Yes to all 3. Couple of times for my mom and one time for myself. For my mom it's because of her fistula shooting out blood and not being able to stop bleeding, even when putting pressure on it and another time was when she couldn't breath and having chest pains. For me it was when I got heat exhaustion from walking to the store and back in hot summer florida weather, carrying tons of heavy groceries and not having anything to drink as I dehydrate really fast due to my heart problems.

People underestimate heat exhaustion. wise to consider it an emergency.

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Yep. Had an allergic reaction to something while I was alone at home and started going into anaphylaxis. Which necessitated my first and only trip in an ambulance.

And I had an overnight stay in the hospital last year when I had surgery. They were out of normal recovery rooms, so I ended up staying in ICU, which was nice for having a private room but annoying as it's quite loud there with all manner of beeping machines.

I personally like the ver expensive machine tat goes BING!
I trust it all ended well.

I have, but it was for a random stranger as I was walking down the street. He was having a bad drug trip and needed help.

I have never been in an ambulance.

I've only been to the emergency room, never for an extended stay overnight though.

Bad trip eh? acid?

No idea what drug it was. Didn't know the guy and he was too out of it to respond to much. the only good thing about his reaction to the drug was that he couldn't stand. Didn't even have enough balance to try, so it took literally no effort to keep him there until the ambulance arrived.

No.
Yes.
Yes.

Oh? tell me more.

Asthma attack.
Had a bladder cancer , survived, But treatments had to be in a hospital.

None of the above.

Maybe some day.

Heaven forbid.

I had to call the ambulance once, when my mom had high fever, extreme pain and couldn't stop vomiting. Turned out to be a passing kidney-stone .... but not before the quack messing one of her urinary tracts with the scope.

I never rode the ambulance yet (neither as the patient nor accompanying someone else)

I was hospitalized twice:
- in 2nd grade when I had my appendix out (actually they removed two cause I'm a mutant freak)
- 3 years ago (to help avoid last year of army drafting)

Passing stones is no joke. with what I'm on there is a risk of having to. Not something I'd welcome. ugh. my plate is full enough.

Yes, Yes, and Yes.

I called 911 when my grandmother had a heart attack and died in 1987, and another time in 2009 when my father was having trouble breathing... before he died.

In May of this year, I was taken by ambulance to the hospital when I started passing gallstones.

Been hospitalized a few times (undescended testicle in 1969, impacted teeth removed in 1973, dialysis catheter/fistula in 2005/2006, kidney transplant in 2012, gall bladder surgery 2012, and probably a couple of other times in between).

Sounds like you've been through some rough times there. I can sympathize.

*heh* Not as bad as some people I know/knew, but I've had my share.

I hope you're feeling better. I'll keep sending good thoughts your way.

No.
Yes.
Yes.

Tell me more :)

Yes I have had to call 911; When my Dad has a stroke.

Yes I have been taken to a hospital amd been hospitalized, but not by ambulance. I was 5 years old and had my face partly ripped off of my skull by a dalmation dog that thought I was one of four kids that had tormented it (I was not one of those four stupid kids). The resulting surgery had 36 stitches on the right side of my face, but I was not disfigured by it. (I had a damn good surgeon)

That's horrible!
I don't trust dalmations as it is. this solidifies it, *hug*

Dalmations are snippy little dogs, but that one that atacked me had been tormented for weeks by four stupid little brats that didn't realize what they were doing.

I hope the owners of that dog caught them. They had a lot to awnser for. I will never know now though...

Yes, across the board.

One evening a few years back, my mom was driving me home from school. One thing led to another, and we got into a car accident at an intersection with another car.

Thankfully, I didn't sustain many injuries. I had to call 911 on my cellphone, but I handed the phone to my mother who spoke to the operator instead.

The two of us were taken to a hospital via ambulance. Can't say much about what they did with mom as the two of us were separated once we got there.

As for me, they took me to a normal examination room you'd find even in a normal doctor's office. They checked to see if I'd gotten any internal injuries or something...it was awhile back.

But I checked out, and after a few blood pressure tests I was free to leave, then I waited for my dad to take me home. Not long after, mom was able to return home as well, also checking out fine.

...Shame about the car though, it was totaled, and we only had it for a couple of years. It was a nice car. We thank our lucky stars though, it could've been a whole lot worse for both of us.

Yes be thankful. Glad it turned out alright. I know people who refute the idea of carrying a cellphone mostly out of err well being cheap...but there are times when they are priceless...

Yes. Workplace accident.
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No.

Oh? accident?

