Real conversations I’ve had as a Paramedic. I don’t think it can get worse than this.

[@TrashEntertainment_hehe]

After you tell him that the ambulance ride will cost 1,300$ that chest pain will magically disappear.

[@DeezNutzinUrmouth-qd9lq]

They don't exactly punish you for not paying medical bills tho, I say it depends on his financial status. (They can't prosecute you for unpaid medical bills, if your poor it doesn't matter)

[@not_moist]

@@DeezNutzinUrmouth-qd9lq They punish you bro

[@fabi3790]

That will always be surreal to me

[@donanderson3653]

@@not_moist Nah, the people who do things like in this video are completely broke/homeless. If you have nothing, they can take nothing.

[@tiredoftheliesalready]

You realize how many people never see the bill for that? Or if they do, they don't pay it? Medical debt is even categorized differently in the latest proposed (or perhaps they're live now) FICO models.

[@Wondrrboy]

Man just paid $8,000 for a sandwich, *hospital sandwich* , for something that was "just around the corner".

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

You're gonna pretend insurance doesn't exist? Good grief.

[@Wondrrboy]

@@johnclaybaugh9536 if he has no insurance

[@GeorgeMonet]

@@johnclaybaugh9536 The insurance won't cover it.

[@jennykim9427]

​@@johnclaybaugh9536 You're gonna pretend American health insurance is actually helpful? Good grief.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

@@jennykim9427 I've not received a bill for the five times I've ridden in an ambulance. I didn't receive a bill when my daughter needed an ambulance. The family wasn't worried about anything when my granddaughter was put in an ambulance. Heck, none of us have ever received a medical bill. So no. I'm not gonna pretend insurance us useful. I know it's useful.

[@thatonegirlelaine]

That $1,000 turkey sandwich must be god tier.

[@SarafinaSummers]

Now I want to have Chat gpt help me make a $1500 turkey club sandwich. hmmm, weekend project and crazy zillionaire money!

[@thescatologistcopromancer3936]

@@SarafinaSummers what...?

[@BejaranoAngeles.11.]

That will never get paid... The schmucks that do this to us are true prizes of human beings.. working 20 plus years here in Las Vegas, this happens all of the time, and we cannot refuse transport even if we know they are full of beans.....😂😂😂

[@thatonegirlelaine]

@@BejaranoAngeles.11. So ridiculous.

[@mrkidofminecraft]

The turkey sandwiches are fire.

[@TrojanEMT]

I work EMS and I can 100% confirm that there are people like this more than we think!

[@tlczek]

Though in my experience, they like to say something more vague like abdominal pain. Worst acting I’ve ever seen was some of these guys.

[@masterimbecile]

But… why?!

[@HeartlessSystem]

Tell them how much it'll cost to transport them lol.

[@HandledToaster2]

This cannot possibility be real, not in the USA.

[@noorrougelewis6704]

My ex was a little slow. He used to ask the local cops for rides home all the time because his "legs hurt" 🙄 I think he's even used 911 before to request it...

[@DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

"it's right around the corner" at that point I would say "it's right around the corner, walk, it'll take you like two seconds"

[@101jir]

Start listing the health benefits of regular walking

[@major_tbagger]

But he also needed to charge his phone

[@Breakbeat.]

@@major_tbagger If you walk really fast the static buildup should charge it.

[@JJ-es9np]

But he doesn’t look that healthy, he might get a heart attack.

[@amoral_minority]

Honestly, with how unwalkable American streets often are, I don't really blame the guy

[@ClockworkGearhead]

"Standard procedure states we have to defib you." "You know... suddenly I feel better."

[@jessicajohnston5693]

What is defib? 😅

[@EezePuffy]

@@jessicajohnston5693 defibrillator. the paddle things that are used to help restart someone's heart with an electric charge.

[@connor560]

@@EezePuffyh you have to say clear if you forget they blow up Edit: i think the real reason you say it is so everyone takes their hand off the patient and knows if their hand is on they they to will be shocked or jolted or however you would phrase it.

[@KaraTheGirlie]

​@@connor560you're correct! Clear means clear the patient.

[@aarons.8161]

Uh-oh. Think the patient is getting violent. We may need to sedate him.

[@ssz28envy]

That's a $3k turkey sandwich.

[@SuperSpeederCarl]

Free

[@Zuchario_YT]

But thousands of $ for the ambulance ride

[@niogel]

He isn't going to pay it....

[@Tobiasliese]

@@niogelthan let collections handle the rest

[@beardly0121]

I assume he was homeless and probably gave a fake name.

[@Vamilator7165]

After watching your videos I am astonished and amazed by the fact that we don't get heaps of cases wherein rescue personel has beaten people up. So hats off to all the people in this line of work. You're better than most

[@scp-1906theremainofachair]

oh no it don't happen but they they create the problem for example sugar too low

[@fp6343]

I heard about a story. Dude was driving high and caused an accident. When the ambulance arrived on the scene, the stoned driver kept punching the unconscious pregnant lady, who was the other driver. The ambulance driver took the ripped off fender, and hit the guy with it. The paramedics started working on the lady, then at one point they said they were only fighting for the baby but eventually the baby died too. My friend was the lawyer defending the ambulance driver when the guy sued him. They won by the way.

[@TheChefmike66]

The older responses are disturbing, and also what is wrong with this country. Get help OP if you haven't already, since I'm 7 months after the post. EMT's have helped me out when I was very much in need SEVERAL times!

[@CJ_Ludwig501]

It does happen. It even has a name and probably more than one. We called it wall to wall counseling.

[@Vamilator7165]

You didn't get my comment at all did you? The point is that emergency personel has the patience of saints having to deal with this crap

[@celestialdavenport6483]

Just when I think people couldn’t have any more nerve, they always seem to have just a little bit more. Wow

[@Tht1guy63]

Oh ya this happens all the time. Buddy was emt and he would have regulars who would call just so they could get a ride to the hospital to have a prescription filled or talk with their doctor nearby.

[@MrPandarilla]

yeah no, this conversation goes more like "Can I have a ride?" "you know this ambu-taxi costs $350 a trip right?" "oh, I'll walk"

[@dog2man1994]

There's been a recent string of ambulance thefts in San Francisco. They call 911 and just steal the ambulance.

