Injured Mechanic In Severe Pain After Collapse | Inside The Ambulance | Real Responders

Paramedics attend to a man who has been laying on the floor for 2 hours in pain. The patient complains of severe back pain and the paramedics decide to rush him to A&E as the best course of action. Elsewhere, an elderly citizen calls the ambulance services after he has trouble breathing. Later on, paramedics attend to a frequent patient, delighted to help him.
For the very first time, an ambulance has been rigged with cameras that provide a unique perspective on what it's like to respond to emergency calls. 'Inside The Ambulance' follows paramedics from the West Midlands Ambulance Service in England as they take us right into the heart of the action. We see heroism at work in the actions of these first responders. We also enter the lives of people in crisis and learn their unique stories.
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[@spencerhonda7445]

Horace❤. So sad that he's 87, his wife died, and he lives alone. I wanted to give him a hug.

[@sarahcastle7244]

Ditto.

[@spencerhonda7445]

@@sarahcastle7244 it just made me sad 😥

[@MJH7777]

I wish I am his neighbor and give him a hand😢❤

[@charinajohansson3890]

Ångest är en svår sjukdom.😢

[@loriolson692]

It is I just want to hug him and love on him and take care of him. And I just love how that EMT's are so sweet with him.

[@catbriggs8362]

Horace is totally exhausted from struggling with breathing problems for weeks. It is scary to be alone and ill.

[@csmith563]

WHY don't they have a visiting nurse for him yet?

[@dearsnow]

Must've been so frightening for Horace to be living alone. Bless him.

[@freespiritwithnature4384]

We love you Horace!

[@alexshaw7618]

Poor Horace. My heart breaks for him 😪

[@tamibell4325]

Horace was so sweet and I also saw such a sadness and lonliness in him. I wish I was closer. I would make sure his life was full of love, caring, talking, everything that any person would need. I feel so bad for all of the elders that have no-one. God bless you Horace!❤🙏💞

[@moni1950412]

That’s what I was thinking, I wish I lived closer. I know how it is to be alone since my husband passed away, he’s very lonely 😞 Can’t they try to find someone to check on him sometimes.

[@MargaretHill65_]

It’s lonely being alone when you have family in the same town and they never call or visit . One brother has taken me to have 7 surgery’s in 7 years . So many surgery and hospital visits and your alone it’s 💔

[@lorimontcalm9086]

Horace was probably also having a panic attack on top of his previously diagnosed chest infection. Panic being alone and dying. It sucks getting older.

[@SedatedByLife]

I can sympathize with the back injury. I've dealt with severe back pain most of my adult life.

[@Inevitably_Invisible]

@@xyz12345457maybe you’ve never been in that severe of pain then

[@oftheriverr]

​@@xyz12345457it's their way of coping with pain. They're taught to exteriorize, we're taught to pretend it's fine

[@michaelripley4528]

Backpain is horrible!! Like having a knife in the back and someone twitching it🫣

[@kristinwright6632]

That first man in severe back pain, as one who has had spasms from back pain that has ripped screams out of my throat I say, let him swear up a storm! That was kind of funny that the EMTs were even acknowledging the fact. Haven't they heard that before on their job? I was really feeling for him, especially when they were moving him to the stretcher.

[@vernasmith6481]

Horace we love you!❤

[@helookalikaman79]

Panic Attacks being on the rise, maybe it is rising as more and more men are now talking about these issues, no more suffering in silence... The couple that opened their door to help, amazing people...

[@Inevitably_Invisible]

I agree, but also there was some rise in social anxieties and isolation from the pandemic as well, and now these political issues- which have always been around but all of it combined can be attributed to the rise, I think it’s mostly less stigma though.

[@beckymerriner2493]

Thank God for the ambulance, drivers kindness and patience. Maybe he was having a flashback maybe that’s what happened to his wife. They took her to the hospital and she never came home so he’s worried that’s gonna happen to him. It could be a lot of things with the elderly he scared you can tell that for one and thank you for being so patient and kind with him. I just wanted to climb through this tablet of mine and give that poor old man a hug I took care of the elderly for 29 years.

