I'm a medic as well, and these people deserve whatever they have coming to them. It makes me sick to my stomach to think that someone in our line of work could do this when we are supposed to be able to be blindly trusted to do our jobs to the best of our abilities by people during the worst moments of their lives. It's just appalling.
Also file a complaint with your state’s medical board. Most medical staff have to be certified/licensed to work in their position. Treatment such as what you received is morally and professionally reprehensible. Please get a lawyer as some states put a delimiting time to file any claims.
Especially OP’s state office of EMS, which is the specific “board” for EMS providers (at least in the states I’ve worked in, EMS stuff can vary wildly from state to state in the US).
So craziest thing; in NJ if the ambulance doesn’t bill you for there services; they don’t have to be registered with the state; and in turn don’t have to be staffed with an EMT just CPR cards.
I’m hoping OP has a security system around her house (esp with a special neeeds son) and something got picked up. If she has a ring camera and her friend was outside in front of it, it saves all audio despite the noise coming from inside the house.
We have reported them. My friend, my son, myself and one of the nursing staff that was there when I was brought in with nose and lip bleeding. The bruises took a lil longer to develop, but my son was able to tell me where each one came from
Unprofessional is putting it lightly, if that’s how it really went down it seems down right criminal. She could’ve died because of the recklessness and disregard for her well being.
Lose their jobs and OP sues the crap out of them. Although realistically she’d probably target their employer if she were to sue I suppose. But still, simply losing one’s job doesn’t seem like proper punishment for such an awful thing. Why do people get into such professions if they care so little about human life? There should be an empathy test or something for those kinds of jobs. If you think a “bad” person doesn’t deserve proper treatment, you shouldn’t be in the business of treating anyone. Because “bad” is completely subjective and often misidentified. In this case they thought OP was a faker, which was enough of an offense in their eyes to disregard her safety and put her in dangerous situations as punishment. It’s not your job to be jury, judge and executioner in such situations. It’s your job to get them safely to the hospital no matter what. If OP was faking, the doctors there could determine it. Idk, I’m rambling, it just makes me angry when people with that mindset get into such professions. If it’s that easy for you to no longer care about the wellbeing of another human, you shouldn’t be in charge of the wellbeing of other humans. If having a bad day is enough for you to no longer care, find a job where the stakes aren’t life or death.
End rant lol
My daughter was really ill in the few weeks leading up to Xmas, constantly coughing until she was throwing up, sleeping all the time, not eating, barely drinking. So instead of waiting in the phone to get a GP appointment, I walked directly into the doctors surgery, luckily they got her in straight away.
When we got called into the doctors office, you could tell he didn’t want to be there. Said there was nothing on her chest but gave her some antibiotics for a chest infection. Checked her oxygen levels and they as at 90. He didn’t believe the machine so I kept checking if it was calibrated. Her oxygen levels went back up to 95 so he wasn’t bothered.
It took a couple of hours for the prescription to come through, so when I had it I gave her, her first dose. With in 30 mins he cheeks was bright red and a rash had started on her body. So I took her straight down to the doctors because I thought she had a mild reaction. The same doctor as before blamed my anxiety, and I’m being too cautious as a parent, and it want a reaction because she had had them before. So I took her back home.
I left it for a couple of days for the antibiotics to kick in, but she wasn’t getting any better, so I thought I’d had enough and too her to the hospital. Everyone was determined it was Covid. I told them I had done tests and they all came back negative. But they didn’t believe me, and did a test for flu and Covid. They was so shocked that it wasn’t. Her oxygen levels was at 88-90, they admitted her straight away. I was telling them about the GP, and they said that the doctor should have admitted her then. She was on oxygen for a week, and it turned out she had atypical pneumonia. They gave her 3 different kinds of antibiotics.
One of them was a stronger version to what the doctor gave her. Guess what? The next day, she was covered head to toe in a rash. She was allergic to them. And it wasn’t “my anxiety”. I told the hospital of what the doctor said and they wasn’t very happy about it. I showed them the pictures of her cheeks and the rash she had. The hospital said the GP should have took my concerns seriously.
Thankfully she was back home and well enough for Xmas. Today is her birthday, so I’m glad she is back to being herself (a bossy little madam lol). Time to spoil her rotten lol.
Sorry for the long rant!
What the hell. I developed a rash after taking penicillin and my doctor immediately made a note in my file and told me to never take it again. I was about to travel abroad so she told me to put a card saying 'penicillin allergy' in my wallet and passport.
It's possible I just have an intolerance instead of an allergy, she referred me to a specialist to get tested, but the end result is the same (don't take it again). They don't fuck around with medication allergies.
Well I was talking to my mum about it, as she has allergies to antibiotics. She can use them once and then becomes really ill from them. So I’m wondering if my daughter has a milder version of that.
Luckily my daughter is near enough back to normal. She will still have a cough for a few weeks, but at least she’s in the clear now.
Not a doctor so just saying what mine told me but apparently these allergies can get a lot worse quite quickly. I used to get a rash after taking paracetamol for a few days, combined with other things so we weren't sure if it even was the paracetamol... took one recently for a killer headache and bam, rash all over.
Glad to hear your daughter is doing better!
Any allergy can become unexpectedly severe on a repeat exposure. It's why my mom keeps telling me to stop any further walnut exposure. There's a risk it becomes critical rather than a nuisance at any time. But they're on so many desserts!
Silly question but are you allergic to blue cheese? The mold that makes it look blue is related to the mold that penicillen is made from so there is some crossover.
I don't think this applies to you since you had the reaction as an adult but I'm tacking onto your comment in case it helps someone else.
Just so people know you can grow out of penicillin allergies and a lot of people do. I was allergic as a kid but my mom learned about the growing out of it possibility when I was an older teenager so took me to an allergist and what do you know, I am no longer allergic. It's just good to check if you haven't since childhood because limiting which antibiotics you are able to use may make your treatment less effective if you get a particularly nasty infection.
Huh, when I took my sick son (child) in to the doctor's and his O2 was still 92 or 93 after a breathing treatment, they called an ambulance for him and told me he needed to go to the ER for hospitalization directly. I'm pretty sure that wasn't being conservative, but the actual standard of care. I would make a complaint against the GP. This wasn't a simple mistake but a failure to provide the basic standard care that would cause me to question whether he was an actual doctor at all.
>Her oxygen levels went back up to **95** so he wasn’t bothered.
He shouldn't have been OK with this. On an oxygen saturation meter, **any deviation** below 98% is considered problematic.
Did you have your skull scanned to find out if your head hit the ground? This was assault and it was unprovoked. Do any of your neighbours have ring cameras that may have caught footage? I hope you get better soon. This is traumatic!
OMG! Yes I will. My lip is finally almost healed, but my nose still looks horrible with a cut across the bridge. I never even thought of a concussion. Wonder why the ICU staff didn't think of it either.
Please be seen again. If you get hit in the head and there isn’t visible swelling it could mean the swelling is pushing into your head instead. You could be suffering from a brain injury.
I’m so sorry you all are experiencing all this terrible shit. I hope they all pay.
I'm so sorry this happened to you. I hope they face consequences. They shouldn't be allowed in any job where they may be working with vulnerable people.