[@kycone]

@@MrPandarilla yeah, no. They don’t pay and they don’t care.

[@TheRiptideXD]

lol we have our sandwich guy at this nursing home by us, whenever he wants extra food he just finds a phone calls 911 and tells them he wants to kill himself 😂

[@ananimal9779]

"You know, they have better turkey sandwiches at the police station." *Doors lock*

[@lisap2405]

or executing the new foot cpr so the patient feels very comfortable and the soft strokes of the paramedic 😂

[@WvlfDarkfire]

Lmao

[@Emoralis]

😊

[@GreyPunkWolf]

​@Lisa P Exactly. Oh sir you're having a heart attack let me start cpr *BREAKS RIBS*

[@JulsLittleBeirutAnarchy]

I wasn't hungry 😣 after, getting beat up & stuck in handcuffs.

[@cadecompton7713]

Can't neglect the patient even if you know he's faking it, that's the worst part

[@spirit5923]

I suppose it prevents us from having a boy who cried wolf moment.

[@flattlandermontgomery1524]

True, but a patient like that gets a full work up. IV, (large bore), EKG blood sugar check, Oxygen mask set at full blast and a detailed history. He is going to describe that chest pain for me, in detail. When it started, exactly what it feels like, what makes it better or worse, has he had it before etc etc. I will document the last time he pooped LOL Top notch care, and not a detail missed.

[@StumbIingforward]

@@flattlandermontgomery1524 Haha, I dig it. Poke em and prod em as much as you can! Make it miserab… I mean, thorough!

[@TapynUrStepmom]

@@flattlandermontgomery1524I started thinking the same thing and as someone who’s dealthy afraid of needles I’d just walk😂😂

[@namethefifth7315]

​@@boonamai8926 well who is the person riding on the abulence. Oh thats right its a tax payer

[@laurahess3417]

I was taking my cat to the vet once when I got into a car wreck. I was just up a hill from the vet, I could actually see the office from the scene. I tried so hard to convince the firefighters to drop him off. They said they really weren't allowed to, but they did take him back to their station and put him in a quiet office, so that he wouldn't be too scared. They kept him safe until my Dad could come pick him up. They're all really awesome people, and I'm so grateful that they did that for us! 😊

[@deltara2106]

Firefighters are really just the best people ever

[@alexflosho]

"i can take you there but it will cost $13,296.73"

[@ShadowFoxSF]

Take my like for the oddly specific number.

[@eldenbrothers]

I believe this guy is from DC and the fire department manages the Ambulance for the county which makes ambulances in certain counties with sensible governors have free medical transport.

[@brittbrittortiz]

Nah it was probably a homeless guy so the tax payers are paying that bill not him.

[@moonlit_sky127]

@@brittbrittortiz good for him !

[@MessagesFromAurora]

I'd like to see what it ACTUALLY COSTS for an ambulance ride. cuz I mean, gas money, emt salary and whatever equipment they use in that short ride ain't no way its totalling 5k or anywhere near that

[@micahphilson]

The joke's on him when he sees the delivery fee for that sandwich.

[@jackall-trades6149]

It's free, dude. Why do you think the homeless call us so much?

[@acherem13]

It's cute that you think he's paying anything. That ride is coming out of the taxpayers.

[@lisap2405]

​@@acherem13 Every time? Here in germany these bills are taken by your insurance for medic stuff but if you call that and wouldn't have needed it then you can pay it all for yourself. So I'm curious why on earth rides in an ambulance are free since you mostly got no medical insurance and must pay the whole process in the hospital yourself

[@acherem13]

@@lisap2405 they just refuse to pay and skip out on the bill. Also often times they won't give their full information so there is no way to track them down.

[@lisap2405]

@@acherem13 well, as long as you have the info you can force them to pay until they are insolvent. for getting some info you can demand their passport and if they don't have that in their pockets why not bring them into the hospital and keep them until there is some info? difficult situation but frequent flyers often hop out of the ambulance without entering the hospital. isn't this chased by police?

[@katelynmain7968]

“Sure thing, let me get the rectal thermometer.”

[@crystalpreuett9539]

Don't forget the massive bore needle they jam into your arm to start an IV. 😁

[@plexyglass429]

I read thermometer as flamethrower

[@JaxonHumphrey-lw1gs]

​@@plexyglass429flammenwerfer Noises

[@StupiidLuciid]

LMFAO YES.

[@Sporrik]

Don't threaten me with a good time

[@caringnickel2403]

There was a case here in my country were a guy asked an idle ambulance to give him a ride to the hospital because he didn't want to pay the bus, he then faked a chest pain but karma struck and the guy ended up having an stroke on the ride 💀

[@anoniukas]

Orrr... Maybe it was a lucky coincidence? Maybe he would be dead, if he got it, while walking by himself?

[@audreyhogan8285]

Maybe it was intuition and he just kinda felt he should go in the ambulance but didn’t have a noticeable problem. I mean probably not, but it’s possible I guess

[@caringnickel2403]

@@audreyhogan8285 nah, he admitted he did it because he didn't want to pay the bus and saw the ambulance so he asked if he could get a ride

[@caringnickel2403]

@@anoniukas he didn't want to pay the bus out of pure petiness

[@simonnachreiner8380]

Luckiest deadbeat ever. If he hadn't shammed that ride he would be dead.

[@harleyharlita]

It's wild - you are so good at playing these different characters that I easily forget that you are the only actor here and not twins or triplets making these videos. You rock out loud.

[@KevinG3699]

He is such a good actor he actually made me hate the guy faking and fell sorry for the driver, but i view them as completely different people. I don't know how to explain my thoughts better.

[@jodih9000]

Right? So good 😂😂

[@bey5731]

Nah fr

[@ThBlueSalamander]

@@KevinG3699 ADHD moment

[@TheBlackBilly]

😂😂fr

[@maddawgsoutdoors]

That's gotta be the most expensive turkey sandwich ever 😂

[@jrlin4180]

I know 😂

[@Absbabs88]

Bold of you to assume they pay 😂 (but I guess you're right, expensive for us taxpayers)

[@raylowe6553]

5000 dollar turkey sandwich lol

[@TheMightyMurse1917]

People planning to pay the bill don't flag down EMS to ask them for a ride

[@Project_KN1GHT]

Right, like what insurance is this guy on and where can I get it???

