don't think it was that time sensitive. I really thought I was having a heart attack or something though, my heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest. I was only 26 and fit though so it would have been weird for it to be a heart attack. Totally thought I was dying for a bit there though but when the paramedics arrived I was like "So this thing WAS happening and now it's not ..."😅
That sounds like a panic attack. Sepsis (life-threatening, body-wide reaction to infection) doesn’t just stop.
@@BeyondIntention The sepsis took a week of antibiotics in the hospital to treat, plus a round at home, it didn't stop on its own. What stopped was the shakes and my heavy breathing, which is what I called the ambulance for. I didn't know I had sepsis so I was just left saying "I was breathing heavily and shaking but now Im not" I didn't know anything else was wrong at that point. The doc didn't seem surprised it had stopped and my heart rate was still high when I got to the hospital. She said those symptoms had been caused by the sepsis but didn't seem that worried about it. They were more worried that I'm allergic to penicillin and weren't sure the alternatives would have enough oomf for how sick I was according to the tests or something. They were considering giving me penicillin anyway and then treating my allergic reaction if it got that bad 😮 Lucky for me it was okay but it was a tough time.
I got scratched in the eye by my cat years ago and the pain was so intense I could barely keep my good eye open, so I called an ambulance to take me to the urgent care because I was afraid to drive. In hindsight, I could have just called a friend.
I lived in Salem Oregon and had a situation where I needed to go to the hospital. A friend was gonna drive me. Salem hospital was only a couple miles away, but she refused to take me there because of the wait time, so we drove all the way to Silverton hospital and I was in and done within the hour. I've been to Salem hospital several times, so I'm 100% certain that she saved me at least 3 or 4 hours of waiting time. 😂
Yeah that sounds about right
Eh my grandma had the opposite experience. Silverton closer but wait and especially discharge time way longer than everytime we've used salem.
I live in West salem! Yep. Your friend did good! 😂🎉
Such a good friend!
@@loveisagift19 she definitely is but she was also looking out for herself cause if I take 8 hours, she takes 8 hours lol
This paramedic deserves an Oscar!
I transported a client from the ER to home. When we arrived at his condo, I assisted him to his recliner, opened his windows, he offered a tip, but I refused and wished him well. I explained to the case manager that I have a feeling the guy was going to injure himself again because he wasn’t able to maneuver himself. Sure enough, a few days later, we were ordered to do a hospital discharge to hospice because he fell and was now unconscious. Of the many clients I’ve had, I felt very bad for him, wish I could have done more.
First time I ever heard a patient be called a client lol.
@@Fezzerz I’m a private medical transporter, handivan services and gurney transporter. You’re only a patient if we’re ordered by the hospital, hospice and Kaiser Health. When I picked him up, he paid out of pocket.
@@joiscara7191 Ahh that makes sense! Thank you for explaining it to me! :)
I see this WAY too much in home health. Not so much the hospice bit, but the general neglect and disregard of patient safety. You can't save them all. But you did what you could.
Very good for you for advocating for the patient.👏👏👏👏💯 I have done this before, only to be either ignored or given a rude response from someone (e.g., physician, case manager, etc.) who felt they just couldn't be bothered.
I can relate
I Work in ICU
You can’t make this up
Bless You! 🙏
Why tf would people like this be in the ICU? 😂 Maybe the er
@@johnspinelli9396 keep it respectful what I said was in general because I work in the field
@@78Yaira I'm not trying to be disrespectful, I'm not a hospital health professional but I'm an EMT. I was confused I thought you meant a person like this would be in the ICU
best drunk acting I have seen. :)
I love these _Real Conversions_ vids because you really don't know until you know.
It's like those "What I have seen working Retail" videos, where evryone is like "No way that happened", and other people doing the same job will imediately jump in and go "Oh no. This happened. For sure. That's the kinda crap we deal with"
Thank you for what you do My grandma really needed it today and the room to help out with it. She was really sick but they came right away.
A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.
The burp made me laugh. So typical!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That part about being "reunited"...
I actually feel sorry for all the BS that first responders have to put up with. What a waste of essential resources.😣😫
I never understood this. Not an ambulance story, but an ER one.