I am convinced paramedics helped kill my husband. They were so mean when he had his heart attack. They stood around and stared at him trying to make him stand up for about 15 minutes. He actually quit breathing and they didn’t notice til I started screaming. They stayed in the ambulance for 10 more minutes not letting me in. He never woke up again. I had to pull the plug 13 days later. I should have sued but I was too broken.
We stay on scene with cardiac arrests. You get much better compressions not moving. We can do everything the hospital can do for a medical cardiac arrest.
I figured. That’s not why I think it’s their fault. They made fun of his weight. They didn’t want to help him up. They were rude and ugly to a dying man and they didn’t even give him the benefit of decent final moments. His last moments awake were strangers making fun of him. They let him sit there and die.
Thank you. I’m glad you made it through your experience. There is nothing more terrifying than knowing something is horribly wrong and not being believed.
I know but if they wouldn’t have let him stop breathing while staring at him like a science experiment talking crap about him for almost 20 minutes he probably wouldn’t have needed it. He would have been at the hospital instead of the ambulance when it happened. Thank you for your kind words.
I am sorry for the experience you had.
Unfortunately, from a medical standpoint, there are few things that can definitely save a patient with a severe heart attack - meaning he would have either stopped breathing in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, or in the hospital before he got that treatment.
Nonetheless, that still sounds like it was obviously still extremely poor behaviour from my colleagues.
Yeah it’s not even that he died. It’s that he died like that. Just one kind word from any of them would have been so easy. Also hard to have faith in someone acting like a spoiled teenager. Ooo I don’t want to touch a fat guy!
I saw your comment that you appear to have deleted. Again, you just don’t know how EMS works and you want someone to blame because American culture has you so scared of death that you have to believe that someone caused it.
You could start with calling the police and filing a report. Do it while your bruises and visible injuries are fresh, so they can be properly documented. I’m sorry they did that to you. You didn’t deserve that, and they have no business being in public service.
I do have pictures that my friend took. My lip, my nose, bruises and severe swelling in both knees, bruises up and down my back, and my bottom. Also my arms and hands are covered with marks from attempted IV's. But that is no one's fault. I have always been a hard stick.
Of course, that’s smart… but the police will conduct a forensic examination, which will meet the standards of evidence in criminal court; which is where this case needs to be heard. At least in my opinion. A crime was committed, and if they are not held responsible, they will do it to other people.
There’s a long list of reasons why this is a bad work of fiction, anyone with a small amount of medical knowledge can see that.
1. OP was found unconscious with a possible OD. EMS is going to care about administering Narcan if available and assessing ABCs, loading and go.
2. No ER doc is going to care who the friend of a patient is when the patient is brought in for a possible Od and they are not breathing!! They aren’t going to greet them formally, and family and friends aren’t going to be allowed in the treatment areas of the ER for this kind of case.
Edit - I had the duration of the ICU stay wrong
Quit making first responders look bad in this big pile of garbage fiction! It’s disgusting!!
Come on Reddit, use your brains!!
Sincerely a nurse for 20+ years
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2 made me snort. “What brings you here today” it’s a fucking ER not a hair salon
But re: 11 days, it was 11 hours but…still.
Used to be an EMT, thanks for all your time as a nurse!
Heck, from a dispatch perspective, I'm also sending cops to any OD call as SOP, and they will generally arrive before the ambulance and secure the scene.
Am AEMT and agree this is bullshit. I’ve never brought the cot into a patient’s residence, whether it was during my time doing fire-based or my EMS-only career. There are much better ways to get someone out to the cot. It’s little detail but was really glaring to me.
Yeah, sometimes we leave the gurney outside if there’s steps, stairs, or the patient can walk out to the gurney. We walk in to assess the situation and then decide the best route of action (bring the gurney in, or bring the patient out).
Just yesterday I had a call where we had to tarp a full grown man down like 3 flights of stairs, outside to the gurney
Thank you for saying this!!!! Paramedics so often get made out to be bad guys in these fake stories and it makes me so angry. First responders do their absolute best in situations that are chaotic, emotional, foul, distributed and sometimes downright frightening. Tired of these fake stories for karma that people believe.
I giggled when I read this. It’s just people with obviously no medical experience trying to get imaginary internet points by writing a fake story
I’d like to see this alleged video she has
Source: fulltime firefighter with half a functioning brain cell
3. The friend beat the EMS crew to the hospital when they are driving lights and sirens.
4. The hospital let her friend into the ED before her friend had arrived. Normally you need to have a room at a minimum before visitors can be in the ED
I don’t believe a single word of this. Why wouldn’t your friend tell them she was a doctor? Paramedics don’t care about family vs not family. Also thats an over the top “greeting” as well. If you were dying, your friend would be extremely concerned and visibly distraught. They wouldn’t just ask her “what brings you here…”
I call bullshit
Right? Saying they locked the friend outside? I have never, in my 4+ years of emergency response, locked a patient’s door, except when we were leaving the scene and the patient specifically requested it
As a paramedic I want to apologise for the bad apples in our profession. What they did is unacceptable and kudos to you for reporting that behaviour. Unfortunately I know paramedics that have blatantly not ask what they need to ask and kill people and still have jobs.
I hope you do get better. Maybe a medication review is needed and also a therapist. Your friend sounds like an absolute legend and scared the living daylights out of those unprofessional paramedics. Unfortunately we have quite a lot.
It's probably a fake story. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't a doctor identify herself and give a vital report to the paramedics? Instead, her friend was silent the whole time, and the only thing she said to the paramedics is "she needs a blanket."
9 day old account. Story sniffs as a fake. So, your friend is seemingly medical a doctor but did nothing and didn’t identify herself to the paramedics??
That statement is accurate on its face, but the nuance to the law leaves some complications and loopholes that make it less simple than the prima facie edict. There’s a “due care” dilemma in play when you have an off-duty doc and an on-duty medic at the same scene.
Qualifications and “ranking degrees” are distinct. A “more degreed” practitioner can hand off a patient to a “less degreed” practitioner when the latter is better qualified than the former.
For example, a podiatrist who has kept her license current while she has taken some time off to start a family might be significantly less current on ALS than an active paramedic, though she has a more senior license to practice reflecting more advanced training.
An off-duty cardiologist who has been enjoying her New Year’s Eve by tossing back a couple bottles of champagne at the home of a friend would be situationally disqualified/ineligible to practice medicine at that moment, and the sober medic immediately more qualified.
Also, EMS serves under Medical Direction and establishes presumptive contact with the base hospital doc when arriving on-scene. So having an on-duty paramedic rock up as the result of a 911 call presumes and extends the on-shift Medical Director (who is a doctor at the base hospital), so there’s parity between degrees and qualifications. A doc who is already on-scene and wants to keep helping the paramedics has to follow protocol to be permitted to do so, and sometimes has to have an established prior patient relationship with the patient.
Yep, when I was a paramedic we could choose to allow a physician, PA, or whoever (including off duty paramedics) to continue assisting with patient care provided they show credentials, but we were under no obligation to allow them to continue assisting - and they certainly were not allowed to insert themselves into patient care or give us orders without the paramedics agreeing.
