“Hello, 911?”
The Welsh Ambulance Service revealed some of the most ridiculous calls it received this year, including a woman who lost her voice, a person who had eaten too much kebab and another person who got their hand stuck in a letterbox.
The service said it received a whopping 414,149 calls to 999, its equivalent to 911 in the US, but 68,416 turned out to not be emergencies at all – an average of 188 hoax calls per day.
“Inappropriate calls put additional pressure on an already overstretched service and can delay help to others,” Andy Swinburn, chief executive of paramedicine, said in a statement.
The agency released transcripts of some of the most absurd calls it received that certainly did not warrant an emergency response.
“I know it doesn’t qualify 100% as [an emergency], but my wife must have accidentally rubbed chili in her eyes and her eyes are burning. She tried to wash them and nothing happens,” a caller told an operator.
The Welsh Ambulance Service has published the most ridiculous number of actual calls it received last year that did not warrant an emergency response. fake images
Another caller said: “We had kebab yesterday afternoon and I may have eaten a little more than I’m used to, but this morning my stomach hurts really bad.”
A person called for help because his ring had gotten stuck on his finger.
“Can you come see me, please?” they asked after being told an ambulance would not come.
A woman who lost her voice also thought about calling 999: “What’s wrong with her, her voice has failed. We do not know what to do. “We’ve tried lemon and whatever, but it doesn’t help.”
The agency said it received 414,149 calls in 2023. Gajus – stock.adobe.com
Unfortunately, one man had his hand trapped inside his mailbox. According to the service transcript:
“Operator: Is the patient awake?
Caller: Yes, it’s me, my hand is stuck in the door.
Operator: Is the door closed at this time?
Caller: Yes, it’s closed. Mother! No, my hand is stuck in the damn mailbox.
Operator: How old are you?
Caller: Open the door, my hand is stuck!
The strange calls even included a person who had lost his false teeth.
“I have dentures on the bottom, and I went to clean my teeth and said, ‘Where’s my dentures?’” the caller reflected to a dispatcher. “
This sounds crazy… but I don’t know what else to do. Had I swallowed my false teeth?
The service urged residents to only call 999 if a person is “in imminent danger”.
“We are here to help people in their time of need, but we also need the public to take some responsibility for their health and wellbeing at a time when NHS services are at capacity,” the chief executive said. of operations Lee Brooks. .
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Source: vtt.edu.vn