Got severe food poisoning and couldn't keep anything down for 24 hours, so my parents took me to the ER. They put me in the high priority area since I had a pretty bad fever and couldn't keep stuff down. I got to the point where I had no energy to move without assistance.
After 12 hours of waiting, a woman starts pointing out my PJ pants to her husband and starts laughing at me, saying that they looked dumb. Neither her or her husband looked like they needed high priority so I don't understand why she was there. All the laughing stopped when she saw the nurse and my mother assisting me to the bed since I couldn't even walk without help anymore. I don't know why people go to the ER just for the sake of it sometimes 😞 I sure as hell didn't want to be there and don't ever want to be back there without a damn good reason
Drugs. Opioid pain meds. I don't know when your food poisoning took place. But it used to be fairly easy for a person to go to the ER, complain about the right symptoms, say the right words, and walk out with some "good" pain meds. They might take them themselves, or trade for other narcotics if they were broke. It's not nearly as easy to do now. The two emergency rooms in my area won't even treat pain without some kind of verifiable injury. It still happens though. People with no money looking for a buzz go from hospital to hospital trying to score. It's not like they have anything better to do.
this channel is gold
This guys acting skills are top notch man haha every video I come across I can’t help but not scroll past lol so good
Not me regularly every few months coming back to your channel just to binge all your new shorts and the old ones too AGAIN.
I’ve unfortunately been in a similar situation I agreed to go to the hospital when I was incredibly intoxicated and depressed and when I arrived I was left alone for an hour just sitting on the hospital bed and everyone I tried to talk to just ignored me like I wasn’t worth their time. I just needed someone to talk to and nobody could care less or tell me what I was waiting for and what they were going to do to help so I walked out and started walking home. The officer who took me to the hospital an hour before found me walking on the side of the road and stopped to see if I was okay and I told him the situation. He took the time to listen and understand my feelings, offered to take me home and proceeded to listen and give me life changing advice all the way to my house. When we got there he gave me his card telling me to call him if I ever needed anything and made sure I got inside safely. Long story short take a second to make people you know are going through a tough time feel heard or let them know they’re gonna be okay. A little goes a long way. We’re all human and should be treated as such.
Includes the healthcare workers. You want them tostop what they are doing and talk to you for however long but then are complaining that you have to wait too long. Nope.
@susansanders3231 don't be so quick to react to what he's saying. It's their job to take care of their patients, even if that means having a 5 minute conversion
I work in a hospital and I'm sorry if this sounds mean. I'm just being completely honest and realistic. I don't want to hear from alcoholics when I have 5 severe traumas who need actual life saving attention.
@@AfiOye not sure how its in clown america. in my place if patient walks of without checks and dies somewhere in a ditch... your ass not only getting fired for patient neglect or dereliction of duty but also goes to prison for about 5 years. 5 severe traumas vs 1 now dead patient
@@Aiveqyeah no a lot of time our hospitals are so insanely overwhelmed which is why people have to wait so long for what may be dire conditions. Always someone else who is in an even greater emergency I think. Our whole medical system
Is a huge mess.
I believe it! May all our first responders be blessed! ❤
I came in to work (rx) one day to find out we were making narcan drips like crazy. I delivered stat to the ED RN and inquired about what was going on so I could calculate pharmacy narcan inventory and was told they were trying to get pt to wake out of it. I figured pt would leave as soon as they awoke. Yep, and was back again OD before the end of my shift.
I've watched so many of these videos now, and just die laughing every time.
This guy is talented. He's playing all these parts and you know it's him, but you don't see "him."
Probably helps that these are real stories and stuff, but still
Omg! Im so glad this story had a happy ending!
This dude is on another level of talented fr
When I was kicked by my horse I ended up with compartment syndrome. I took an Uber because it’s cheaper than an ambulance but taking two!
My accident with my horse broke my leg and fractured the lower bones..my leg swelled up so bad the surgeon was concerned that I may have compartment syndrome,I had surgery rods and screws saved my leg but it took three years to heal. I never even heard of compartment syndrome before that,I hope your leg was saved
David Lee Roth said in interviews that his time as a volunteer paramedic was more rewarding than his music career. But you know he had to put up with things like this too. The overall job must be worth the hassles that come by, but man do you guys have to put up with some nonsense that you shouldn't have to deal with.