[@Lila-ih2ju]

Meanwhile, my dad insisted on skiing 2 miles on a broken leg when he got injured in the mountains, sitting in a car for 10 hours and waiting overnight at the hospital, cause “What if someone’s life hangs on getting that helicopter in time? I’ll live”. A while after the incident, he explained that, when I was younger I started puking up blood. The ambulance got a call over a broken arm, and if they’d taken it, they would’ve been too late to save me. The whole situation was so dire that the hospital had to send a doctor in another ambulance to intercept ours. My dad was the one who was with me when it all happened, making sure I survived and staying by my side throughout it all. Today, I’ve forgotten all about it, but I respect him so much for it nonetheless.

[@emcash7042]

Wow that is amazing!

[@tyberriuss]

> “What if someone’s life hangs on getting that helicopter in time? I’ll live” To you, that was a hypothetical, but the man was having a flashback to the day when he almost lost you. All my respect to your dad!

[@Xcro216]

Trauma dumping the comments, cool beans.

[@p.a.681]

​@@Xcro216 being an asshole in the comments, cool beans

[@geelllee]

​@Terrance S is it trauma dumping when it's someone elses trauma

[@Lvl1Nothing]

I need a part two of you aggressively trying to save his life 😂😂😂

[@avalerie4467]

" clear" 😂

[@gavinliechty8189]

“Dude I can’t take you to the hospital to get a turkey sandwich and charge your cell phone”. I’m so glad this sentence exists and it came from you.

[@gore0802]

Not as effective as: "You really want a 3k $ turkey sandwich?" In my country, EMS make people pay for non emergency transfers

[@endyender1703]

All ya gotta say is “we are a very specialized taxi service. It’s gonna cost ya 20k for a ride.”

[@Sandfrau]

I smell American

[@endyender1703]

@@Sandfrau how'd ya know?

[@Sandfrau]

@@endyender1703 is this a serious question?

[@endyender1703]

@@Sandfrau I don't know? Is it?

[@Sandfrau]

@@endyender1703 it seems very out of place because a ambulance ride in literarily every other country on the earth is under 100$

[@BladeLigerV]

And once at the hospital: "well we can't find what's causing the pain. This calls for every single embarrassing test we can think of"

[@tommcewan7936]

Hans, get ze -Flammenwerfer- Kolonoskop!

[@chalkopirate]

​@@tommcewan7936okay that was amazing

[@themanhimselfsunny]

@@tommcewan7936 oh schisse

[@natemartinez4595]

Well sir the first colonoscopy didn't see anything, were gonna hafta do another one but a bit deeper

[@kd5nrh]

Foley cath...and lawnmower pull.

[@OneLowZX4]

“It’s right around the corner!” So fucking walk, it’s healthy for ya 😂

[@MrUranium238]

but he has chest pains 😦

[@dakoots]

As an EMT, this happens WAYYYY more often than people think

[@charlottewolery558]

Dude, the Greeks used to put up with Zeus being the king of rape just because he punished bad faith shit like this. There's gotta be something that can be done about abuses like this!

[@TylerTMG]

It's only a block away

[@drewthwreatt9398]

​@@charlottewolery558you get a big ol like for mentioning the king of rape. Zues in the media is far too westernized and it's a complete different character than the real thing. Dude was a monster.

[@coney2010grads]

​@@haileys5224 you think people that do this pay anything...haha

[@chrismccarthy7623]

no way

[@McBehrer]

that's going to be the most expensive turkey sandwich of his life

[@crib467]

Trust me, he isn’t gonna be the one to end up paying for that.

[@andreakowaliw6545]

unus

[@suddeneevee9441]

This *exact* same comment was also place by someone named Tyler. Literally word for word. The only difference is that they at least remembered that a sentence starts with a capital letter. :)

[@Ritchar]

@@andreakowaliw6545 anus

[@tylerb1483]

@@suddeneevee9441 tf that supposed to mean

[@arakwar]

Just remind him that the ride cost at least 1000$, the pain will suddenly go away.

[@fakejames6503]

not if they don't know your name

[@esperanzaarce9563]

My dad had a bloody nose 15 min before punching out of work and since it wouldn't stop his manager called an ambulance and he had to go to the hospital. We didn't know until one of his co-workers called and told, we thought he'd stayed overtime. 😅

[@navymed3]

Taxpayers cover it

[@POTUSJimmyCarter]

Not if they just don't pay it

[@d3vildoll666]

@@navymed3 this is America. No they don't.

[@EphemeralProductions]

i CANNOT believe someone actually walked up and asked that!!!!! people are totally UNbelievable!!!!

[@arianekelly2633]

Aaaaaaannnddd. This is why we can't have nice things 🤣

[@Frommerman]

We absolutely can have nice things. Nice things like free mass transit access for everyone, demotorized cities which don't sprawl like demonic Hell portals, and sensible food distribution policies which eliminate food deserts. Shitty people and situations like this are created, deliberately, by systems which profit from them.

[@arianekelly2633]

@@Frommerman 🤨😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 He literally said the turkey sandwich was around the corner. That can't fix lazy ass that won't walk.

[@pootisengage6672]

Only gringos have this kind of behaviour

[@Boosttackle]

I mean he gon have a steep bill

[@nthgth]

​​@@Boosttackle couldn't he just say "I have no insurance and only enough money for this sandwich"

[@tylerpatti9038]

That’s gonna be the most expensive turkey sandwich of his life

[@nooakankaanpaa6713]

Bankruptcy is not a threat if you didn't have finances or credit history to begin with.

[@Adr16n1122]

I mean, if you're already homeless, it is more of an infinite food glitch.

[@AlbinoCapybara]

The most expensive turkey sandwich of the taxpayers' lives.

[@senertyk5376]

Over 2 grand for a chicken sandwich. lnao

[@HOVNA]

Oh yeah. I forgot. America.

[@selganor1464]

I'd just document in the PCR "After refusing to transport pt just so they could get a sandwich and charge their phone pt stated they had chest pain."