[@beverlystufflebeam5731]

Horace sounded like he has COPD. Having COPD myself I know that sound. But I’m not a medical person.

[@beverlystufflebeam5731]

I love the compassion and the human contact. In the US we get compassion but everyone is so afraid of physical contact like a hug or what ever might get them sued for some kind of aggression or abuse. Being 66 yrs old I remember times before this where a nurse or doctor could give a more human touch. Something I think is needed in many cases. Especially in an ER and ICU. The rules are crazy strict and as most of us know human touch is one of the most needed things in healing.

[@edwardpincus]

Everyone should watch this series. It’s one on the best on KZbin!

[@dearsnow]

Paddy is so sweet with the chocolate and biscuits, bless his soul 😄

[@ReneeKratka]

All of these patients and pros were great. I particularly liked watching the two fellows caring for Horace. Lovely.

[@wifemomteacherlife7648]

I really hope Jess sees this comment because I want her to know that she’s doing an amazing job of being Tyler’s mom! Bad moms don’t care, and they certainly don’t call 911 when their child is sick!! ❤

[@mickieswendsen1302]

My Mother called the Fire Dept. In the early 1950's, BEFORE 911 or Emergency rooms really existed. My baby sister had febrile seizures a couple of times.

[@tookitogo]

I think they need to get these EMTs those “green whistles” the Australian lifeguards have!

[@nikolaszink878]

They had morphine, this was just a case of bad patient care....

[@mickieswendsen1302]

Why?

[@beckymerriner2493]

They get scared that they’re gonna die alone. A lot of them don’t wanna die alone, but they don’t wanna be a burden either so they struggle with that. I seen a lot in my 29 years of taking care of the elderly and then another 20 some years taking care of the mentally challenged, they all just wore my heart. I love my job so much both of them you can learn a lot from. The older generation, and are mentally challenged aren’t as I don’t like using this word, but dumb as people think they are

[@lindaarnold5683]

When the Brits say” oh, dear” is seems to mean something more than our version. 😊

[@catbriggs8362]

Or when the British medics say, "You're doin' really well, luv!" That usually means you're circling the drain!

[@edwinacoffman6429]

I think it's kinda like when us in the south say bless your heart.

[@Beepinsqueekin]

Poor Paddy! My husband has lung disease and the hospital gave him his own nebulizer and inhailing meds. He can treat himself at home and now hardly has to go to the ER.

[@hypernova9363]

The two paramedics playing ISpy was hilarious

[@mickieswendsen1302]

A horse!

[@kathleennewberry1963]

I love this series.

[@joshuabulger3156]

The West Midlands ambulance service they are amazing I know I'm not from England I just want to say how great you all are thank you for helping out in the community 🇺🇸

[@DeborahWalling]

❤❤

[@frothe42]

Joshua, I totally agree, they are absolute angels!

[@SJC49]

Poor Horace. This is why you have children and keep family members close. We will ALL need family as we age - it’s inevitable! Bless you, Horace. ♥️🇨🇦

[@angelajaconetti6929]

Two of my three children died young,and my last child has an ill wife, so they want to put me in assisted living...I have a partner that works many hours and helps when he can, so I guess I'm feeling sorry for myself...I'm not ready to go into a home quite yet! I'm 66 yrs old, but a bad back keeps me in bed. I'm feeling a bit lonely myself...😢 I hope they can help Horence.

[@suzannepatterson5548]

This is why you have children? Are you serious? I was unable to have children. After a divorce I moved home to my parents and realized how sick they really were. I knew that I would never leave. My mother died after six years and my father is very ill now but I will never leave. I am 62 so there will never be a child of mine. I haven’t been on a date in over 10 years. I will be Horace when my end time comes. Sometimes it just doesn’t work out that you will have “family” to care for you

[@SakuraMushroom]

Do people have children so there's someone to take of them? Seems incredibly selfish reason to.....