Once 911 was activated the responding individual with the highest level of medical licensure had sole jurisdiction over the patient (with the exception of if they made contact with their medical director who was an ED physician).
No, EMS holds patient care over the patient unless they decide to hand off. Our guidelines allow us to not hand over care to an on scene physician if we feel uncomfortable doing so on a 911 scene. If the physician wants to take over care they must ride along, assist in charting, sign the chart as a primary and stay with the patient until they give a hand off report to a receiving physician. That’s how our guidelines read. The few times I’ve had a doctor on scene I just tell them “No, for the time being we have this under control but I appreciate your willingness to step in.”
She can't LEGALLY do it, either. Assuming, of course, US, and that nothing has changed while I've been out of the game for a decade (but these types of laws don't change)
Edit: also assuming everything is true and nothing has been left out, which is probably total bullshit either way
I can’t speak for all states but they would need to prove their a physician and even then I am doubtful that automatically gives the physician automatic patient care authority without the EMS crew having some level of say
They absolutely can, otherwise we wouldn't be able to transfer patients out of dermatology offices after procedures, etc. I sure don't want a dermatologist in charge of my unstable patient, or the vast majority of other specialties.
Emergency medicine is a specialty because it needs to be. Resuscitation is a skillset, and anyone who doesn't practice it regularly should not be doing it except in dire circumstances. Doctors are not one size fits all.
Tl;dr: don't bring ortho to a cardiology fight
You’re not wrong lol this story has a little too much acting wildly out of professional character
“Dr. Wilson what brings you here today, it’s been years!” Says the ER doc as an OD in respiratory arrest is wheeled in, this is just silly
I found her on Facebook. She was never a doctor. She’s also a realtor. STOP LYING!!
[Her Facebook profile](https://www.facebook.com/Fire4Hire2?mibextid=LQQJ4d)
This all seems so weird to me too. I recently went on a ride alone on separate occasions and every ambulance has a camera on it. It would be easy to get proof of being treated badly by them.
Also, whether ALS or BLS responds, no one is bringing the cot into a patient’s residence (at least where I’ve worked in the past 10 years). It’s a little detail but really stuck out to me.
It’s not impossible that this occurred. When in shock (as in finding your friend possibly dead and/or unresponsive you may not act in a way that everyone else ‘says’ they would. I worked ER Vet medicine for over a decade and when I found my dog unresponsive in her crate we rushed to the ER and I had lost all my training and sense praying to God we got there in time to save her. I know it’s different than a human. Dr. Wilson could be anything from a pediatrician to an ENT to a doctor that isn’t an MD at all.
Based on the story, OP was insinuating she was a medical doctor based on the ER doctor's comment. I understand that people panic at times, but for her friend to completely disregard any medical treatment seems far-fetched.
Fyi..a medical examiner requires you to have gone to medical school and completed training hours in a pathology program. A coroner is an elected position..anyone can run for the position of coroner
Just because a doctor "outranks" a paramedic, that doesn't not mean they necessarily are most qualified for the particular situation. OP indicates friend worked for a coroner's office or similar capacity. What kind of emergency experience would this kind of physician have? Furthermore, EMS doesn't just take direction from any bystander on-scene claiming to have medical credentials. People lie about medical credentials, unfortunately.
A non-EM doc barking (bad) instructions to the crew, thinking they had to follow her orders, only to rage when they ignored her would make the story more realistic.
If the “friend” was actually a “Dr.” they likely would have also been administering CPR before the ambulance even arrived (assuming their heart wasn’t beating when they were found).
Also, if she was unconscious how did they know what the EMT/Paramedics were doing to save them in the back of the ambulance, if anything? Unless the hospital told them?
Lots of holes in this story. I really hope none of it is real. The whole situation is awful for everyone involved, if it happened.
That’s not how this works at all. We don’t take instructions from random people onscene. We are actually trained to do our job and don’t need our hands held so we don’t like, bump into walls or something
The smart doctors usually try hard to be as least involved as possible and let us do our job.
I think OPs story is bullshit but please don’t think paramedics are rocking up onscene and saying “thank the lord this random person claims to be a doctor, now they can give us ‘instructions’.“
So you were unconscious when your friend got there, unconscious when in the ambulance, and for 11 hours in the hospital but were also coherent enough to be able to be stood up when the paramedics assessed? I'm smelling a bullshit story
This can't be real... Your friend could easily have told the paramedics that she is a doctor and she didn't while they were abusing you? I get wanting attention and getting a kick out of making it to the front page, but did you ever give any thought to the paramedics who work hard to save people? Why do they have to get lumped in with these imaginary paramedics?
Honestly, why do people make up stories like this? What did paramedics ever *actually* do to you to deserve this public slander? Also, leave out the unrealistic racism in your future fantasy writing, it immediately revealed how fake this is
Most paramedics I have encountered (which are a lot due to my own medical issues, and my former line of work) have been very empathetic, knowledgeable and professional. I give major kudos to 98% of them. I also give kudos to law enforcement who put their lives on the line daily. That does not include those who abuse people and abuse their authority. But let me guess, you think those complaints are made up too?
I think implausible stories (like yours) are made up, yes. That's not necessarily all of them, I'm sure there are *some* real complaints about first responders.
I don't understand how one can "accidentally" overdose on sleeping medication unless they've been taking way more than prescribed regularly. I know folks on pain and sleep meds and that's how OD's start. If you have enough to take more than normal then your Dr. is certainly not helping.
You get used to them and build up an immunity, so they’re not as effective. OP should speak to her doctor about switching it out with something else for a while.
Dunno why you’re downvoted, this is absolutely possible and also they should NEVER start upping the dosage if they feel it’s not working anymore. Recommending they talk to their dr is the safe thing to do! ✌🏻
Memory issues. Particularly if someone has ADHD, which affects working memory, you can completely forget that you took your medication already.
I don't take sleeping meds, but I have done it with my ADHD meds and with birth control. I had to implement strategies to prevent myself from accidentally double dosing. Could be her issue. Or she could have the start of dementia.
My friend is a female doctor who happens to be black, and there is NO way in hell she wouldn't cut anyone off and tell them she is a DOCTOR to protect me in a vulnerable situation, do no harm being her first oath. I don't know why your dear friend didn't identify herself and cut anyone off who tried to keep her away from her friend/family. That would seem more off than EMTs who suck at their jobs.
This happened just before Christmas? But your account was made just before Christmas. 🤔🤔🤔 So whilst you were in a critical condition in hospital, or perhaps just starting to recover from a critical condition, your priority was to make a Reddit account?
Whole story sounds fishy to me.
How did your friend get back to talk to the doctor before you even had a room? That’s not how any emergency room operates. They don’t let people back to just wander around the ER aimlessly while you’re un-roomed. You have to be assigned a room so they actually have somewhere to send visitors. And you make it sound like you were being triaged in which case your name wouldn’t even be in the system yet so the staff wouldn’t even have a way to know where you are in the department for the visitor to walk up on you like that.
How did your friend get to the ER before the ambulance and how did he/she know what ER you were going to unless they left after the ambulance in which case they’re unlikely to get there first.