[@reptiletheinvisible6921]

I feel like I'd be the guy to do this and have the unholy bad luck that it'd the one guy who is actually suddenly having one.

[@chronischgeheilt]

Yeah that's the Thing. Even If paramedics of course hate this, No paramedic wants to risk a Life they could have saved Just because the Person was stupid as heck beforehand... :-/

[@davidpopolizio3781]

Don't say you refused but yeah slander all the way

[@political4203]

Had this one guy who called like once a week at least “chest pain” for like 3 years. Problem was a few weeks ago he actually had chest pain… that’s the fucked up part U always have to treat it as an emergency… Even with an ecg you can’t rule out an mci/acs. Just in general please don’t lie to medical professionals. We’re there to help you. We can’t help you if you lie to us. If you say you are in pain in a certain spot without that being true it can lead to misdiagnosis and or prolong the process of diagnosing you which in some cases can be very dangerous. Also please tell us if you are in pain no use in being the tough one…

[@annabellethepitty]

I don't think anyone was suggesting not taking him to the hospital after he said chest pains, just documenting that they were sudden and after he refused to take him for a sandwich and phone charge sesh. That way the hospital staff knows to set him up for all of the uncomfortable and intrusive tests.

[@able34bravo37]

"Oh, geez, you're going into cardiac arrest! Let me charge the paddles!" "You know what, the chest pain is going away now!"

[@DarkFire1536]

This was my first thought

[@jademoon7938]

My older sister did this to a cop when she was wasted as a teenager. He drove her home lol. You don't know panic and rage until you watch two parents see a police car pull into the driveway in the middle of the night, escorting their stumbling drunk teen daughter home lmao.

[@thaloblue]

Awww I’m glad he took her home. Maybe it was a bit obnoxious but I think she was smart to hitchhike with a cop instead of literally anyone else. The underage drinking charge probably was punishment enough. Could have gone a lot worse.

[@HoloScope]

Bad parents, teenagers shouldn’t be be going anywhere until their 18

[@jademoon7938]

@@HoloScope Lmao what a stupid opinion.

[@rolux4853]

@@HoloScope lol the USA is so damn stiff! I’m from Germany and usually kids start drinking their first beer at around 13 here. Then you party through your teenager days, maybe the early 20s and then you loose interest. It’s also not forbidden to drink in public in Germany, so there’s no weird stigma about it that makes people want to do the forbidden thing. Education and a stable social structure instead of prohibition is what helps people not become alcoholics. So you’re „above 18“ approach shows that you know absolutely nothing. Maybe invest more of your time into educating yourself instead of making uninformed comments my friend :)

[@thetman0068]

@@HoloScope lmao please never have children. They would be miserable and hate your guts.

[@davidreeding9176]

I still appreciate how he knows the dude is faking it, but takes him in because there's that chance he might not be.

[@andysixxstalkerangeloftrag5833]

Legally they cant reject someone, because they can get a lawsuit and fired.

[@steffnic13]

Yeah. He had no choice once the guy pretends to be sick.

[@zzevonplant]

They have to, but still, yeah, I felt the same way 😂

[@500dollarjapanesetoaster8]

I'd give him a recharge with the defibrillator.

[@Aashishkebab]

​@@500dollarjapanesetoaster8that's not what that's for

[@r.rodriguez4991]

That's when you whip out an enema bag and tell him it's standard chest pain procedure.

[@eunoia3926]

On point!

[@miccuzzzo]

Just remind them a ambulance ride cost them like 2500$

[@slcRN1971]

To make it really good, pull out the Milk and Molasses enema bag!!

[@kelseyj9813]

@@miccuzzzo haha they don’t ever pay it

[@Chris_Noir]

Tf an enema gotta do with chest pain 💀

[@occamsrazor1285]

That "nyeah, nyeah, I'm having chest pain" sounded like Norm McDonald

[@brapgabslab7336]

and he never paid his transport bill

[@CountryLifestyle2023]

Transport bill? What's that? Sacrasm

[@kenziconte1076]

cause the state did

[@kip258]

​@@kenziconte1076 I guarantee you, in the United States, the state absolutely would not pay that. He would be expected to have insurance, and if he doesn't have it, he would be fined.

[@BloodSoilandSoul]

​@@kip258where tf do you live? 🤣🤣🤣

[@AverageReviewsYT]

@@BloodSoilandSoul ​ Exactly what I was thinking lol.. I see people all over the world comment about American law like they know it, and be dead wrong.

[@SleventyFive]

In EMT school the instructor told us about a diabetic guy that would go hyperglycemic every Friday so he could get taken to the hospital to watch sports over the weekend since he didn't have cable. The Fire Dept. eventually all pitched in to get him cable because they were tired of driving him.

[@jacksmiley3959]

As a diabetic that scares the shit out of me

[@jacktanguay8061]

Howd he afford that?

[@shinobix4925]

Holy shit they paid for his cable? The fact that you can just be objectively shitty as a person but get rewarded for it by being shitty to people with jobs that do objective good things is just, wow. This right here is why we can't have nice things, like I absolutely understand why the idea of being able to refuse a guy claiming to need medical assistance would be bad, but for people to take advantage of such a thing

[@xPewz]

​@@shinobix4925 sure he is shitty, but he for sure decided too throw his life onto that. Cause.. . Throwing ur shit of balance enough to get sent in, isnt like just having some random cold..

[@boobidy5139]

How tf can he afford an ambulance ride and a weekend stay at a hospital but not cable?

[@elyssacorbaley8133]

That look and "Noooooo" was so perfect, thank you!! 😂

[@cheezykrafts8134]

That was a parental slow mo no.

[@Chris-rj4fs]

These videos quickly became my all time favorite youtube vids. Awesome content! Thanks!!

[@nfullenwider]

Much respect to the first responders with the patience to deal with this, because I know I could not.