[@MargaretHill65_]

You have children you raise them and they have their own family and walk away from you and don’t look back . My son says it’s a new generation . How sad is that 😢

[@sallysmith2937]

Yes, cows lie down when it’s going to rain……. And I’m across the pond in US.🤣❤️

[@VPhuoc79]

I remember Paddy and Beverly from a different episode. Like he reminds us in this episode, you never say "no" in that household.

[@beckymerriner2493]

And if that age when I can’t breathe, that’s even more scary and I really don’t think you need to be at that age when you can’t breathe. That is scary. Very scary.

[@corvettesbme]

I like happy endings!

[@SJC49]

Mom, secure that heavy fish tank so your baby can’t tip it.

[@evaknox2258]

God bless you horace ❤

[@sharonhines3476]

Swearing actually works as pain relief.

[@helookalikaman79]

Distraction pain relief does work ... chronic pain in the spine, hip and both knees

[@annikelly9430]

With lower back that is out, go to hands and knees. From there, he can work his way up.

[@roadkillgravy5168]

It's not always that easy.

[@amandasnider2644]

I wonder if they should have considered that Shawn could have potentially a spiked drink? Maybe even an alcoholic drink spiked with a lot of caffeine. It could absolutely be a panic attack but there are some other factors that could trigger the fight or flight type of reactions

[@TopIT-Solutions]

''I am a big boy with needles'' Awesome comment haha, great video by the way!

[@cricketlovely8541]

I don't understand why they didn't turn the mechanic onto a backboard and put him on the stretcher. Seems an unnecessary and possibly damaging move 😢

[@suek7086]

Back boards are no longer used except if there is proven spinal damage.

[@53mandevilla]

Well, that’s just a stupid move…no back boards anymore, so patients have to lie on the damn floor? 😮😮😮

[@norabryant4172]

depends on mechanism of injury

[@VisionaryGardener]

If there's no indication that there's a traumatic spinal cord injury, a back board won't help and might even make the pain worse. I had a back injury during my first aid training years ago and had to suffer through several more weeks of being strapped into a spinal board when it was my turn for my classmates to practice on me. It was very unpleasant. You want your knees a little bent and sitting up a bit if you've got a back injury.

[@MargaretHill65_]

I’ve had two back surgery’s and still suffer daily on pain meds 😢

[@amyrudolph2079]

❤❤❤ thank you

[@OutsiderLXIX]

You're welcome!

[@lindawarren7368]

Enjoyed watching the video.❤

[@amandasnider2644]

Cows lie down whenever they feel like it. Absolutely nothing to do with weather.

[@mickieswendsen1302]

Ha, ha, ha

[@cutecat2165]

I think Horace needs some iron. So pale.

[@kristinwright6632]

Panic attacks are no joke. I didn't understand until I had my first one a few years ago. I nearly drove myself to an emergency room thinking I was having a heart attack. Now if you think it is strange I would have driven myself rather than called an ambulance then you don't live in the US. I didn't have health insurance or a job then. I have had several more bad ones but I now know what they are. Don't think the responders understood that extreme anxiety isn't managed with just calming down. Maybe in the moment but not as a remedy.

[@lisamackenzie-adams9853]

Swearing is better than being punched and kicked.

[@Caarooliinee]

i’m concerned there was something in his home causing his breathing to slowly worsen, hence why he said it was fine once he got fresh air in the ambo.

[@nikonyrh]

6:30 He was in a great need of a green whistle! I wonder what he was inhaling from the big device.

[@suek7086]

Nitrous oxide

[@amyrudolph2079]

❤❤❤

[@MrsJay820]

I spy something that starts with an L……Llamas! Haha

[@MurzelMachtMusik]

In Germany we have a similar game to "I spy", it's called "Ich seh etwas, was du nicht siehst" (I see something you don't see.) And we don't use first letters but colours. "I see something you don't see and it is green" would be the question that has "leaves" as an answer. Unless it is fall like now. I find it cool to compare those folky things, tales, songs, nursery rhymes, games. Some have travelled and of some it is known they developed independently at two or more places at roughly the same time. Fairytales mostly. But how cool, how similar yet different humans are.