Nope.

Once, I think, over 15 years ago. My family was going somewhere, and a car hydroplaned into us. Out of the five of us, I think that only one of my sisters was actually hurt.

The only time I ever stayed in a hospital was a scheduled surgery for a deviated septum I had. That also was 15 years or more ago.

I really hope it turned out alright.

Hm. From the accident, I think my sister had a broken collarbone or something, that was it. And I don't know if the deviated septum grew back or not, but I just take off-brand OTC claritin and that lets me breathe normally.

1) This past June, my mom had a stroke, and my sister and I were there when it happened. At first we thought it was just another bout of vertigo, but a neighbor friend immediately recognized it as a stroke. We called 911, and the ambulance took her away. (She survived surgery and is recovering in a nursing home.)

2a) Once when I was young living on Kwajalein, I accidentally stepped into a hollow tree stump, and got serious splinters. It wasn't life threatening, but it really hurt, and my teachers called an ambulance which took me maybe two blocks away to the hospital.

2b) Also when I was young on that island, I was playing on gymnastics bars in the playground. I was started when the bell rang, lost my grip, and fell six feet flat onto my back. The wind was knocked out of me, and I took an ambulance to the hospital. Also not life threatening.

3) I've been to the hospital various times, but the one time I can recall being hospitalized and sleeping overnight in a hospital bed, was when I had appendicitis, and needed an appendectomy. I was discharged in under 24 hours.

Of course, it's hard to imagine how inoperable cancer affects people - especially people who should be in the prime of their lives.

Did you stop doing gymnastics after that?

It's really not that hard to imagine. I used to imagine it. I wasn't spot on, but it's not so far out. Then again maybe it is. I have a unique view on things I am often told..

I was never hard into gymnastics. They were very informal playground-type gymnastics bars. I mostly liked to climb things, as I used to like climbing trees.

And I know your prognosis is not good, but we can hope all the way until the end that there can be a fortuitous turn of events. Maybe even a miracle.

Not good? sorryif I give that impression. i tis summed up as uncertain but with plenty of reason to be optimistic with good cause for it.

I should certainly hope it's better than "not good".

My work got broken into once in 2004, and I was the first one on the scene. I had to go to a nearby store (I didn't have a cell phone back then) and use a pay phone to call it. Some printers were stolen, but nothing too bad was taken. The building owner thanked me personally for dialing 911 right away.

Good work I say! :)

Yup, I've called 911 for a few things. Domestic violence, car crash, druggies and to prevent me from beating the living shit out of my brother in RL.

Nope, I've not been in an ambulance that I can recall.

I've visited an ER a couple of times. Two fractured wrists when I was like 9.. and again in 2005 when I was hit by a drunk driver and took an airbag to the face. Those things hurt...alot. I couldn't chew comfortably for about 2 weeks. But an overnight stay? Not yet *knocks on wood*

quite a list there.

Nope to all 3, thankfully.

Keep it that way. stay safe.

Yes, 3 times. Once for finding one of my roommate dead. Another time for my boyfriend passing out in the shower and another time for my boyfriend passing out after being violently sick.

I accompanied my boyfriend via ambulance, that is the only reason I ever been in one.

I was hospitalized once for herniating a disc in my lower back. Worse pain I endured for 6 months.

I do recall the roomie issue . poor guy. a sad day.

1) yes, for the time the brakes on my trailer caught on fire.

2) not as far as I can recall.

3) yes, a couple of times. most recently to get my appendix removed.

appendices seems to be a remarkably common problem.

yeah. for something that's an evolutionary left over that doesn't serve any actual purpose it does cause a lot of problems

1) Yes. When my car caught fire. -_-

2) Nope!

3) Yes. When I was diagnosed as a diabetic 11 years ago. Spend 3 days in the ICU and 2 in a regular hospital room. Not fun at all, haven't been back since.

that is a good condition to be fully aware of when you do have it.

i know. principal is the same of course

:)Be happy

Always seek happiness in any situation.

ever need to call 911 before? if so why?

Yes. While making an arrest (retail investigator at the time) that started escalating.

Ever have to need to taken someplace via ambulance yourself?

Sort of. Rolled my vehicle overseas, I was uninjured but they make me take the ambulance anyway.

ever been hospitalized?

As an infant I think.

Once for my grandfatber when ge had a stroke. Neber rode along. Haven't been hospitalised so far, knock on wood.

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Had to call 911 once for my grandmother who had a heart attack, and once for a student who inhaled sulfuric acid fumes. Haven't been myself.