[@MMMERCIFUL]

seriously🤣i’d tell him to run his ass to the hospital before his chest hurts to much

[@cjwrench07]

They have to treat every “non-symptomatic”patient who claims chest pains. All because the old hands refused to treat minorities who were really sick, and either died or suffered life altering complications from the EMS refusing them basic care. So… now no City in the USA wants to *risk* paying out a multimillion dollar lawsuit (with their insurance premiums doubling) for denying “possibly needed” healthcare. There is also the very good chance the healthy looking dude has, even minor, heart disease and doesn’t know it. In this case, if he sees his reg doctor within a few months, after the denial of services, and gets it diagnosed. He has grounds for a scummy lawyer to get him paid millions too, and require *the EMS to publicly apologize* to the scammer to top it all off. We all pay now for the deaths the system allowed before without consequence.

[@avalerie4467]

LOL. I was merely a clinician for 10 years. I work with cats and dogs now😂

[@stevenpuskas788]

He even knew to say chest pain. Bravo.

[@bluesonicstreak7317]

Many people know that. I once went to urgent care with chest pain. (It was mild, and I felt like it was probably nothing, but my paranoid roommate insisted I go get it checked out. It was indeed nothing.) When I told the triage nurse I was there for chest pain, she gave me a strange, skeptical look. I was puzzled by that, until I sat down in the waiting room near to triage and overheard the next three people in line all claim to have chest pain as well. When I saw the doctor and he said, "Sooo...chest pain, huh?" I explained about the roommate and said, "I'm sure it's nothing, but if you can give me a quick check and confirm that, I'll be right out of your hair." Got a huge grin for that.

[@jeanangelo98]

I keep forgetting this is one person. You’re so good at all these roles it’s insane!!!

[@eamylord]

Guy's Great actor. And obviously an even greater medic. CHAD INTENSIFIED ❤

[@Mushroom321-]

Yes!!!😮😮

[@samuelmoore92]

Love this dude his acting is on key keep it brother .

[@bruvlegion]

“So these rides are free right?” “$3,000” “Wow my chest feels so much better yk, and my legs are feeling stronger so ima just uhhhh”

[@jackblevins1201]

The right is free if you're a homeless bum that never intends to pay for it

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

Or you can have insurance and never pay a dime. It's not that hard.

[@simonnachreiner8380]

@johnclaybaugh9536 Unless you have really good (usually private sometimes Union) insurance most companies take one look at “discharged at or before triage,” during the billing process before sending the ambulance bill in full.

[@a.t3415]

More like: "cool send the bill to (random address)" these people don't plan on ever paying the bill

[@mike4402]

​@johnclaybaugh9536 work with an elderly dude he told me he doesn't have any insurance because he's never needed it, but constantly complains about having his catalytic converter stolen and how doctors are too expensive.

[@coltonmartin5057]

Make sure to give him an estimate of the cost of that 2 second ambulance ride. His chest will feel a lot better!

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

If he is smart it's free. But most people on KZbin are stupid.

[@TechxGuyxJames]

The dude was a bum[1], he wasn't planning to pay for the turkey sandwich let alone the ambulance or hospital bills. It's a common occurrence for homeless people to show up at the ER pretending to be sick or injured so they can get some free food and water while they are being examined. The people who do this also tend to be the rudest, loudest, and most self-entitled "patients" around. (1) When I say "bum" I don't mean homeless people in general. I specifically mean the type of person who fell to where they are in life through a consistent series of terrible choices, shortsighted and selfish decisions, and being an awful human being to everyone around them.

[@coltonmartin5057]

@@TechxGuyxJames maybe some empathy and compassion is what you need

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

@@TechxGuyxJames while you're most likely correct, insurance often times covers ambulance fees and so it wouldn't Marrero who he is. If a case manager signed him up for medicaid he's never going to be sent a bill. I know lots of people who haven't been billed for a ride in the ambulance.

[@angelit161]

Nah maybe then he will *really* get a heart attack 😂😂

[@jackall-trades6149]

Oh yeah. And the time you refuse him is the time he actually croaks and your butt's fired and jailed. Murphy is a cruel SOB

[@jackadams3878]

Don't refuse him. Give him a complete workup. Check everything. Charge everything.

[@jackall-trades6149]

@@jackadams3878 Once again: the people that do this don't pay. It's why they do it. They know the game. They know we can't deny them. They know the collectors will drop it.

[@jackadams3878]

@@jackall-trades6149 once again? I just got here.

[@jackall-trades6149]

@@jackadams3878 I apologize. It's not you. Most of these comments are expecting this guy to get a huge bill, and those of us in this industry are trying to explain that he's actually paying squat. It's not a commonly known fact, unfortunately.

[@jackadams3878]

@@jackall-trades6149 still, when I say check everything...

[@mrskinnyjeans6246]

At this point I don't even care if these stories are fake or not. They are so funny 😂

[@sleepykittyMMD]

Perfect opportunity for “sir this is not a Wendy’s”

[@pyrowolf681]

I’m gunna be honest I never thought for once in my life people would try and use emergency vehicles as a “Taxi”

[@BazukinBelyugovich]

I just think about how expensive it probably is to go in one of those in the US, just get a cab or smth yikes

[@Frommerman]

Of course they do. Transportation in this godsforsaken nation sucks, this is often literally the best option.

[@pyrowolf681]

@@BazukinBelyugovich yea which was another reason I thought people wouldn’t try. But stupid is what stupid does

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

@@BazukinBelyugovich The people that do this are on medicaid. They aren't paying for it, taxpayers are footing the bill.

[@Aabergm]

Except that in some places like Australia its free. There is a HUGE fine for misuse though.

[@TalynCo]

"come up front and drive" You know that guy is gonna have a bad time in the back lol

[@AZ-cq3us]

I can’t believe how far down I had to scroll to see this comment! That was my first thought ha ha

[@Jeudaos]

it's amazing you still have hope for humanity.

[@fbbWaddell]

LOL! My aunt used to be a nurse in a prison and she said that the prisoners would complain of chest pain to spend the night at the hospital and get out of there every once in a while. She said she understood them doing that because of how stressful prison is and a mental health day is good for everyone.

[@cececox6399]

So she wasted resources decent people need because scumbags find prison difficult. They're SUPPOSED TO. It's their punishment. They should still be picking oakum. No wonder decent tax payers like myself end up having to wait for services we need. This is exactly why women shouldn't be allowed to work in prisons. With that logic how long till they're justifying sleeping with inmate's...? Such a wonderful person. This is why dr's and nurses are top five on the list of jobs with the most literal psychopaths. Aren't you so proud! You should be so proud. Sounds like you're just like her.