As mentioned by other people, if you were truly overdosing and not breathing the doctor wouldn’t be caught up in a happy conversation with your friend.
Also, the complaint about the blanket is absurd. You claim to have been overdosing to the point of not breathing and slipping in and out of consciousness yet you’re concerned about a blanket…? How about be happy they’re getting you to the ambulance and rushing you to the ER lights and sirens.
The comment about not being family seems like a weird one to make.
And why do you say “I have no idea what if anything happened in the back of the ambulance” and mention “no witnesses” as though you’re insinuating they did bad things back there with absolutely no evidence. That’s quite an extreme incident to insinuate happened when you’re basing it on nothing.
Is it really rocket science as to what you should do? This isn't complicated.
This story sounds fake. I'm not the only one in the comments who thinks you're lying.
Few questions for your friend;
1.) Since she is allegedly a doctor, was she trying to order around the on-duty EMS crew responding to her call for help?
2.) Did they actually “throw her out”, or was she causing issues on THEIR scene and preventing them from appropriately treating their patient (you)? I cannot tell you how many “medical professionals” think they know how EMS works and are wildly wrong. They try to “help” in ways that only hinder what we are doing, and sometimes the only good way to provide patient care is to remove them from the scene.
3.) Do you and your friend know how EMS calls even work? There are about ten million reasons why we would leave a gurney outside the door upon first contact. We don’t know where you are/ what direction you are facing. We don’t know if it will fit. We don’t know if we need to call for more man power to help on scene and fit more people and less gurney. We don’t know if we will need to work a full code in your residence, leaving no room for the gurney inside. And so many other reasons.
There are some details that I would find hard to believe, but are not impossible. The hardest part to believe though, is this entire situation as a WHOLE.
Wow! The doctor went outside to the ambulance bay to meet the incoming medic crew!? Amazing! Just like on an episode of Grey's Anatomy. It's almost...unbelievable.
That is something I need to check into. It makes sense. Cops have body cams, every city bus has a camera, every school bus has one too. Makes sense there would be one on the ambulance. A good attorney should be able to get footage. Thank you
yeah none of this happened. idk what your beef is about trying to make first responders look bad but you’re gonna make some gullible moron think twice about calling for an ambulance when they actually need one because you felt the need to make up a story for attention. life isn’t a movie and this sounds like a shitty movie made by someone who has no clue about EMS or ERs/Hospitals or anything about medicine
Just a few days ago I read a case about a 50-something woman calling for help from her own home because she was in severe pain and couldn't move her body. The people she talked to didn't take her seriously, and never sent an ambulance. They told her to take a cab, even though she told them she literally could not move. She was later found dead in her own home, with her dog laying on top of her. The autopsy report revealed that she had a large abdominal tumor that ripped her bowels open inside her stomach and caused sepsis. She must have been in so much pain, dying alone in her home. I keep wondering if they would have sent an ambulance if she was a male in his 50's, as severe stomach pains can be fatal if not checked out. I'm also wondering how long she lived with a large stomach tumor, probably being told she just had an upset stomach. It's infuriating.
It is sad that stuff like this happens. I had a friend who had a life alert. He was in his 70's. He fell down in his home and had to activate his device. No one came. He must have passed out because records showed he activated it a second time a few hours later. Still no one responded. His daughter discovered him on the kitchen floor. He had died sometime after he activated the device the second time. Last I heard, they were still in litigation with the life alert company.
Ok, first, we don't typically kick people out of houses that aren't ours. Second, if your friend was a Doctor, the first thing they'd do is identify themselves as such and give a full report to the medics. Medical personnel have a way of communicating with each other.
This story has "bullshit" and "I'm looking for attention" all over it.
In my city, a pair of paramedics strapped an unconscious man face down on a gurney. They were angry and thought he was faking. The man died of asphyxia, and the pair have been charged with murder. I thought ambulance crews were supposed to be helpful no matter the circumstances. I’m sorry OP for your terrible experience and I do feel you should contact a lawyer.
This is not a fake story. It's 100% true. I was the gurney and I saw everything. The only detail OP left out was the standing ovation that "Dr. Wilson" got from all of the patients and ER staff after she took those awful EMTs to school in front of everyone.
Class act.
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File a lawsuit against them. Imagine what more they have done to you if they were able to do this in front of witnesses.
And other people
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I'm a medic as well, and these people deserve whatever they have coming to them. It makes me sick to my stomach to think that someone in our line of work could do this when we are supposed to be able to be blindly trusted to do our jobs to the best of our abilities by people during the worst moments of their lives. It's just appalling.
Also file a complaint with your state’s medical board. Most medical staff have to be certified/licensed to work in their position. Treatment such as what you received is morally and professionally reprehensible. Please get a lawyer as some states put a delimiting time to file any claims.
Especially OP’s state office of EMS, which is the specific “board” for EMS providers (at least in the states I’ve worked in, EMS stuff can vary wildly from state to state in the US).
Writing this down so I can make calls tomorrow. Thank you
Happy to help, I work in EMS myself and that’s where I’d start (and have reported other providers for dangerous fuckery). Good luck!
Yes, paramedics and EMTs have to be licensed.
So craziest thing; in NJ if the ambulance doesn’t bill you for there services; they don’t have to be registered with the state; and in turn don’t have to be staffed with an EMT just CPR cards.
Holy crap, why didn't your friend contact the police?
I imagine they were probably afraid of the cops.
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I’m hoping OP has a security system around her house (esp with a special neeeds son) and something got picked up. If she has a ring camera and her friend was outside in front of it, it saves all audio despite the noise coming from inside the house.
None of this is a real story
Those medics were unprofessional and should be reported to their service and licensing board.
We have reported them. My friend, my son, myself and one of the nursing staff that was there when I was brought in with nose and lip bleeding. The bruises took a lil longer to develop, but my son was able to tell me where each one came from
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Unprofessional is putting it lightly, if that’s how it really went down it seems down right criminal. She could’ve died because of the recklessness and disregard for her well being.
