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My first time calling 911 today...

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SheHateMe said:
Dear Diabetics,

Please wear your bracelets. Also, if your sugar is low and you are in line for food, please tell the people in front of you about your situation and maybe they will let you go in front. If they are being cunts, go up front and ask to see a manger to see if you can get served first. If not, grab a apple juice or a soda from the fridge and ask if you can buy that atleast and then leave and go eat somewhere else.


Sincerely,

A Diabetic
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It's good to carry these around everywhere

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Wow that's always scary to see that.

I had to call 911 for a similar situation, in my house during my house warming party, oddly. Some guy just randomly passed out.

Another time I had to call 911 because an electric transformer caught on fire. That was a fun day. :biggrin:

I've called 911 tons of times for non emergency, but for testing stuff though, as I work for the phone company. You know what's really scary, when you call 911 after a core piece of equipment in the CO failed, and you get a busy signal. 😵 That was a fun day....
 
Holy shit ATOT.....this many posts without someone ignoring everything else and giving the OP shit about eating at Subway?

🙁
 
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Raizinman said:
People dial 911 every day, every minute, every second. Are you looking for a medal?
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Just because your trip to subway today isn't the one getting the attention, doesn't mean you have to be an asshole.

"I could barely finish my 3rd peanut butter cookie because I ordered Cheetos as well as double-meat on my footlong cheesesteak" just isn't as interesting.
 
Ruptga said:
What's wrong with Subway? As fast food goes it's pretty good food at a decent price.
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I wasn't commenting on the fact that he ate at Subway, but the fact that nobody took it in that direction, as typical. Getting upset about what sandwich shop someone eats at can be funny, but "so what you called 911" is just assholish.
 
johnjohn320 said:
Went for lunch at Subway. Was sitting at a table eating my sandwich, looked over just in time to see a guy in line pass out and hit the floor...hard. Head bounced off the tile floor, made a horrible sound like a bowling ball hitting concrete. Another customer and I ran over to him, he was unconscious but breathing. Got out my cell and called 911 while kneeling next to him. While talking to the 911 operator, the blood pouring out of the back of his head made itself apparent, making a big puddle on the floor around his skull. He woke up and stared at me, but didn't respond when I talked to him, then his eyes rolled back and he was out again. Listening to the operator, the other customer and I moved his head just enough to get a towel against the back of his head, applying constant pressure. Then he woke up again, and this time started talking. He absolutely insisted that we let him get up, which 911 told me "don't let him." He was actually being rather difficult and agitated with us, kept forcing himself up into a sitting position no matter what we did, blood continuing to gush out and soak the towels.

Eventually paramedics showed up and took over. He gave them a hard time too, refusing to go with them, insisting he was just going to go home, still fading in and out of consciousness. Who knows if he's delirious from the head injury or just a dick (only kidding). Eventually they inform him he has no choice but to go with them and off they took him. They never said a word to us other than to ask "what happened" and then they were gone.

So that was my lunch! How was yours? 🙂

In all seriousness, today was the first time in my life I've ever dialed 911, and I'm grateful for the super quick, professional response. I know that seems like a given, but today helped me not to take our emergency response system in this country for granted. Cheers to the folks in that industry!
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Next time a mental patient gets out of line in line and won't take orders from their superiors, this is a good example of what a real 911 professional does to control the scene. Just keep in mind whenever you call 911 that some untrained thug like this might beat the paramedics to the scene and take control of the situation. For not following a cops commands, the bleeding victim probably would have been beaten, pepper sprayed, tasered and handcuffed to a rail, and charged with resisting arrest, even though they were injured and partially conscious to begin with. And in a police state with little accountability, this prior scenario is not as far fetched as you might think, either.

Usually when I call 911 for anything, the first thing I do is apologize for having to call 911.

And good job at calling 911 at any rate while the rest of the customers standing in line were probably more interested in cutting in front of him or taking a selfie with him.

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Raizinman said:
People dial 911 every day, every minute, every second. Are you looking for a medal?
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And many people live to regret it when the person they called about is injured and killed by a militarized goon squad that shows up and takes control of the situation. Just hope if you ever have to make a medical 911 call that the cops don't get there first. And I'm telling you this from first hand experience, and not just media influence over sensationalized news stories that don't end well.
 