Sadly humans are predictable.predictably un predictable
Your dedication and hard work are paying off.
This is the best channel on the internet. No lie.
Funniest this I've ever seen at work in the ER was a guy trying to convice the nurse to call his wife for a pick up and the nurse trying to get him to wait (presumably to let her calm down). It came to a head with her saying "I know you had an accident but let's just get get you cleaned up and-" when he cuts her off with "I didn't have an accident. I ShIt in the driveway!" Said in the most serious, hillbilly tone ice ever heard. The nurses even had to admit to him that they were struggling to keep a straight face because he was hilarious. This dude was middle-aged, big ol moustache, at like 6-7 pm, so it probably happened around 4-5 (probably why the wife was so mad). She convinced him to stay a bit and when she offered a bathroom or urinal he said something about still having room in the first one. Then about 40 mins later flagging me (a housekeeper) down and asking for a urinal or somewhere to pee, while doing a halfassed "jack-off" motion. I about died. 😂😂🤣 Nobody that interacted with him could keep a straight face, and that dude was so serious about all of it, the delivery was just *chef's kiss* GOLDEN lmao
Might I ask what was wrong with the dude (if you can even tell that). Was he just drunk or?
@lordpumpkinhead265 I'm assuming so, combined with probably a simple lack of maturity or decorum lol
The drunk burp was on point! 😂
When you know your Pts by the address on the call and the MDT and you know them by first name...
I know all the cops and EMT people because my friend/roommate has seizures and episodes of complete memory loss.. they get called multiple times a month most months. No one's fault it is what it is
@@randallhughes7938 yeah, there are two categories of frequent flyers: system abusers and people with legitimately serious medical conditions. We don’t get upset at the legitimate frequent flyers. We do get annoyed by those who think we are a quick trip to a bed in the ER despite there not being an actual issue needing us; the charge nurse sends them directly to triage so they get to wait at the back of the line.
I’m happy to show up to the same residence twice in one night when they really do need help (even if it’s simply to help them get into their bed or to the bathroom and back). Public assist calls are fine. The annoying part for the system abusers is having to say “uh huh” to the nurse during the radio (phone in these cases) report who immediately notices the patient is taking up everyone’s time, all the decon, and the waste of time having to fill out a pointless PCR.
@@ShimrraJamaane I understand and have never felt like the EMT people took offense took the many calls. They have always been friendly and professional and I have appreciated it. Can say the same with the police because they have to show up first sometimes especially when he loses his memory and starts walking of to a unknown destination. Didn't mean to give you the wrong impression. Cause I don't like the abusers either and glad there is a recourse to correct it
@@randallhughes7938 No, you didn't give the wrong impression, at all. I was just confirming that we truly care for people like your friend/roommate and that there should never be a feeling of shame in calling us for people like that. It is the abusers who create a stigma that harms people that legitimately do need our relatively frequent contact.
You're good, brother.
Yeeesss!!!! We have due that's been too the hospital 9 times in 9 days. We pick this dude up every 48-72 hours for the same shit. His address pops up and me and my partner are always like "Fuck!"
Someone’s probably said this before but dude’s a pretty good actor
Gotta say, dude that makes these videos is a really good actor, I'm impressed
If I need the ER and know it'll be an emergency soon, but isn't quite yet (chronic issue) I call a cab if I can't drive(most of the time I can't drive). Just costs 15 there, 15 back. At the ER I'm a frequent flyer because it can quickly overtake my heart. I'm seen right off so it's serious enough. The ambulance is not a taxi service! I also do not want to disturb others to come and pick me up.
Somebody on my rescue squad likes to remind people that we’re NOT a free taxi service.
Haha legend hope ppl appreciate how much work in this 👍👍👍
Omg this happens alll. The. TiME! And its infuritating! 😂
You know, my uncle looks like you a lot and in a very good way. I hope i can see him irl again. Also i love your content
this is why i respect you guys man i couldnt i would of lost it
Jason, I really believe some people are brain dead!!!!