[@Joost117]

Cant believe those ambulances dont have an automatic gearbox...

[@fl2rms]

Wanted to say this as well, i wonder.

[@lynnegulbrand2298]

Just about all vehicles in England are not automatic. That’s why I didn’t drive over there plus they drive on the left and the steering is on the right, so confusing when you learn to drive in the US.

[@sharongreen1366]

I went to an er in Georgia with severe back pain. Couldn’t walk it hurt so bad. I was crying. The dr didn’t even look at me just walked in and said there wasn’t anything he could do….no muscle relaxers or anything.

[@sharonhines3476]

This has become the norm. I fell a few years back and hit my mouth. Broke one tooth in half, one of my front teeth was forced all the way back to the roof of my mouth, which broke my jaw and had about 40 stitches inside and outside my mouth. Got zero pain relief for use at home. I was sent home to find an oral surgeon on my own with the tooth still pushed back. Just an awful experience all around. Didn't get anything for pain from the oral surgeon either, btw.

[@oldstuffbethtx8052]

They’re all too afraid of being accused of needlessly giving opioids and fostering addiction.

[@mickieswendsen1302]

Probably thought you were drug seeking. Still jeartless!!

[@Alethiometer]

Starting at @15:00 his wife died in the same hospital, time he has been there, when his wife got ill and died 15 years later and his WORSE FEAR not being able to breathe.....Okay I'm guilty was a medic, then add in my life experience and I see everything my mind does it, probably from my time in service. I have always gone into this calm mode even as a young child, I suffered 3rd-degree burns even nicked an artery knew what to do as my mother, sisters & neighbors went hysterical my sister said "you get the voice" I amputated part of my finger and as my daughter was going hysterical I was searching for my finger making jokes she also says you just walk all calm when utter chaos is surrounding me...its because Chaos IS my normal, crazy

[@MrBialy3000]

Mrs. Anna Rej has interesting accent. I wonder where does she come from 😁

[@dianalombana6039]

Most probably from Eastern Europe like Poland or Russia

[@user-kf5qc9sh2c]

❤❤😊😊😅

[@lindaarnold5683]

I’m sorry, but telling someone to “ calm down” is just not helpful. Find something else to say. Ask easy questions, about work, school, etc.

[@Lauriej117]

Maybe it doesn’t help you but it does help some people. 🙄🇨🇦

[@amandasnider2644]

It depends how someone says it. If they say it with empathy and saying it slowly like an exhale while holding my shoulders and making eye contact with me...that'll work.

[@VisionaryGardener]

I try not to tell someone to calm down because it often has the opposite effect. Instead, I'll lead them through a sensory countdown (focus on: first, five things you can see, then, four things you can touch, then, three things you can hear, two things you can smell, one thing you can taste), or box breathing (in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4, repeat...). Something that's actually taught for managing anxiety.

[@lauriemedsker8488]

Why was Horace not put on oxygen?????? I also notice that no one gets an IV. Dose not seem like health care but a very very expensive taxi drive to the hospital.

[@marionbrown1040]

He wasn’t given oxygen because his reading was 97% which is in the normal range.

[@millisagable3018]

Im sorry that wasnt a panic attack. I have panic attacks a lot and i dont get weak or faint when it happens

[@stefanieebling2785]

I do when I have panic attack..not all are the same

[@VisionaryGardener]

I do. I've nearly fainted with one. Ears ringing, sight going black, shaking uncontrollably, legs weak. I had to actually sit down on the sidewalk against a post box until it passed. It's an awful experience. Each person might have a different collection of symptoms, and varying severity.

[@juliejustus6878]

I hate the word fitting! Here in America the word fit means something negative. Call it a seizure

[@fatasshole]

Is e even seen us, he isn't scene us noll