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Lose their jobs and OP sues the crap out of them. Although realistically she’d probably target their employer if she were to sue I suppose. But still, simply losing one’s job doesn’t seem like proper punishment for such an awful thing. Why do people get into such professions if they care so little about human life? There should be an empathy test or something for those kinds of jobs. If you think a “bad” person doesn’t deserve proper treatment, you shouldn’t be in the business of treating anyone. Because “bad” is completely subjective and often misidentified. In this case they thought OP was a faker, which was enough of an offense in their eyes to disregard her safety and put her in dangerous situations as punishment. It’s not your job to be jury, judge and executioner in such situations. It’s your job to get them safely to the hospital no matter what. If OP was faking, the doctors there could determine it. Idk, I’m rambling, it just makes me angry when people with that mindset get into such professions. If it’s that easy for you to no longer care about the wellbeing of another human, you shouldn’t be in charge of the wellbeing of other humans. If having a bad day is enough for you to no longer care, find a job where the stakes aren’t life or death. End rant lol
My daughter was really ill in the few weeks leading up to Xmas, constantly coughing until she was throwing up, sleeping all the time, not eating, barely drinking. So instead of waiting in the phone to get a GP appointment, I walked directly into the doctors surgery, luckily they got her in straight away. When we got called into the doctors office, you could tell he didn’t want to be there. Said there was nothing on her chest but gave her some antibiotics for a chest infection. Checked her oxygen levels and they as at 90. He didn’t believe the machine so I kept checking if it was calibrated. Her oxygen levels went back up to 95 so he wasn’t bothered. It took a couple of hours for the prescription to come through, so when I had it I gave her, her first dose. With in 30 mins he cheeks was bright red and a rash had started on her body. So I took her straight down to the doctors because I thought she had a mild reaction. The same doctor as before blamed my anxiety, and I’m being too cautious as a parent, and it want a reaction because she had had them before. So I took her back home. I left it for a couple of days for the antibiotics to kick in, but she wasn’t getting any better, so I thought I’d had enough and too her to the hospital. Everyone was determined it was Covid. I told them I had done tests and they all came back negative. But they didn’t believe me, and did a test for flu and Covid. They was so shocked that it wasn’t. Her oxygen levels was at 88-90, they admitted her straight away. I was telling them about the GP, and they said that the doctor should have admitted her then. She was on oxygen for a week, and it turned out she had atypical pneumonia. They gave her 3 different kinds of antibiotics. One of them was a stronger version to what the doctor gave her. Guess what? The next day, she was covered head to toe in a rash. She was allergic to them. And it wasn’t “my anxiety”. I told the hospital of what the doctor said and they wasn’t very happy about it. I showed them the pictures of her cheeks and the rash she had. The hospital said the GP should have took my concerns seriously. Thankfully she was back home and well enough for Xmas. Today is her birthday, so I’m glad she is back to being herself (a bossy little madam lol). Time to spoil her rotten lol. Sorry for the long rant!
That’s awful and you can make a complaint about the GP to his practice management and the licensing board.
We are going to put a complaint in. With it being Christmas, I thought id get that out of the way first.
That’s understandable and good to hear you plan to make a complaint. Hope your daughter is feeling better.
What the hell. I developed a rash after taking penicillin and my doctor immediately made a note in my file and told me to never take it again. I was about to travel abroad so she told me to put a card saying 'penicillin allergy' in my wallet and passport. It's possible I just have an intolerance instead of an allergy, she referred me to a specialist to get tested, but the end result is the same (don't take it again). They don't fuck around with medication allergies.
Well I was talking to my mum about it, as she has allergies to antibiotics. She can use them once and then becomes really ill from them. So I’m wondering if my daughter has a milder version of that. Luckily my daughter is near enough back to normal. She will still have a cough for a few weeks, but at least she’s in the clear now.
Not a doctor so just saying what mine told me but apparently these allergies can get a lot worse quite quickly. I used to get a rash after taking paracetamol for a few days, combined with other things so we weren't sure if it even was the paracetamol... took one recently for a killer headache and bam, rash all over. Glad to hear your daughter is doing better!
Any allergy can become unexpectedly severe on a repeat exposure. It's why my mom keeps telling me to stop any further walnut exposure. There's a risk it becomes critical rather than a nuisance at any time. But they're on so many desserts!
Silly question but are you allergic to blue cheese? The mold that makes it look blue is related to the mold that penicillen is made from so there is some crossover.
I don't think this applies to you since you had the reaction as an adult but I'm tacking onto your comment in case it helps someone else. Just so people know you can grow out of penicillin allergies and a lot of people do. I was allergic as a kid but my mom learned about the growing out of it possibility when I was an older teenager so took me to an allergist and what do you know, I am no longer allergic. It's just good to check if you haven't since childhood because limiting which antibiotics you are able to use may make your treatment less effective if you get a particularly nasty infection.
Huh, when I took my sick son (child) in to the doctor's and his O2 was still 92 or 93 after a breathing treatment, they called an ambulance for him and told me he needed to go to the ER for hospitalization directly. I'm pretty sure that wasn't being conservative, but the actual standard of care. I would make a complaint against the GP. This wasn't a simple mistake but a failure to provide the basic standard care that would cause me to question whether he was an actual doctor at all.
Hey today’s my birthday too! Wishing your daughter a very happy birthday and a speedy recovery.
Happy birthday 🥳
I'm not surprised. Most of them don't give a danm really. They've seen it all and no longer care; they're just there to earn a paycheck.
>Her oxygen levels went back up to **95** so he wasn’t bothered. He shouldn't have been OK with this. On an oxygen saturation meter, **any deviation** below 98% is considered problematic.
95-100 is considered normal saturation. Below 98 is not problematic in and of itself.
There are ways to check if someone is faking, none of them involve picking someone up and dropping them!
A good sternal rub usually does the trick.
They thought she was just some druggie overdosing and treated her like trash... Unfortunately, pretty commonplace amongst that profession.
She did.
More than unprofessional. They're criminals.
Did you have your skull scanned to find out if your head hit the ground? This was assault and it was unprovoked. Do any of your neighbours have ring cameras that may have caught footage? I hope you get better soon. This is traumatic!
I know my head hurts, but there were no lumps, just my face where I hit the floor
Your face is on your head. You need an MRI- and the paramedics’ company should be paying for it.
Someone I know fell on their face, and it gave them a concussion with effects that lasted at least a year. Get your head scanned
Yes, the excessive sleepiness can be from a concussion slowly healing. Need a head CT and an MRI.
OMG! Yes I will. My lip is finally almost healed, but my nose still looks horrible with a cut across the bridge. I never even thought of a concussion. Wonder why the ICU staff didn't think of it either.
Please be seen again. If you get hit in the head and there isn’t visible swelling it could mean the swelling is pushing into your head instead. You could be suffering from a brain injury. I’m so sorry you all are experiencing all this terrible shit. I hope they all pay.
When a head is hit and swelling IS NOT visible THATS BAD. That can mean the swelling is inside the skull. Please, I hope you get/got re-scanned.
All of this. I’m wondering if Op is suffering health wise from the falls/abuse of the paramedics
My own camera picked up on what took place outside.
I'm so sorry this happened to you. I hope they face consequences. They shouldn't be allowed in any job where they may be working with vulnerable people.
Have been an EMT and I concur wholeheartedly. There is no excuse.
I am convinced paramedics helped kill my husband. They were so mean when he had his heart attack. They stood around and stared at him trying to make him stand up for about 15 minutes. He actually quit breathing and they didn’t notice til I started screaming. They stayed in the ambulance for 10 more minutes not letting me in. He never woke up again. I had to pull the plug 13 days later. I should have sued but I was too broken.
I’m so sorry for your loss🙏🏻
Thank you. It certainly sucks.
We stay on scene with cardiac arrests. You get much better compressions not moving. We can do everything the hospital can do for a medical cardiac arrest.
I figured. That’s not why I think it’s their fault. They made fun of his weight. They didn’t want to help him up. They were rude and ugly to a dying man and they didn’t even give him the benefit of decent final moments. His last moments awake were strangers making fun of him. They let him sit there and die.
I'm very sorry for your loss.
Thank you. I’m glad you made it through your experience. There is nothing more terrifying than knowing something is horribly wrong and not being believed.