Unfortunately, a hospital visit won't fix that.
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I'll give him that the wait was so long. I once had to go to the emergency room.
Not only was there a ton of people there, but one guy actually fell into the floor from his chair.
One of the staff walked over to him on the floor and casually says "Ugh, we're going to need a wheelchair for this guy."
Going by ambulance doesn't guarantee that you don't go to the front as well. I tell people if they're likely to go to the front and wait like everyone else, but they still want to go by ambulance. Those instances, going to urgent care would be faster but nope, they don't listen.
After 13 years, I still don't understand their thought process.
Go to a different ER next time
I literally died in an er once. My BP kept dropping and dropping and dropping, my mom and husband kept telling them I was losing consciousness and they ended up calling my surgeon even(issue stemmed from botched surgery) and he called the er to bitch them out and get me seen faster. Well after coming to after cpr because as I said,I literally died from waiting so long,the er nurse had the cheek to get prissy at me because my family had the surgeon call and yell at them. So that was fun
My best friend passed from a pulmonary embolism, he had blood clots in his shoulder, arm, and lung. An EKG was ordered ASAP, they ordered it for 10 days out. He passed the following morning. Reminder kids, medical malpractice is a leading cause of death in the US. Avoid hopsitals like the plague.
Also I had a friend with immense side pain go to the hopsital, after waiting for hours and being told to just drink water, his appendix burst in the waiting room. He nearly died as well.
You can tell which people really don't understand society. They're the ones that don't realize it's illegal to misuse emergency services.
This is why i have respect for people who have a job like this because they have to deal with people like this
Just saw your PSA ad. You are killing it man ❤
That beer just cost you $3000 dollars and a bad credit score
He won't pay it and his credit score is in the toilet. He doesn't care
Guy released a statement, it reads "IONTGIVAFUQ!!!!"
✨ ADDICTION ✨
Im glad they didn't cut her a break and release her
They're made for each other
The burp🤣
When the maths ain’t really mathing 😅
Learned this myself, which is why I'll never call an ambulance. The hospital near more would sooner try to kill me than save me.
I was having chest pains, and a BP of 190/120. They decided that it wasn't urgent enough and made me wait for 12 hours until I decided to leave since my symptoms had subsided. I still wanted to get seen to make sure my heart enzymes and such were okay, but that clearly wasn't going to happen. And I'm extremely confident I suffered a mini stroke as a result, because now I'll randomly have problems breathing while trying to sleep ever since then. And then had the audacity to charge me.
So yea. I'd rather go to the hospital that's 15 more minutes further than that one, regardless of what's wrong with me. Nobody has had a good experience at this hospital, and you only hear how bad they are.
Can't you request the ambulance to take you to the farther hospital? If not, is there cabulance in your area?
@@AkaiAzul They will only take you to the nearest hospital. If you ask them, they'll just tell you their protocol is to take you to the nearest hospital. I don't know about a cabulance, but I don't believe so.
As soon as they take your name at the front desk and add you to the patient list you will be charged for the ER visit. During peak covid I saw a lady tell them she was done waiting and leaving, only to come back within an hour and they had to add her to the end of the waitlist because she was already "discharged"/left the ER. And she was pissed when they told her she would be billed for two ER visits.
You...do realize that EMTs state which hospital they're driving you to and ask for approval (if you’re awake enough). Just tell them the preferred hospital and they’ll transport you.
@@ForcedHandleName You DO realize that I've already said that they don't take your input, right? My family has worked as EMTs, I have friends that are EMTs, and I've been transported by EMTs. All of them say the same thing. They do NOT need your approval of which hospital to go to. Their prime directive is getting you immediate medical treatment as quick as possible, and that means delivering you to the nearest available hospital, regardless if you approve or not.