[@johanneabelsen1644]

They should just OBEY THE LAW then!🤦‍♂️😖🙄

[@leviqueen1504]

​​@@johanneabelsen1644 oh yeah everyone in those building is guilty there's never nobody locked up that's actually innocent. Man shut the fuck up they aint doing no wrong by going to the hospital for a couple days instead of sitting in a dirty ass cell.

[@johanneabelsen1644]

@@leviqueen1504 Remember who is paying for all that: The hard-working, law-abiding taxpayers.

[@ZombieAndroid]

​@@johanneabelsen1644 They're still humans.

[@jakenbake4555]

He then proceeded to regret his choices when he heard “okay we’re going to get some fluids in ya”

[@joshuahoward1997]

He just bought a 16 gauge iv

[@thaloblue]

@@joshuahoward1997 fucking spiles the man like a maple syrup tree 😂😂😂

[@RedHaloManiac95]

“But we’re out of needles so it’s going to be a suppository”

[@bobmcl2406]

And dang sometimes it's HARD to get an IV started..... 😁

[@caseysiefert611]

Oh he’s gonna be pissed when he gets billed for the ambulance

[@andysixxstalkerangeloftrag5833]

These people faking medical emergencies gonna have a real one when that ambulance bill comes in

[@T.M....]

My health insurance covers unlimited for ambulance.

[@nameredacted7622]

I just never pay hospital bills. I already own property so credit is basically useless to me. Plus after like 7 years the bills go away and it drops of your credit score.

[@TheFalconsdback]

The people faking medical emergencies for a sandwich and phone charge don’t care how much the bill costs. They won’t pay it, don’t care about their credit, and are gonna get a dry place to sleep with a warm blanket for the cost of a couple needle sticks.

[@sampsqwantch4612]

imagine paying an ambulance bill 😂😂😂

[@horseman4now]

@@TheFalconsdback THAT'S why those collection calls stopped!

[@KiraAotsuki]

Its stories like these that SOMETIMES make me understand why an ambulance is so expensive

[@ITALIANO_00]

He didn't need EMS until he saw you driving by. See a medic= Need a medic.

[@lisap2405]

It it was a handsome paramedic I would need one too 😂 (just joking, no one should fake an emergency no matter the reason)

[@brittbrittortiz]

Same thing happens with homeless people and buses

[@08buck1]

My dad always told me 90% off 911 calls weren't 911. He was so right. I miss you dad

[@heatheryarbrough5255]

I am a nurse in the ED. This does happen. It also happens when someone gets pulled over by the police and they have an outstanding warrant or such and they find out they are going to jail. They then start to complain of chest pain so the police call EMS. EMS brings them to the ED and when they get there we get report and miracle of miracles they are all good and decline treatment and out the front door they go. Man it’s so frustrating.

[@abigailbp9294]

Police need to stop picking up ppl on petty warrants. I had a friend with terrible asthma and he got arrested. In the moment he started to panic a little and he had an asthma attack. Sadly, neither the cops nor the EMTs took him seriously and he nearly died at hospital. Last thing he remembered was the cops and hospital personnel ridiculing him. No one should go through that!

[@sabrinajohnson9078]

So the police don't wait with them or cuff them to the bed even though they just arrested the person all of a sudden once they get to the hospital they're no longer under arrest???

[@mitchmcturtle6890]

@@sabrinajohnson9078that’s basically what heather here just said lol

[@mikethescienceguy]

@@abigailbp9294 real question is, why did he have a warrant?

[@joelglanton6531]

​@@mikethescienceguyThat's completely irrelevant in regard to their point- that their friend suffered a medical emergency while being placed under arrest and nearly died because it wasn't taken seriously. It's avoidable and wrong if they were arrested for jaywalking and it's avoidable and wrong if they had a warrant for murder. People might disagree but here in the U.S. you are innocent until proven guilty of a crime.

[@MrGrumbles69]

This guys posts really make me laugh. His posts are so unique and so funnyI have suffered all my life with mental illness with several problems, one of which is chronic Depression. If I'm feeling particularly down I look this guy back catalogue and his new material. I don't know if this guy is known professionally in the States, but if this guy isn't well known, he should be. This guy should have his own program. His skits are so inventive and really well thought out. I don't know how he gets all of his material but if he writes his own skits, the man is a legend. He deserves to be discovered. Thank you for lifting my mood on multiple accounts. Have as much kudos as you can handle. You deserve it.

[@garysakamoto4007]

There is an ambulance company here called AMR. A friend of mine that worked for them told me that it stands for, ‘Ahhh, My Ride’.

[@wendyannh]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@izelaazsha5744]

As a fellow AMR employee, I completely agree with this statement

[@JohnOscar93]

Yup.....whenever we went to a certain post- we were sure to get a walkup for something like this. More often than not, they request a certain hospital that has a popular nightclub nearby, then hop out of the ambulance when we pull into the ER and jog across the street to the club.

[@acherem13]

At that point I would just refuse to go there. "Oh what you want to go to X ER, sorry it's further away from Y ER (which ideally is the opposite direction) and I don't bypass the closest hospital for medical Emergencies" The amount of times I've refused to transport patients to specific hospitals and they refuse afterwards is staggering. Like no buddy, I'm not taking you to your hospital which is 16 miles away when the closest most appropriate one is 3 miles. You have the right to be taken to AN ER, but you don't get the choice of YOUR ER.

[@medix1203]

@@acherem13 the ONLY times I have done this is either 1.) The hospital is on diversion or 2.) My patient was closer to hospital A but it isn't the right hospital because they don't have L&D or patient needs a cardiac trauma unit and the closest hospital isn't equiped for that so patient would have to pay for a secondary transport to other hospital... We have two hospitals in my town that are almost the same distance away and I have run into this several times. However, I'm not taking a bags packed frequent flyer to hospital A because the foods better and at 3am they have old sandwiches at hospital b. No nope not happening. You're also going to get the iv line started in the jugular or an ezio to the tib, full collar and back board and if I'm feeling particularly spiteful I'm going to practice intubation while your conscious...( All this was way overkill/ illegal and cost me my license and get me a felony or five and I would never do it..... but hey a medic can dream right?)