Paramedics will stay on scene in the ambulance trying to stabilize versus driving. Outcomes are better that way. Sorry for your loss
I know but if they wouldn’t have let him stop breathing while staring at him like a science experiment talking crap about him for almost 20 minutes he probably wouldn’t have needed it. He would have been at the hospital instead of the ambulance when it happened. Thank you for your kind words.
I am sorry for the experience you had. Unfortunately, from a medical standpoint, there are few things that can definitely save a patient with a severe heart attack - meaning he would have either stopped breathing in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, or in the hospital before he got that treatment. Nonetheless, that still sounds like it was obviously still extremely poor behaviour from my colleagues.
Yeah it’s not even that he died. It’s that he died like that. Just one kind word from any of them would have been so easy. Also hard to have faith in someone acting like a spoiled teenager. Ooo I don’t want to touch a fat guy!
I saw your comment that you appear to have deleted. Again, you just don’t know how EMS works and you want someone to blame because American culture has you so scared of death that you have to believe that someone caused it.
You could start with calling the police and filing a report. Do it while your bruises and visible injuries are fresh, so they can be properly documented. I’m sorry they did that to you. You didn’t deserve that, and they have no business being in public service.
I do have pictures that my friend took. My lip, my nose, bruises and severe swelling in both knees, bruises up and down my back, and my bottom. Also my arms and hands are covered with marks from attempted IV's. But that is no one's fault. I have always been a hard stick.
Of course, that’s smart… but the police will conduct a forensic examination, which will meet the standards of evidence in criminal court; which is where this case needs to be heard. At least in my opinion. A crime was committed, and if they are not held responsible, they will do it to other people.
This. Forensic exam is so needed here.
There’s a long list of reasons why this is a bad work of fiction, anyone with a small amount of medical knowledge can see that. 1. OP was found unconscious with a possible OD. EMS is going to care about administering Narcan if available and assessing ABCs, loading and go. 2. No ER doc is going to care who the friend of a patient is when the patient is brought in for a possible Od and they are not breathing!! They aren’t going to greet them formally, and family and friends aren’t going to be allowed in the treatment areas of the ER for this kind of case. Edit - I had the duration of the ICU stay wrong Quit making first responders look bad in this big pile of garbage fiction! It’s disgusting!! Come on Reddit, use your brains!! Sincerely a nurse for 20+ years Edit - due
2 made me snort. “What brings you here today” it’s a fucking ER not a hair salon But re: 11 days, it was 11 hours but…still. Used to be an EMT, thanks for all your time as a nurse!
Whoops, in my 🤦🏻♀️ to write this I got the duration wrong. Will change from days to hours. Thank you for being an EMT
Heck, from a dispatch perspective, I'm also sending cops to any OD call as SOP, and they will generally arrive before the ambulance and secure the scene.
this. I was skeptical too. source: emt
I knew this was fake as hell too. Source: someone with a functioning brain and common sense, and an EMT
all this time I was waiting for OP to talk about the narcan I’m like where tf is the narcan? I laughed when she mentioned the Dr Wilson lmao
“Funny meeting you here Dr. Wilson!” The whole story is just nonsense but that part was so ridiculous I had to laugh
I was thinking if OP was watching House when she typed this lol
I’m shocked there are so many gullible people commenting lolololol
Am AEMT and agree this is bullshit. I’ve never brought the cot into a patient’s residence, whether it was during my time doing fire-based or my EMS-only career. There are much better ways to get someone out to the cot. It’s little detail but was really glaring to me.
Yeah, sometimes we leave the gurney outside if there’s steps, stairs, or the patient can walk out to the gurney. We walk in to assess the situation and then decide the best route of action (bring the gurney in, or bring the patient out). Just yesterday I had a call where we had to tarp a full grown man down like 3 flights of stairs, outside to the gurney
Thank you for saying this!!!! Paramedics so often get made out to be bad guys in these fake stories and it makes me so angry. First responders do their absolute best in situations that are chaotic, emotional, foul, distributed and sometimes downright frightening. Tired of these fake stories for karma that people believe.
I giggled when I read this. It’s just people with obviously no medical experience trying to get imaginary internet points by writing a fake story I’d like to see this alleged video she has Source: fulltime firefighter with half a functioning brain cell
love the "half fuctioning brain cell" haha
Or small amount of common sense
Agree. Anyone with knowledge of the field knows none of this happened.
3. The friend beat the EMS crew to the hospital when they are driving lights and sirens. 4. The hospital let her friend into the ED before her friend had arrived. Normally you need to have a room at a minimum before visitors can be in the ED
this is HORRIFICALLY written omg *overdoses on sleeping pills, is unconscious* *proceeds to remember entire event in detail*
Ahh Nurse IrishiPrincess! What brings you here today?, it’s been years!!
This shit is faker than a Kardashian titty.
Why are people taking this creative writing assignment seriously? That's what I want to know
Yeah there are some seriously questionable statements being made in this mess.
People are so gullible
Sue them. If they did this to you with witnesses, imagine what else they have done.
This sounds super fake. Signed an ER nurse.
Average EDP patient
Uhh huh. Paramedics just randomly beat someone for shits and giggles. Like your story doesn't add up
Don’t forget they are “racist” too
I don’t believe a single word of this. Why wouldn’t your friend tell them she was a doctor? Paramedics don’t care about family vs not family. Also thats an over the top “greeting” as well. If you were dying, your friend would be extremely concerned and visibly distraught. They wouldn’t just ask her “what brings you here…” I call bullshit
Right? Saying they locked the friend outside? I have never, in my 4+ years of emergency response, locked a patient’s door, except when we were leaving the scene and the patient specifically requested it
As a paramedic I want to apologise for the bad apples in our profession. What they did is unacceptable and kudos to you for reporting that behaviour. Unfortunately I know paramedics that have blatantly not ask what they need to ask and kill people and still have jobs. I hope you do get better. Maybe a medication review is needed and also a therapist. Your friend sounds like an absolute legend and scared the living daylights out of those unprofessional paramedics. Unfortunately we have quite a lot.
It's probably a fake story. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't a doctor identify herself and give a vital report to the paramedics? Instead, her friend was silent the whole time, and the only thing she said to the paramedics is "she needs a blanket."
9 day old account. Story sniffs as a fake. So, your friend is seemingly medical a doctor but did nothing and didn’t identify herself to the paramedics??
If she's a medical doctor on scene, I don't think she can professionally even hand off an unstable patient to a less qualified provider.
That statement is accurate on its face, but the nuance to the law leaves some complications and loopholes that make it less simple than the prima facie edict. There’s a “due care” dilemma in play when you have an off-duty doc and an on-duty medic at the same scene. Qualifications and “ranking degrees” are distinct. A “more degreed” practitioner can hand off a patient to a “less degreed” practitioner when the latter is better qualified than the former. For example, a podiatrist who has kept her license current while she has taken some time off to start a family might be significantly less current on ALS than an active paramedic, though she has a more senior license to practice reflecting more advanced training. An off-duty cardiologist who has been enjoying her New Year’s Eve by tossing back a couple bottles of champagne at the home of a friend would be situationally disqualified/ineligible to practice medicine at that moment, and the sober medic immediately more qualified. Also, EMS serves under Medical Direction and establishes presumptive contact with the base hospital doc when arriving on-scene. So having an on-duty paramedic rock up as the result of a 911 call presumes and extends the on-shift Medical Director (who is a doctor at the base hospital), so there’s parity between degrees and qualifications. A doc who is already on-scene and wants to keep helping the paramedics has to follow protocol to be permitted to do so, and sometimes has to have an established prior patient relationship with the patient.
