'My alligator has escaped' among 999 ambulance calls
Other people dialled 999 for a tight bracelet, a finger stuck in a beer bottle and toe nail mishap.
Only call 999 in emergency - ambulance service
People in Jersey should not call 999 unless immediate medical assistance is needed, the ambulance service says. The service ...
‘999? I’ve chipped a tooth!’ – Welsh Ambulance Service urges against inappropriate calls from public
The service took a range of inappropriate calls in 2024 ranging from people chipping their teeth to those being locked out of ...
Metro5d
Hospital ward calls 999 for ambulance to move patient 400 metres ‘to replace catheter’
A hospital phoned for an ambulance so an elderly patient could be driven 400m to A&E to have a catheter replaced, says his daughter. Staff called 999, before paramedics arrived to transfer Brian ...
Person calls 999 after having a nightmare
The SWAST said it manages roughly 2,560 incidents a day, rising to over 3,000 on busy days. The service covers Bristol, ...
UPI3d
Wales' most 'inappropriate' emergency calls include finger stuck in beer bottle
Jan. 29 (UPI) --The Welsh Ambulance Service said some of the most "inappropriate" calls to its 999 emergency number in the past year include a finger stuck in a beer bottle and a person whose pet ...
Irish Independent on MSN13d
‘Hoax 999 calls can cost lives’ – ambulance teams received over 250 bogus calls last year
Emergency services received more than 250 hoax 999 calls in the first 10 months last year. The Irish Independent ’s request ...
Some of the unbelievable time-wasting 999 calls made to local ambulance service
A nightmare, lost keys and a power cut are all among the reasons that real people called the South Western Ambulance Service ...
South Wales Argus on MSN2d
The strangest 999 calls received by Welsh Ambulance Service
The Welsh Ambulance Service has shared some of the inappropriate 999 calls it received over the past year. They include a call from someone who had chipped a tooth, someone whose pet alligator had ...
Birmingham hospital staff dial 999 to ask ambulance to move patient 400 metres on same site
A ward team at Good Hope Hospital dialled 999 for an ambulance to move Brian Dunne, 83, 400 metres to the A&E department for ...
BBC4d
'My alligator has escaped' among 999 ambulance calls
However, one person wanted an ambulance because they were locked out of their house, while another called 999 for a toenail cutting mishap. The trust has released the transcripts of some of the ...
Shropshire Star3d
'999? I’ve chipped a tooth!’ Inappropriate calls to Welsh Ambulance Service revealed
The Welsh Ambulance Service has revealed some of the inappropriate calls made to 999 in the past year. The Welsh Ambulance Service has revealed some of the inappropriate calls made to 999 in the past ...