Have you ever called 911?
By breezie
@breezie (1246)
Canada
December 7, 2007 6:25am CST
I work in a small take out restaurant and was by myself yesterday. One of our regular customers ( an oler man around 70)came in and was sitting on a stool. He usually sits and talks to his friends for a bit so after serving him I continued my work. About 5 minutes later I heard a huge crash. The man had gone unconsious and fallen on the floor. His friend and I tried to get him up and finally he got up and sat on a bench. We asked him if he was ok and he said yes. At this point his friend left (nice friend , huh?) and I was all alone with this guy. As soon as the friend left I called my boss, who was on his way in since my shift was over in 5 minutes. As soon as I got off the phone the man went unconcious again. I called 911 and it took the ambulance ages to get there. By the time they did the man had regained conciosness and was talking a bit. He seemed fine and he is going to be ok.
It was pretty scary to me and I wasn't really sure what to do. Afterwards I realized I probbably should hae called 911 as soon as he went unconcious, but at the time I was really scared. I will know better what to do nest time, but I really hope there never is a next time. Have you ever had to call 911?
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@UnselfishShellfish (1306)
• United States
8 Dec 07
I've had to call a few times.
Once was when I witnessed a wreck. Two black men in a stolen car with bogus plates ran a red light and slammed into the side of a truck that was going through an intersection. When the car stopped, the two black men ran and I was able to call 911 and give the dispatcher a clothing list and a general idea of what they looked like and where they went. Within 3 minutes, 6 police cars were on the scene, with a K9 officer helping to find the men. They did find the men.
Another time was when my neighbor's infant daughter quit breathing. She was born 6 weeks premature and had RSV and was having issues. It was very icy and snowy outside, so I called 911 so an ambulance could come get the baby and the grandmother and take them both to the hospital.
@UnselfishShellfish (1306)
• United States
9 Dec 07
Oh yes. I've been CPR trained now going on about 15 years, so without thinking I knew what to do and started CPR on the infant as I dialed 911 with one hand, I did CPR with the other hand.
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