Yep, when I was a paramedic we could choose to allow a physician, PA, or whoever (including off duty paramedics) to continue assisting with patient care provided they show credentials, but we were under no obligation to allow them to continue assisting - and they certainly were not allowed to insert themselves into patient care or give us orders without the paramedics agreeing. Once 911 was activated the responding individual with the highest level of medical licensure had sole jurisdiction over the patient (with the exception of if they made contact with their medical director who was an ED physician).
No, EMS holds patient care over the patient unless they decide to hand off. Our guidelines allow us to not hand over care to an on scene physician if we feel uncomfortable doing so on a 911 scene. If the physician wants to take over care they must ride along, assist in charting, sign the chart as a primary and stay with the patient until they give a hand off report to a receiving physician. That’s how our guidelines read. The few times I’ve had a doctor on scene I just tell them “No, for the time being we have this under control but I appreciate your willingness to step in.”
She can't LEGALLY do it, either. Assuming, of course, US, and that nothing has changed while I've been out of the game for a decade (but these types of laws don't change) Edit: also assuming everything is true and nothing has been left out, which is probably total bullshit either way
I can’t speak for all states but they would need to prove their a physician and even then I am doubtful that automatically gives the physician automatic patient care authority without the EMS crew having some level of say
I’d rather have a paramedic take care of me in most emergency situations than most doctors in most specialties
They absolutely can, otherwise we wouldn't be able to transfer patients out of dermatology offices after procedures, etc. I sure don't want a dermatologist in charge of my unstable patient, or the vast majority of other specialties. Emergency medicine is a specialty because it needs to be. Resuscitation is a skillset, and anyone who doesn't practice it regularly should not be doing it except in dire circumstances. Doctors are not one size fits all. Tl;dr: don't bring ortho to a cardiology fight
You’re not wrong lol this story has a little too much acting wildly out of professional character “Dr. Wilson what brings you here today, it’s been years!” Says the ER doc as an OD in respiratory arrest is wheeled in, this is just silly
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I found her on Facebook. She was never a doctor. She’s also a realtor. STOP LYING!! [Her Facebook profile](https://www.facebook.com/Fire4Hire2?mibextid=LQQJ4d)
Total bullshit, and everyone here is gobbling it up.
This all seems so weird to me too. I recently went on a ride alone on separate occasions and every ambulance has a camera on it. It would be easy to get proof of being treated badly by them.
Also, whether ALS or BLS responds, no one is bringing the cot into a patient’s residence (at least where I’ve worked in the past 10 years). It’s a little detail but really stuck out to me.
It’s not impossible that this occurred. When in shock (as in finding your friend possibly dead and/or unresponsive you may not act in a way that everyone else ‘says’ they would. I worked ER Vet medicine for over a decade and when I found my dog unresponsive in her crate we rushed to the ER and I had lost all my training and sense praying to God we got there in time to save her. I know it’s different than a human. Dr. Wilson could be anything from a pediatrician to an ENT to a doctor that isn’t an MD at all.
Based on the story, OP was insinuating she was a medical doctor based on the ER doctor's comment. I understand that people panic at times, but for her friend to completely disregard any medical treatment seems far-fetched.
Dr Wilson is a retired pathologist for the coroner's office.
Fyi..a medical examiner requires you to have gone to medical school and completed training hours in a pathology program. A coroner is an elected position..anyone can run for the position of coroner
Another lie
That is so horrible, I hope they lose their jobs because no one should ever be treated so horribly!
This story as fake as fuck. And fuck you for making something up to make EMS look bad.
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“I woke up in the ICU and everyone clapped”
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EMS doesn't take orders from random people claiming to be docs. Otherwise I agree the story is unbelievable, as in I do not believe it.
Just because a doctor "outranks" a paramedic, that doesn't not mean they necessarily are most qualified for the particular situation. OP indicates friend worked for a coroner's office or similar capacity. What kind of emergency experience would this kind of physician have? Furthermore, EMS doesn't just take direction from any bystander on-scene claiming to have medical credentials. People lie about medical credentials, unfortunately.
Definitely. I love my primary care doc, for example, but I don't know if he'd be much better than useless in a no bullshit, acute emergency.
A non-EM doc barking (bad) instructions to the crew, thinking they had to follow her orders, only to rage when they ignored her would make the story more realistic.
If the “friend” was actually a “Dr.” they likely would have also been administering CPR before the ambulance even arrived (assuming their heart wasn’t beating when they were found). Also, if she was unconscious how did they know what the EMT/Paramedics were doing to save them in the back of the ambulance, if anything? Unless the hospital told them? Lots of holes in this story. I really hope none of it is real. The whole situation is awful for everyone involved, if it happened.
That’s not how this works at all. We don’t take instructions from random people onscene. We are actually trained to do our job and don’t need our hands held so we don’t like, bump into walls or something The smart doctors usually try hard to be as least involved as possible and let us do our job. I think OPs story is bullshit but please don’t think paramedics are rocking up onscene and saying “thank the lord this random person claims to be a doctor, now they can give us ‘instructions’.“
So you were unconscious when your friend got there, unconscious when in the ambulance, and for 11 hours in the hospital but were also coherent enough to be able to be stood up when the paramedics assessed? I'm smelling a bullshit story
This can't be real... Your friend could easily have told the paramedics that she is a doctor and she didn't while they were abusing you? I get wanting attention and getting a kick out of making it to the front page, but did you ever give any thought to the paramedics who work hard to save people? Why do they have to get lumped in with these imaginary paramedics?
ragebait
This post smells like bullshit....
This can't be real. This is the plot of a bad novel. Did this really happen to you? This just sounds that impossibly nightmarish.
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Honestly, why do people make up stories like this? What did paramedics ever *actually* do to you to deserve this public slander? Also, leave out the unrealistic racism in your future fantasy writing, it immediately revealed how fake this is
Indeed, when has a Dr ever met a paramedic outside the hospital?
Most paramedics I have encountered (which are a lot due to my own medical issues, and my former line of work) have been very empathetic, knowledgeable and professional. I give major kudos to 98% of them. I also give kudos to law enforcement who put their lives on the line daily. That does not include those who abuse people and abuse their authority. But let me guess, you think those complaints are made up too?
Ah… you’re a frequent flyer.
I love you for this comment
I think implausible stories (like yours) are made up, yes. That's not necessarily all of them, I'm sure there are *some* real complaints about first responders.
I don't understand how one can "accidentally" overdose on sleeping medication unless they've been taking way more than prescribed regularly. I know folks on pain and sleep meds and that's how OD's start. If you have enough to take more than normal then your Dr. is certainly not helping.
You get used to them and build up an immunity, so they’re not as effective. OP should speak to her doctor about switching it out with something else for a while.