[@HebrewHammer1337]

@@acherem13 to that point that is why I would just drive myself. I will never go to my nearby hospital. It’s just a drug dispenser for crack heads, so hard to get any care there. I wait 6 hours in the waiting room for kidney stones 😂

[@mightymystery9204]

Obtaining by fraud. Hard to charge, but oh, so satisfying.

[@wendyannh]

That one I never saw! Very creative. Punk.

[@lumitylover5783]

Bro paided over a thousand dollars for that ride I hope the sandwich was worth it lol😂😂😂😂😂

[@jackall-trades6149]

He walked out of the ER and paid nothing. Guaranteed. Try finding him to collect. I'll wait...

[@FirstNameLastName-yf5im]

You must live in a pretty good area if you’d default is people actually paying their bill 😂

[@mwrslr7845]

medicaid...free ride for him, costs taxpayers money. Not saying medicaid is bad - it's actually a good thing, but unfortunately plenty who abuse it

[@antibull4869]

Lol. You think people like him would pay for it 😂😂😂😂

[@Joel-wx7zk]

They people that actually pay their ambulances bill either have enough money to just have food delivered to them or they do everything in their power to avoid having to use an ambulance even if it means taking an uber during an emergency. The ones that abuse the system are on medicaid/medicare where they don't have to pay anything, or are so broke and credit at rock-bottom that they'll just take the ambulance to the ER, walk out and default on the bill. Forcing the city to cover the ER & trip cost. It's getting worse in universal healthcare areas, cause more people are treating ambulances like Uber than an emergency vehicle

[@moeoverthere3640]

Yes Shay hun doing your thing! Proud of you for crushing this journey ✨

[@jamieg1669]

I feel this. Had a rehab patient that would cry chest pain, like it was wolf, only to say that the pain goes away in the hospital when they give her ice cream. Cut to the final straw when she came in after a out of facility appointment, so late that she missed both lunch and dinner, both her and her boyfriend stumbling drunk. People are something man, she was older than my own mother

[@CuriousKippz]

She was probably just having heart burn and didn't understand it.

[@vcommandarv5916]

​@Zenheatsu is it a sign of a potential heart attack or just good old heart burn?

[@rustybricks1924]

What's worse is when it's the other way around... I was having chest pains and called the 911 and I was treated with respect but they thought I was just going to the hospital for a ride or pain meds but I actually had a blood clot and had only a few hours before I would have died. 😕

[@izelaazsha5744]

I'm sorry that happened. I'm glad they were at least respectful. You should reach out to the higher up. It would be good for the crews to get reminded that it may be an actual thing.

[@luketroftgruben788]

This. This is why I have such an intense hatred for people who fake chest pain or do it for a free room and maybe morphine. Because it happens all the time, and they don't get charged for it (Homeless), the folks who come to pick up people who really need help have to get way worse before anyone takes it seriously. Just imagine the long wait times and the wasted resources because of the people take advantage of services provided in good faith.

[@charlottewolery558]

That actually makes me more angry, Cry wolfs make it dangerous for people like you. Glad you're OK, hope it doesn't come to that again.

[@gdaddy1819]

Don’t forget, if someone fakes a heart attack or a reason to go to the hospital, they still get charged that $9k ambulance ride without their providers’ help 🙃

[@MiloMurphysLaw]

I mean, it seems like the guy is probably homeless. Like, he doesn’t have a car to be able to just drive himself to the hospital, or drive to go buy fast food and then go home and charge his phone or even charge his phone in the car. So he has no car, no home, and no money to buy fast food. That’s why he wanted to go to the hospital is because he thought he could just charge his phone and get some free food and then leave. And honestly, he could probably get away with it too. Just give them a fake name and then leave before they find out that it’s not his real name. They’ll have no way of ever finding him again. So they can’t make him pay

[@JasonW1220]

I’ve actually had a LOT of trouble getting medical treatment when I was homeless, because of people like this.

[@JasonW1220]

People like the person he’s imitating, ofc

[@moondogdieselworks3883]

Love the attention to detail. The different sounds of the truck running from inside to outside was right on key 😂😂😂😂

[@woodworkerroyer8497]

Wasn't it a fire engine though, not an ambulance? Or did they come up with something better looking in the last 20 years?

[@moondogdieselworks3883]

@@woodworkerroyer8497 it still sounds good through headphones but I think you are right, great eye. 😎

[@woodworkerroyer8497]

@@moondogdieselworks3883 oh, it definitely is great. That was the one and only time I noticed an issue with one of these videos. They're top quality and usually hilarious (as in only serious if it's supposed to be).

[@klataface]

You're actually a really good actor and you always make me laugh 😂

[@eamylord]

This Channel is HILLARIOUS

[@FefeUnDosTre]

I feel like saying it: I was just quickly searching for a thing but when I see your face in the yt shorts I HAVE to stop and watch. I learn so much😂 Although some stories are . . . It's still enjoyable to watch you do it, you make it so funny😊

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Thats when you drive him to the hospital across town.

[@jujubeethatsme]

I like this! Could you get in trouble though?

[@jackall-trades6149]

@@jujubeethatsme If you take him somewhere he didn't ask to be? Yep, that's kidnapping.

[@GalanDun]

@@jackall-trades6149 He wanted to go to a hospital, it's out of his hands which one he's routed to.

[@jackall-trades6149]

@@GalanDun The only diversions I've seen are for Level 1 Trauma or Pediatrics. Even so, if the patient is adamant on not being transported anymore (and they are alert and oriented) they can tell us to pull over anywhere and let them out. Had a guy once that told us to drop him off at a gas station after he changed his mind.

