Have you ever been ambulised before?

[Redway]

(In other words needing to get seen to by paramedics/an ambulance.)

Yes for me. Twice (once in 2014, once in 2021) over anxiety attacks. I have had a few panic attacks here-and-there over the years (mostly at particularly rough periods in my life) and when it fully feels like I’m breathing through a straw, sometimes 999 just has to get involved. I had to call for that ambulance 2 years ago but the other time it happened was on a bus so I had no choice.

[Redway]

Are you okay to talk about some of what happened to you there, Kate?

[AnnieK]

Once when I was in school and fainted.....the school rang for ambulance. It was mortifying they strapped me to a chair and was taking me out just as the dinner bell went and so the corridors were full of people taking the piss.

Only other time is when my son fell downstairs when he was very little and 111 sent an ambulance to check.him and they took us in to get him checked out

[bots]

yeah, i don't recommend it

[rusticgal]

Not for me…but travelled in an Ambulance with my son when he 24hrs old to take us to a London hospital….

[Crimson Dynamo]

Yes when i took an allergic reaction to my Smallpox vac as a child. Luckily when i sliced open my forearm I was able to walk to the hospital!

[thesheriff443]

No, I’ve been taken to a and e in a police car with a head wound

I’ve also walked into hospital after falling 30 feet and having a elderly woman be pronounced dead in the next cubicle

[Kate!]

Are you okay to talk about some of what happened to you there, Kate?

Yes, same as you Red, severe panic attacks. Twice also and once was also in 2014 coincidentally.

[Oliver_W]

I was once having severe chest pains for an entire "long weekend" (starting Friday) and rang 111 on Monday.

The operator was like "you've had chest pains for how long?! You have Brugada syndrome?! ... yeah, suck on aspirin under your tongue until the paramedics arrive"

:joker:

[hijaxers]

Mine was reported on local news as ' Spectacular somersault crash' on M4 Police , Fire ~ to cut me out and 2 ambulances.

[Oliver_W]

Mine was reported on local news as ' Spectacular somersault crash' on M4 Police , Fire ~ to cut me out and 2 ambulances.

I hope the screenshots are your social media profile pictures!

[hijaxers]

I hope the screenshots are your social media profile pictures!

No social media back then.

[AnnieK]

Mine was reported on local news as ' Spectacular somersault crash' on M4 Police , Fire ~ to cut me out and 2 ambulances.

Sounds terrifying

[Crimson Dynamo]

Mine was reported on local news as ' Spectacular somersault crash' on M4 Police , Fire ~ to cut me out and 2 ambulances.

dont drink and drive kids

not in an Austin Allegro (Biege)

[Redway]

I was once having severe chest pains for an entire "long weekend" (starting Friday) and rang 111 on Monday.

The operator was like "you've had chest pains for how long?! You have Brugada syndrome?! ... yeah, suck on aspirin under your tongue until the paramedics arrive"

:joker:

You have Brugada Syndrome?

[Redway]

dont drink and drive kids

not in an Austin Allegro (Biege)

On a serious note drink-driving is a massive no-no. I’ve heard way too many spooky storylines to ever consider doing it or getting in the car of someone who’s had more than a certain amount to drink. Get a taxi.

[Oliver_W]

You have Brugada Syndrome?

I do, as do nearly all the males in my family.

[Crimson Dynamo]

On a serious note drink-driving is a massive no-no. I’ve heard way too many spooky storylines to ever consider doing it or getting in the car of someone who’s had more than a certain amount to drink. Get a taxi.

I remember waking up top a row between my mum and dad and my dad had parked the car on the front garden the night before, having got back from a pretty boozy lodge meeting.

I dont drink and drive, mind you i used to play golf on a Sunday morning in Surrey and have 3/4 pints at 12 and drive 20 miles home and not think owt about it, it wasn't illegal back then

[Redway]

I remember waking up top a row between my mum and dad and my dad had parked the car on the front garden the night before, having got back from a pretty boozy lodge meeting.