Gets to spend the night sobering up in a cell instead of a comfy hospital bed now 😂😂😂
Bro was Fed up
Omg years ago I was walking up the block and there was a homeless guy who needed help. He had a dirty dressing on one of his feet, looks like his toes got amputated or something, idk. But I called the ambulance and I stood talking to the guy until they came, and the conversation pretty much happened like this video! Lol apparently they just dropped him off and he left for some reason, I think because he wanted pain medicine but the doctor didn’t feel comfortable prescribing it because he was an alcoholic. I told the guy to try and stay to at least get his wound treated. I hope he’s doing ok
I love how docs will give out pain medication like it's candy but a homeless guy? Oh no.. he might hurt himself lmao
@@samsh0-q3a to be fair, if there were alcohol in his system (and I am not saying there was, if he had toe amputation and was acting drunk or out of it, it could very easily have been insulin related which is serious and I’m so glad OP helped him) - but if he DID have any alcohol in his system it’s problematic to add heavy painkillers on top of that because they can depress your breathing function, and mixing the two can actually cause you to stop breathing. I’m guessing they’d have to rush a Blood Alcohol Content test to determine if it was safe, or what dosage to use to not cause more problems.
But I also don’t blame him not wanting to stay stuck sitting there in pain while people tell you, “just wait, we’re working on it as quick as we can!” Because it’s maddening.
And you are completely right that our medical system has inherent biases built into it, which can only end up hurting the patients that go there for help - so 100% no disagreement there!
I love this guy is is my favorite
Dude! Your drunk guy impression is sooo good.
Reunited and it feels so good 😂
Make the girlfriend write the chart.
Honestly tho the wait is ridiculous. They need to give out those little beepers so they cAn page u when it’s ur turn..
I don't know how anybody who works with 'people' keep their sanity 😳😂
Yup, not forme!
I 100% believe this happened.
Your acting of the antics of the drunk guy is hilarious!
We make it clear that they just lost their place in line in triage and get to start over. Uberlance!
The best part is all paramedics just wanna say just sleep it off but we can’t.
Great video as always!
What crime did the guy commit? Misusing an ambulance?
Abuse of the emergency response system lol?
Crime against humanity
Yeah I don't see what crime was actually committed here
His girlfriend was arrested for driving without a license, which means he had to drive home drunk.
@Cobus Bothma then the cops committed the crime by letting a drunk guy drive.
I used to live in a main city in my country, and during my time there i only went to the hospital twice. The first time was after a (TW) suicide attempt, this lovely doctor glued my wrist skin back together and was incredibly helpful. 3 months later i had an abscess but i have no dental insurance so i went to the hospital instead to be treated, and low and behold, its the same doctor 😂 my city has four hospitals and i still happened to be treated by him again
That burp is SPOT ON!!!
I once road a bus where a guy kept asking the driver to call an ambulance for him so he could go to a specific hospital. the bus driver calmly and repeatedly explained that he would be brought to the closest hospital which was not the one that he wanted.
Then he asked me to call. I told him the same thing, he did not care at that point, so I called them. then he told the paramedics which hospital he wanted, and they also told him it did not work that way.
A patient can definitely request a different hospital. There are very few reasons why this request wouldn't be answered, for ex, a life-and-death matter is straight to the nearest trauma center. But if the diversion is less than 30 minutes, it's usually no problem.
You're absolutely allowed to request a certain hospital unless you're being unreasonable and want them driving an hour out of their way. If it's just a town over they should have no issue with this.
*rode, in this case
I am so very sorry that you have to deal with this nonsense. I mean, better you than me? But wow. Thank you for all that you do!
Dam. Bro is gone. Have fun in jail buddy.
Jailed for what exactly?
For having someone pick him up from a perfectly good hospital because the wait was too long, brought home and call 911 again to be brought to another hospital
@@FireDepartmentChronicles I had no idea that specifically could be an arrestable offense
@@FireDepartmentChronicles"Perfectly good hospital" doesn't exist. Some hospitals I've been to had a 15 minute wait and immediately found out what's wrong, others had me waiting multiple hours just to tell me to sleep off my (later discovered) infected cyst. Some hospitals are bad enough that getting no treatment is better.
Your freaking great dude keep it up
The customer is always right 😊
My old supervisor transported a mental health patient to the mental health facility over an hour away and after he dropped the gentleman off he decided to get lunch at a drive through.
Right after he got back on the road. A short while later he received a phone call from the chief asking him what he did with the “prisoner”? He responded that he did as instructed and brought the guy to the mental health facility and released him into their care. His chief then proceeded to ask him where his location was. He responded I’m approximately 20 minutes out. His chief replied “get your ass back he now… (the gentleman [name protected]) is out he screaming at traffic on the side walk…!