Ruptga said:
People crap in threads every day, every minute, every second. You're not special either.

I called 911 for the first time a week or two ago. I was on my way back from work, on some podunk two-lane highway in a part of the state where nothing interesting ever happens, when I realized the guy 100m ahead of me was completely drunk. I had been wondering about them but I got definitive proof when they went off the road completely, and again a little later when they got in the left lane for no reason and stayed there, while going over a large hill, for half a mile. It took a little while but a trooper did get to us and pulled them over. I have no idea what happened after that, but after seeing their driving I doubt the conversation with the trooper went very well at all.
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Did this look like the driver? Because it wouldn't surprise me if it was.

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mikeford said:
The moment you dial the second 1 of 911, they and the paramedics are "in charge". Sounds like it did work out well.

Sound of a head hitting concrete isn't one you will forget.

Did you finish lunch?
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Yep, you are exactly right. And this time, it happened to end well.
 
dartworth said:
Thank you for just not walking away or ignoring the situation.
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With my EMT/paramedic training, I would have immediately tried to stop the bleeding and evaluate the patient without even thinking twice about it and barked orders at someone else to call 911, but that's just me. A severe head injury can be life threatening. And in most cases, if a cop arrives on scene first, I don't expect them to attempt any form of emergency medical care, because most of them are not trained or even required to be trained in emergency medical skills at all.
 
Problem is they've pretty much removed all the phones from everywhere (that I've been) so its hard to call 911. Unless you happen to be in/near a business that's willing to make a call for you.
 
Printer Bandit said:
Texting 911 and having the track GPS coordinates from the phone would be nice.
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It would be nicer if cell phone cameras and microphones were always on so police and paramedics wouldn't have to wait until someone took their phone out and dialed or texted 911. They would be aware of the emergency as if they were physically present.
 
EliteRetard said:
Problem is they've pretty much removed all the phones from everywhere (that I've been) so its hard to call 911. Unless you happen to be in/near a business that's willing to make a call for you.
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How is it hard? If you don't have a phone but can assist, point at someone and order them to call 911. That kind of approach will almost always work (as opposed to making a general request of anyone within earshot).

Many people have phones on them at all times these days, so this should never be an issue.
 
momeNt said:
It would be nicer if cell phone cameras and microphones were always on so police and paramedics wouldn't have to wait until someone took their phone out and dialed or texted 911. They would be aware of the emergency as if they were physically present.
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You say what?
 
destrekor said:
You say what?
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Right now police and paramedics only are aware of emergencies when somebody does a positive action to notify them. If phones were passively enabled to always be monitoring, police and paramedics would be queued in to accidents as soon as they happen.

Im guessing some sort of audio or visual signatures would need to be satisfied before the authorities would be aware, but like a car accident can have a pretty distinct sound, or gunshots, or a bunch of people saying, "are you okay" could help police and paramedics do their jobs more quickly and efficiently, and ultimately save more lives, and protect the children.
 
momeNt said:
It would be nicer if cell phone cameras and microphones were always on so police and paramedics wouldn't have to wait until someone took their phone out and dialed or texted 911. They would be aware of the emergency as if they were physically present.
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FUSL
 
momeNt said:
It would be nicer if cell phone cameras and microphones were always on so police and paramedics wouldn't have to wait until someone took their phone out and dialed or texted 911. They would be aware of the emergency as if they were physically present.
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destrekor said:
You say what?
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momeNt said:
Right now police and paramedics only are aware of emergencies when somebody does a positive action to notify them. If phones were passively enabled to always be monitoring, police and paramedics would be queued in to accidents as soon as they happen.

Im guessing some sort of audio or visual signatures would need to be satisfied before the authorities would be aware, but like a car accident can have a pretty distinct sound, or gunshots, or a bunch of people saying, "are you okay" could help police and paramedics do their jobs more quickly and efficiently, and ultimately save more lives, and protect the children.
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1984 just called, and they are still looking for their escaped lunatic. Oh wait, I think we just found him.
 
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