I dont drink and drive, mind you i used to play golf on a Sunday morning in Surrey and have 3/4 pints at 12 and drive 20 miles home and not think owt about it, it wasn't illegal back then

I’d probably be alright after two pints of Carling/Carlsberg but I still wouldn’t chance it. Obviously lots of people do cocktails and whiskey-shots in moderation before hitting the wheel and everyone’s tolerance is different but people have been breathalysed for less, still. It ain’t worth the risk. Especially if you/your passengers aren’t even gonna wear a seatbelt.

[Redway]

Plus you don’t want to have to worry about not being able to get too lit if it falls on you that night to be da designated sober/sober enough driver. I’d rather have fun and get as half-cut as I want to that night (not that I do much of anything besides literally ‘very tipsy’ when it comes to booze these days). No-one really wants to be worried about having to stay sober enough to be able to get back behind a wheel that evening unless they’re honestly not trying to drink that night or they just don’t really drink. It’s not fair to expect someone to do that and it’s not a wise idea to actually do it if you’ve had anything more than what your body can take within the limit and even then you just don’t know how cut you’re going to get that particular evening. It depends on all sorts and it can’t be predicted to a T.

[Oliver_W]

mind you i used to play golf on a Sunday morning in Surrey and have 3/4 pints
If you'd had the pints before playing golf, you'd be drinking and driving.

[Redway]

Also (speaking of taxis), Uber’s bloody expensive even when you use Uber Credit discounts (which you’ve got to pay £10.99 a month for). Why does almost everyone only talk Uber now when they want to get a taxi?

[Oliver_W]

Also (speaking of taxis), Uber’s bloody expensive even when you use Uber Credit discounts (which you’ve got to pay £10.99 a month for). Why does almost everyone only talk Uber now when they want to get a taxi?
I only ever use local firms, I avoid any huge business when I can :joker:

[Redway]

I only ever use local firms, I avoid any huge business when I can :joker:

I use Uber sometimes but it’s not cheap and I don’t have money to burn so I tend to use more of those local firms, too (KingKabs is a good one to use if you’re ever in Chester; it’s like their local version of Uber). The good thing about Uber is that they arrive quickly but other than that a taxi’s literally just a taxi, whether it’s one of them or a black cab. Since people are more inclined to book a taxi on an app than call up these days (I do both, still), all I need at this point is a tracking app so that I can know how far or near it is. I’ll get an Uber if it’s truly more convenient but I’m not paying £16.97 for a journey that would otherwise cost me £9 just because it’s Uber. The obsessive insistence some people have on only using Uber now and just generally over the past 7 years is something I just don’t understand.

[Crimson Dynamo]

If you'd had the pints before playing golf, you'd be drinking and driving.

no it was after at around 12

oh wait :joker:

[Redway]

I do, as do nearly all the males in my family.

Ah, I see. Sorry, man.

Pardon my ignorance but is there any kind of treatment for that?

[Redway]

No, I’ve been taken to a and e in a police car with a head wound

I’ve also walked into hospital after falling 30 feet and having a elderly woman be pronounced dead in the next cubicle

How did you manage a 30-foot fall?

[Oliver_W]

Ah, I see. Sorry, man.

Pardon my ignorance but is there any kind of treatment for that?

Well we've all been given ICDs - implantable cardio defibrillators.

My brother and I were done on the same day, and as the condition and the specific method the ICDs were put in are fairly rare or at least obscure, we both had several medical and I think nursing students observing, and we're probably in several essays :joker:

[hijaxers]

dont drink and drive kids

not in an Austin Allegro (Biege)

It was 7am and we were on the way to Heathrow and in a faulty hire car and ended up in a water culvert , someone nearly died , months in hospital.

[Redway]

Yes, same as you Red, severe panic attacks. Twice also and once was also in 2014 coincidentally.

Ah.