Apparently the man was a bit of a “ladies man” and was “seeing” one of the nurses and also already had another “lady friend” on stand by at the clinic to bring him home. Haha
I willingly got into an ambulance due to bad depression years ago. Physically healthy and had my common sense. I got a $2,000 bill. Never again will I step into an ambulance unless I'm dying.
I SWEAR HE ALWAYS HAS THE BEST CHAD VOICE
I love how his fists make a little heart.
So romantic! 😍
Man, Jason, my city's fire department isn't really running calls in my city. We're a decent sized city with 2 stations. One is on main street, and the other is on a state route with a Federal Signal 508 by it. Usually that station runs calls to Middletown for drug overdoses.
The people that need it explained to them that it's ILLEGAL to abuse emergency response systems are why there's instructions on 3-in-1 shampoo bottles.
My elderly neighbor, who did have some health issues, she'd call 911 like 2x month, even if she just had a cold. Because she knew with her condition + ambulance ride, she'd get in right away. And then she'd tell them she didn't have a ride home, so ambulance would have to bring her home, because she was on oxygen and couldn't take a cab.
I get this in my job too. I send someone to an Urgent Care or ER and a little while later I get a call back asking to be sent somwhere else because the wait is too long. I would like to explain to them that this is the state of healthcare today. Everywhere you go, you wait. Probably because 90% of the people who are there don't really need to be or are to irresponsible to make a doctor's appointment in a timely manner. And when I do send them somewhere else it goes with my silent wish that the wait at the next place is even longer.
I can feel thy anger 😔
One of my favorite things is when patients get sick of waiting in the lobby so they go home and call EMS. They bring them in and they typically roll right back out to the waiting room. Ma’am your upset tummy does not make you an emergency. Septic Sandra and GSW George take priority 😂
My partner and I routinely put people in triage! Just because you call 911 doesn't mean you get seen quicker!
so damn good that he is going to join his gf. here would have to the hospital and then if we are lucky the ward for people that are under arrest. but most of the time they walk right out
You know these calls are never to clean places 😂😂😂 we need some shit schmear on the walls 😂😂😂 and some floor mattresses
*Reunited and it feels so goooooood!*
That was nice of him
That's like my patients who sign out AMA (against medical advice) because they aren't getting what they want (usually meds), and 15 minutes later they stroll into ED saying they got bad care and they want a new doctor. 🤬
I have seen good reason for it at 3 hospitals in my area. It is clear that medicine isn't simple so it is reasonable to assume that finding a doctor willing to put the work in and a hospital that prioritizes patients would be difficult. UMC in Jackson Ms. is the only hospital that would do anything for my wife's IIH beyond "therapeutic" lumbar puncture. She went undiagnosed for years going to other hospitals.
Waiting for you to do the ones that call 911 from the ER wanting the ambulance to take them to another ER because it's taking too long/I don't like this hospital/they don't believe me and won't give me the treatment/drugs I want
Not being treated at a hospital is a legitimate complaint
@AlmightyK depends what kind of treatment they want. Drug seeking behavior is a big problem in some areas. Other people are just entitled and can't understand how their twisted ankle isn't getting the attention the 65 year old man vomiting coffee grounds is. There's a difference between "not being treated" and "not being treated the way you want"
All…the…efffing….time
@LycanKai I'm sorry that you have such shitty doctors if they have labeled you as "drug seeking" when that term specifically refers to people who will do and say anything to specifically get opioid painkillers. I've known people with chronic disabilities who struggled for years to finally get the proper diagnosis so they could finally get proper effective treatment, but they were never labeled as "drug seekers." I wish you luck finding a doctor who will take your needs seriously
@@almightyk11 That comment sounded incredibly naïve. It's very common for addicts to try and get "supplies" from hospitals, and then for hospitals to refuse that specific treatment. It would be IRRESPONSIBLE to do so.
It's also why Animal Hospitals have to beef up security, they have the same stuff just in smaller dosages for their "clients". Break-ins are rising on them.