But not involving animals.

My daughters friend went back to the UK and was present when somebody became unwell. Vomiting, unconscious, really bad state, wouldn't wake up. 

So they rang an ambulance. The ambulance people on the phone asked if he was breathing. They responded yes, he was. So the response was, okay then, we cant come out of he's breathing, the ambulance will come but it could be 7 HOURS! 

I was stunned!

 

 

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I hope he's still breathing.

Kind of an odd response to a potential life threatening situation!  In the U.K, is an ambulance the same as calling Paramedics?  Here in the USA  most ambulances are for transporting between hospitals while paramedic units come for life saving and emergency transport to a hospital.

1 hour ago, dmwalker said:

I hope he's still breathing.

 

It turned out to be a seizure. Luckily my daughter and her work friend had just been on a first aid course, so he knew what to do. They knew a nurse, so she rushed round and got straight on the phone to the ambulance people and demanded they sent an ambulance immediately. Shortly after, it arrived. 

56 minutes ago, charliearon said:

Kind of an odd response to a potential life threatening situation!  In the U.K, is an ambulance the same as calling Paramedics?  Here in the USA  most ambulances are for transporting between hospitals while paramedic units come for life saving and emergency transport to a hospital.

 

Yes, our ambulances are like your paramedics and trained to provide medical aid on the spot. Ive never heard anything like this before, utterly astonishing.

 

2 minutes ago, martin-w said:

Ive never heard anything like this before, utterly astonishing.

Not to justify but may be a consequence of too many false alarms.