Top 20 frivolous Calls

[Anjel]

Had an old lady recently who slept on her arm and called us early in the morning because it was numb.

At least she was nice.

I had that same call.

 

[medic66]

Working 911 in Humble, Texas a man called because his wife wouldn't fix him what he wanted for dinner. No joke! And we transported him to Ed. Later I found out he was fed and transported back home by a private service.

 

[Shishkabob]

What was he transported for?

I would have called PD and a supervisor...

 

[medic66]

Unfortunately...he wanted to go to er. That's all it takes! Another ridiculous call was to put leads on a man that was found in a parked car...middle of summer, with pulsating blisters, eyes wide open and obviously dead. I could smell decomposition 20 ft away. Just a waste of resources

 

[flhtci01]

Called for a 17y/o with fractured arm. UA he was standing on curb waiting for us. He had been wrestling with friends and wanted a ride to the ER. It was less than a block away and we could see the ER entrance from where we were standing. He could have walked there in the amount of time it took us to respond.

 

[truetiger]

I hate getting calls for intoxicated subjects. Show up on scene and these people are not injured, just drunk. The cops will give the person the choice going with them or going with us.

 

[Medic2409]

Mid 20's female, talking on phone, hand holding phone became numb while holding it to her ear, numbness traveled to elbow, and then to shoulder, all while conversing on phone.

Elderly gentleman sent out due to "abdominal spasms upon expiration." Otherwise known as hiccups.

0300, slightly elderly female in an apartment complex, met us at the door, c/c? "I itch down there."

 

[EMDispatch]

I heard about these from coworkers, but didn't believe it till I got one:

Disp: "911, do you need police, fire, or ambulance?"
Caller: "All of them of them. There's an accident at *******."
Disp: "Yes Mam we're aware of the accident and have emergency crews on scene (for over 5 minutes)."
Caller: "Oh I saw the firetruck, I just wanted to make sure you knew about it."

 

[EMSrush]

Call for blurred vision... (I lost my glasses and want new ones at the ED)

Call for ear pain... (I've got wax in my ears and don't like the way it looks)

Call for a fall... (2 weeks ago, just want to get checked out to be safe)

Call for a psych at a SNF... (When no one is looking, Pt looks at me, winks and says, "I'm just putting them on. I'm fine. I just wanted to go for a ride.")

REALLY!?!???

 

[RocketMedic]

hahaha went to a nursing home for a sob. nurse states " i cant get her stats past 88% " pt is on nrb 2lpm. i pulled it off the pt. she says " ahh i feel better now thank you "

the nurse is my general managers sister in law so i bit my tongue

gotta love it

It always boggles my mind how nurses, certified RNs, are defeated by O2 tanks on a daily basis. Seriously, how do you screw that up, and why are they not fired for it?

 

[usalsfyre]

It always boggles my mind how nurses, certified RNs, are defeated by O2 tanks on a daily basis. Seriously, how do you screw that up, and why are they not fired for it?

Many tanks don't go above 5lpm. Also the nurses may only have standing orders for 2lpm or less.

 

[Shishkabob]

Many tanks don't go above 5lpm. Also the nurses may only have standing orders for 2lpm or less.

Then you don't put them on an NRB. :unsure:

 

[RocketMedic]

Then you don't put them on an NRB. :unsure:

Pretty much- using an NRB at low-flow is asking for a lawsuit from someone who knows anything.

 

[Cawolf86]

Yup. I actually went on a call at an urgent care where a 70 y/o male with a hx of asthma and copd went in for acute sob. I went in and found the pt supine on the urgent care bed with a nrb at 2lpm. He was pale, cool, and diaphoretic with an o2 sat of 65%.

Docotor was in the room with him... All he had gotten was a 12 lead and an abg. Really. Really.

After sitting him up and turning on the mask followed by a couple treatments of albuterol he was talking in full sentences with good vitals.

Tldr - doctors do it too.

 

[DallasFireRescueMedic]

Cold, winter day in Dallas, ice and snow on the ground. Don't remember what it was dispatched as, but when we go there a mid-late 20's man is standing outside an apartment and said, "My feet are cold."

My partner, "Your feet are cold? Go inside."

Moron, "I can't. My mom won't let me in. Can you ask her for me?"

Uh, no.

Needless to say, we couldn't help him. My partner was so mad he slipped on the ice and landed flat on his back. Wish I had a picture.

 

[exodus]

Why didn't you ask his mom to let him in?

 

[DallasFireRescueMedic]

Why didn't you ask his mom to let him in?

Because he's a grown man.

 

[exodus]

Maybe there was domestic issues going on and he was afraid to ask? You're public service, so why not help him out, it's what you're payed to do.

 

[usalsfyre]

Then you don't put them on an NRB. :unsure:

Agreed, but we are talking about LVNs with a diploma mill degree...

 

[mycrofft]

The top? Here's my "top"

I just KNOW I've posted about the housewife who waited for hubby to go on duty, then called 911, and waited posed with her hand in the garbage disposer and naked. The phone was across the room.


Do I win?