Panic attacks sure-are awful. Besides taking too much of an edible and spacing out for 12 hours (even though you’re definitely not dying) there aren’t as many other acute waves that come on you and make you feel like you’re genuinely going to die than anxiety attacks, whether they’re mild or severe. It is horrible.

[Redway]

Sometimes it’s hard opening up to friends and family about being ill (whether it’s cancer or a new diagnosis of diabetes, or multiple sclerosis or panic attacks) because sometimes they’ll just lay it on too thick and get morbid in a way that makes the whole thing actually feel worse rather than better, even when it’s coming from a place of sympathy and love. But when it comes to anxiety attacks you’ve got to talk to someone. Your life’s never actually in danger (unless you have a heart problem or serious asthma on top of it) but it’s still a feeling that’s hard to just carry around with you if you’re not getting treated properly for it (and you might not need to if they’re only occasional/one-offs). So sometimes you just have to talk to someone who gets it and won’t keep probing you about a reason you’ve been having panic attacks (more times they come out of the blue rather than having any external stressor because it’s partly just actual biological stuff). Sometimes you just need space to come to terms with what’s going on rather than have other people hone in the morbidity of it too much but sometimes it helps to talk. No, you don’t want to waste NHS time but you’re better safe than sorry and a reassuring chat with the paramedic team can go a long way. You can waffle on about Angry Birds (if they still do that) for a minute to take your mind off it or you can just ask for general reassurance about the status of your heart and making sure that everything else is as it should be. It’s part of what they’re there for.

[Josy]

When I was 4 years old I was rushed to hospital in an ambulance with suspected meningitis.

When I was 11 years old I was going down a steep hill on my bike lost control, crashed into a car and was knocked out lost consciousness for a while so was red lighted to hospital

[Livia]

Broke my femur a few years ago in a car accident... hit by a drunk. Came off my motorbike when I was younger a few times... embarrassing because my Dad was a paramedic and he'd get to know about it instantly. He'd tell my Mum... nightmare ensued.

[Redway]

Broke my femur a few years ago in a car accident... hit by a drunk. Came off my motorbike when I was younger a few times... embarrassing because my Dad was a paramedic and he'd get to know about it instantly. He'd tell my Mum... nightmare ensued.

I remember the incident with your femur years ago. I’m so sorry you had to go through that.

[Redway]

When I was 4 years old I was rushed to hospital in an ambulance with suspected meningitis.

When I was 11 years old I was going down a steep hill on my bike lost control, crashed into a car and was knocked out lost consciousness for a while so was red lighted to hospital

I had an incident with my bike when I was 7. It was out of vehicles’ way (this was in the woods) but there was an issue with my break so I went tooth-first into a gate. To this day my front teeth are still slightly chipped at the bottom.

[Redway]

Front teeth as in “central incisors”. I’m nothing like a dentist so I fully had to Google the correct name for them.

[Redway]

Well we've all been given ICDs - implantable cardio defibrillators.

My brother and I were done on the same day, and as the condition and the specific method the ICDs were put in are fairly rare or at least obscure, we both had several medical and I think nursing students observing, and we're probably in several essays :joker:

Any of y’all take quinidine?

[Oliver_W]

Any of y’all take quinidine?

Not myself, dad, or brother. Not really close enough to uncles or cousins to ask.

I'd guess one of my uncles is, as he had known arrhythmia before the family Brugada was brought to light.

You don't have to asnwer this but is Brugada something you're personally familiar with?

[Redway]

Not myself, dad, or brother. Not really close enough to uncles or cousins to ask.

I'd guess one of my uncles is, as he had known arrhythmia before the family Brugada was brought to light.

You don't have to asnwer this but is Brugada something you're personally familiar with?

No, not really. I just know a lot about medication.

[Redway]

Having said that though there is a male member of my family who’s been known to have cardiac and hypertensive issues so maybe that’s where some of it comes from. I’ve kind of seen it year in, year out.

[MTVN]

Voted No although I have been in an Austrian ambulance when I broke my leg skiing out there

Never in the UK thankfully