Our wonderful emergency services (sorry Bob)

[craft1948]

I always have the kitchen door open and on Wednesday morning I heard someone knocking on the neighbour's door. Went out to see a paramedic banging on the door.
Him: Hello hello
Me: There's no-one in, she's at number 28
Him: An ambulance request was made from number 24
Me: Yes but the emergency is at number 28
He bangs on door again, calls in to radio operatot who confirms the address as number 24.
Me: The lady from number 24 made the call but you're needed at number 28
Him: No the call was definitely from number 24
Me: Please yourself but I think the lady at number 28 has just died

................Paramedic runs straight across my garden into number 28..........

[Mamyalynne]

The only thing I would say here is that if you discover someone whom you know is obviously dead, the paramedics are not the right ones to call, but a sad story all the same.

[Bobbisox]

craft anyone tell ta your'e a great gal...lol

[craft1948]

Mamya she wasn't obviously dead....apparently her husband who has dementia couldn't wake her up so he'd wandered round to the neighbours and she'd called 999 before going home with him to try and help
It was only later it transpired she'd been dead for a couple of hours.

[ummmm]

Awww bless..

[craft1948]

I'll actually miss her ummmm......she was a mad german woman, who used to show me her padded bras....

[bobjugs12]

We had a mix up last week with a job in St Andrews Lane (road names are false btw). We were told to look for the paramedic response car on scene as the house was hard to find. Drove up and down St Andrews lane looking for the car with no joy, until we realised that we were on St Andrews Road, and St Andrews lane was a tiny offshoot that in the darkness actually looks like a private driveway. Luckily it wasn't a serious job and we were only there as back up so no harm done, but the problem we face now is micro-management and constant working out of our own areas.

[rinkins]

tee hee

[ummmm]

Like my Nan...a mad Irish women that keeps showing us her unpadded bras...lol

Who will look after the husband?

[craft1948]

He was in a paramedic response car Bob......the police and ambulance turned up about 20 minutes later.

[craft1948]

The son, who apparently is a very good son but lives in Stockport, turned up within a couple of hours, stayed overnight with him, and then took him back with him the next day.
He certainly can't live there by himself so I assume he'll stay with the son, or go into a home near him.

[bobjugs12]

from his perspective craft (and no disrespect meant to you), the call he would have recieved from control would have said the address was 24. For all he knew you may have been confusing his job with another shout, mental, or just a good old fashioned pain in the elbow. He had to exhaust the possibility that 24 wasn't the correct address

[craft1948]

Excuse me Bob......I had my teeth in.

[mccfluff]

i can understand i would of thought "mental"

[craft1948]

Behave vibra.....it was Wednesday so was fully dressed etc 'cos my cleaning lady was there.
She was gawping away whilst doing the ironing. When I came back in after talking to the paramedic she was in fits.....

[anneasquith]

craft. miss read the beginning of your question, thought it said, "i always keep my kitchen door open on a wednesday" i thought now this will be interesting. why only a wednesday ? sorry about your neighbours though.

[mccfluff]

is that cos she was doing your ironing and saw the size of your bloomers?

[bobjugs12]

Butch, I watched a fire engine force it's way down a narrow street with cars on both sides to get to a house fire. Loads of damage to about a dozen cars and the owners were told "tough luck, you shouldn't have blocked the road for the fire engine"