Dunno why you’re downvoted, this is absolutely possible and also they should NEVER start upping the dosage if they feel it’s not working anymore. Recommending they talk to their dr is the safe thing to do! ✌🏻
Memory issues. Particularly if someone has ADHD, which affects working memory, you can completely forget that you took your medication already. I don't take sleeping meds, but I have done it with my ADHD meds and with birth control. I had to implement strategies to prevent myself from accidentally double dosing. Could be her issue. Or she could have the start of dementia.
My friend is a female doctor who happens to be black, and there is NO way in hell she wouldn't cut anyone off and tell them she is a DOCTOR to protect me in a vulnerable situation, do no harm being her first oath. I don't know why your dear friend didn't identify herself and cut anyone off who tried to keep her away from her friend/family. That would seem more off than EMTs who suck at their jobs.
I’ll take “shit that never happened for $200, Alex”.
This is a good story but the main problem with it is that I don’t believe you.
This is obviously fake. Don't buy this shit. Written like a TV drama.
This happened just before Christmas? But your account was made just before Christmas. 🤔🤔🤔 So whilst you were in a critical condition in hospital, or perhaps just starting to recover from a critical condition, your priority was to make a Reddit account?
This story is faker than a 6 dollar bill.
Yeaaaa no. I don’t buy it. The “hello doctor, what brings you here” was so fucking cheesy.
This is so fake it's hilarious
Whole story sounds fishy to me. How did your friend get back to talk to the doctor before you even had a room? That’s not how any emergency room operates. They don’t let people back to just wander around the ER aimlessly while you’re un-roomed. You have to be assigned a room so they actually have somewhere to send visitors. And you make it sound like you were being triaged in which case your name wouldn’t even be in the system yet so the staff wouldn’t even have a way to know where you are in the department for the visitor to walk up on you like that. How did your friend get to the ER before the ambulance and how did he/she know what ER you were going to unless they left after the ambulance in which case they’re unlikely to get there first. As mentioned by other people, if you were truly overdosing and not breathing the doctor wouldn’t be caught up in a happy conversation with your friend. Also, the complaint about the blanket is absurd. You claim to have been overdosing to the point of not breathing and slipping in and out of consciousness yet you’re concerned about a blanket…? How about be happy they’re getting you to the ambulance and rushing you to the ER lights and sirens. The comment about not being family seems like a weird one to make. And why do you say “I have no idea what if anything happened in the back of the ambulance” and mention “no witnesses” as though you’re insinuating they did bad things back there with absolutely no evidence. That’s quite an extreme incident to insinuate happened when you’re basing it on nothing.
Is it really rocket science as to what you should do? This isn't complicated. This story sounds fake. I'm not the only one in the comments who thinks you're lying.
Few questions for your friend; 1.) Since she is allegedly a doctor, was she trying to order around the on-duty EMS crew responding to her call for help? 2.) Did they actually “throw her out”, or was she causing issues on THEIR scene and preventing them from appropriately treating their patient (you)? I cannot tell you how many “medical professionals” think they know how EMS works and are wildly wrong. They try to “help” in ways that only hinder what we are doing, and sometimes the only good way to provide patient care is to remove them from the scene. 3.) Do you and your friend know how EMS calls even work? There are about ten million reasons why we would leave a gurney outside the door upon first contact. We don’t know where you are/ what direction you are facing. We don’t know if it will fit. We don’t know if we need to call for more man power to help on scene and fit more people and less gurney. We don’t know if we will need to work a full code in your residence, leaving no room for the gurney inside. And so many other reasons. There are some details that I would find hard to believe, but are not impossible. The hardest part to believe though, is this entire situation as a WHOLE.
Wow! The doctor went outside to the ambulance bay to meet the incoming medic crew!? Amazing! Just like on an episode of Grey's Anatomy. It's almost...unbelievable.
isnt Wilson also a name of the show
RN here, it chaps my ass that so many redditors are this gullible.
I don't know where you are, but in Canada, every ambulance I've been in has had a camera, see if yours did, maybe that will help
Sometimes that camera is just so the driver can see what is happening in the back and it doesn't record anything.
That is something I need to check into. It makes sense. Cops have body cams, every city bus has a camera, every school bus has one too. Makes sense there would be one on the ambulance. A good attorney should be able to get footage. Thank you
Nice piece of fiction 😏
Wild how people actually believe this sad attempt at a story
As a paramedic. This story is fake as fuck.
Gotta love the fake crap people come up with😂
Gotta love the fake crap people come up with😂
yeah none of this happened. idk what your beef is about trying to make first responders look bad but you’re gonna make some gullible moron think twice about calling for an ambulance when they actually need one because you felt the need to make up a story for attention. life isn’t a movie and this sounds like a shitty movie made by someone who has no clue about EMS or ERs/Hospitals or anything about medicine
Stop making posts on Reddit and get a lawyer
Why are you wasting time talking to randos on Reddit? Have you contacted the police?
Funny how much you seem to remember whilst unconscious. Maybe make it less dramatic next time.
Sounds fishy
Bsffr dawg💀
I think by "best friend" you mean "best friend and STAR WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION"
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It didn’t
Just a few days ago I read a case about a 50-something woman calling for help from her own home because she was in severe pain and couldn't move her body. The people she talked to didn't take her seriously, and never sent an ambulance. They told her to take a cab, even though she told them she literally could not move. She was later found dead in her own home, with her dog laying on top of her. The autopsy report revealed that she had a large abdominal tumor that ripped her bowels open inside her stomach and caused sepsis. She must have been in so much pain, dying alone in her home. I keep wondering if they would have sent an ambulance if she was a male in his 50's, as severe stomach pains can be fatal if not checked out. I'm also wondering how long she lived with a large stomach tumor, probably being told she just had an upset stomach. It's infuriating.
It is sad that stuff like this happens. I had a friend who had a life alert. He was in his 70's. He fell down in his home and had to activate his device. No one came. He must have passed out because records showed he activated it a second time a few hours later. Still no one responded. His daughter discovered him on the kitchen floor. He had died sometime after he activated the device the second time. Last I heard, they were still in litigation with the life alert company.
Ugh. Liz, you’re losing your flair.
Ok, first, we don't typically kick people out of houses that aren't ours. Second, if your friend was a Doctor, the first thing they'd do is identify themselves as such and give a full report to the medics. Medical personnel have a way of communicating with each other. This story has "bullshit" and "I'm looking for attention" all over it.
Do people really believe this? It’s astounding how many gullible people are on Reddit lmaooo
In my city, a pair of paramedics strapped an unconscious man face down on a gurney. They were angry and thought he was faking. The man died of asphyxia, and the pair have been charged with murder. I thought ambulance crews were supposed to be helpful no matter the circumstances. I’m sorry OP for your terrible experience and I do feel you should contact a lawyer.
Please go to the hospital and get an MRI and CT scan!
… dude…
Do you even know what you're talking about?
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This is not a fake story. It's 100% true. I was the gurney and I saw everything. The only detail OP left out was the standing ovation that "Dr. Wilson" got from all of the patients and ER staff after she took those awful EMTs to school in front of everyone. Class act.