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I called one for my friend. I was speaking to her on the phone,and I thought she was having a stroke. She had parked her car 20 minutes before, didn't know where she parked it, and had been to her daughter's birthday party a few hours before and didn't remember it. She had the wherewithal to call me and I called 911. They rattled off my address (they have it in their system) and I had to yell at them to go to my friend's apartment, 5 miles away, not mine. She was released from the hospital the next day. It was just attributed to stress.

8 years ago. Rating: 7
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....no, thank God.

8 years ago. Rating: 6
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Not once, ever! So far, so good.

8 years ago. Rating: 6
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Bailey had a seizure when she was 2. Took the squad 20 minutes and a deputy 25 minutes to get there.

8 years ago. Rating: 6
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Collapsed in front of a cop, never thought I was ill apart from a mild hangover, turned out I'd had a brain hemorrhage, 30 min police escort to the nearest neurological unit and I was just great 2 years later, you've all heard it before, I'm still around to care about.

8 years ago. Rating: 5
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The last time I had to call the ambulance service was in 2013 when I was a caregiver for an elderly woman.  She was very weak,  lightheaded and kept throwing up. The battery on her pacemaker had stopped working so she was fitted with a new one.

8 years ago. Rating: 5
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They dropped by one night for me when I thought my blood pressure was alarmingly high. (150/90)  and stayed with me until the panic/anxiety passed.
There is an interesting story about one of my sons calling 911 when his brother started screaming about, well, this isn't the place for THAT story....

8 years ago. Rating: 5
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