[@GalanDun]

@@jackall-trades6149 If he doesn't want to be transported anymore, I think that takes care of itself in this situation lol

[@stormexaustralia77]

One time we were travelling in our ambo (privately owned) and a dude was in the middle of a one lane bridge furiously waving us down. We pulled up on the bridge and asked what was wrong, he asked if we could drive him to maccas and get him a feed cause he was really hungry, we told him that it was a lovely day and to walk since it was only like 500mtrs away... we started to drive away slowly and he yelled " I pay my taxes, you work for me!" We yelled back, we pay our taxes too, and your taxes do not pay for us!" He started running after us and we cheered him on saying t"hat's great, keep it up, you will get there quicker."

[@markfryer9880]

Ha ha, I liked that, making him run after you!

[@Tentegen]

This is the coldest shit I have read this week. Based Paramedics goddam. Gonna have to channel this energy for everyday living.

[@jbktpl1245]

🤣👍

[@SinisterShift]

I've never understood that thought process of I pay taxes so I pay for your salary like first responders don't pay taxes? Or their taxes just magically go to something completely different than what everyone else pay?

[@Gooster_Booster]

The patience I could never 😭

[@AZ-cq3us]

Ha ha username checks out I guess

[@JG-ku2ij]

EMS wouldn't let you play with their truck lol. You always make me laugh.

[@Dioxazine_Stars]

“You really can’t take me? It’s right around the corner, it’ll take you two seconds!” *Then walk.*

[@Hazesorry]

The look he gives after the chest pain is just beautiful

[@brodycearley7041]

Yesterday we were in a church parking lot, we heard doors opening to our ambulance. A homeless man yelled “IM ROBBING YOU!” He processed to take the wood block we use to drive our ambulance up & put chains on. Also a broom. I asked him to give it back& he did. He then asked for a ride to the hospital which is a block away.

[@andynonymous6769]

Never a dull day

[@wendyannh]

Lovely.

[@dougeisenhard6816]

That’s it? You are gonna leave us hanging?

[@mikekelly9668]

“You have chest pains? I’ll give you chest pains”

[@fhm2]

putting the Hippocratic Oath to the test

[@TheGreenKnight500]

[Desire to do harm intensifies]

[@andynonymous6769]

Haha yeah we don't take that actually

[@wendyannh]

@@andynonymous6769 Not actually. I personally said it to myself and always acted in accordance with it anyways, no matter how much my patience was tried.

[@WormWithNoBonesIn]

@@wendyannh You swore to treat your teacher as family? To give him money whenever he needs it? To teach medicine to his sons for free? To never take knife to skin?

[@MU-oi1su]

Who thinks "Hospital" when they want a sandwhich?

[@MsBluebot]

Fr like what the crap

[@hdjksa52]

You know what? That was perhaps the most expensive turkey sandwich that man has ever paid for. When that ride is over, that ambulance organization is going to slap him with a bill.

[@MM-pt9oz]

Oh turkey sandwich guy never pays that ambulance bill or ER bill or admission bill. You, the insured person, you the taxpayer…you’re paying that bill

[@anonymoususer4866]

Im really confused by people in the comments not being aware that transients do this, provide fake names, and never pay for services🤔

[@Freestyle80]

why do Muricans assume everyone else overpays for healthcare like them?

[@ANonyMouse627]

​@@MM-pt9oz This only applies if turkey sandwich guy is poor/homeless and doesn't care about having a low credit score

[@penguin8572]

​@@MM-pt9oz Insurance lowers prices to above the actual price of the good in most cases. Medical prices are inflated. This guy getting a free ride costs the gas and the emt's wages, so for a minute ride just a few dollars tops.

[@kaitycobbley3655]

“Come up front and drive!” After that all I could think was “Cause I’m gonna make him have a emergency”

[@sawyer4981]

I'm sure this factors into the equation of why an ambulance ride is so damn expensive for the rest of us 😂

[@pattyspanker8955]

Hardly. Largest expenses come from staffing, administrative, equipment, and unrelated expenses being funneled from the hospital through the service.

[@wendyannh]

Eventually.

[@viridian4573]

When he passes out from shock when you tell him how much the ambulance bill is gonna be USE the defibrillator. USE IT A LOT !!!!

[@stevebritt11]

Dude I love you and all the men and women who serve us. I can only imagine the craziness you see but still remain cool AF! MUCH much respect and love always.

[@allisonnoam5811]

Love that “noooo!” Like don’t you dare say it!!!

[@daxmarshall4969]

As an ex EMT I felt that "Ah, now that you mention it, my chest hurts.. ow..."

[@Peter_Schluss-Mit-Lustig]

And i'm pretty sure you're not allowed to Nitro-spray them into reconsidering

[@Avalanche041]

I once had a firefighter tell me a story about a guy who did this exact thing. He wanted a free ride to a hospital about 5 minute walk from where they were. Fortunately the guy made the mistake of complaining about chest pain. And one of the best cardiac hospitals in the country was a 20 minute drive in the opposite direction. Lights sirens going full blast, they got there in about 5 minutes. When the patient was told where he was being taken, he completely lost his shit since now he was halfway across town from where he wanted to be.

[@nthgth]

Lmao serves him right

[@bardnightingale]

This was totally the correct response. 😆 Hope he learned from that lesson.

[@dadeamatic3772]

And sadly this is one of the moments with the exact job that fits the saying “I don’t get paid enough for this”. Big respect to the EMTs out there. Folks like you and my old man are a godsend.

[@cjwrench07]

They don’t get paid enough, because the old timers simply refused treatment to minorities & low-income people, who ended up dying directly due to to their negligence. Now the primary insurance companies, and the 2nd level insurance-company insurers, have to include those kind of probable lawsuit payouts into consideration for rates. The “take in anyone who complains of chest pains” rule was to try stem the budgetary bleeding from tax cuts and insurance fee rises. *We really need to increase taxes so we can pay EMS & Nurses( and teachers) closer to their real value to our society*

[@dadeamatic3772]

@@cjwrench07 Makes sense, but if I remember correctly, it’s mostly because (at least in the US) EMS services are largely non-government funded entities, hence the large price for the ambulance rides and medical expense on it.

[@BlazorA02]

...oh HE 'bout to learn!!! PERFECT example of "F**k around and find out!!!"

[@SC-ge4mg]

The part where he says "Noooo" had my crying. LOLOL

[@firstlast-qn2nz]

had me* crying LOLOLO)LOOPIL)L)I^L&IP weetard

[@Dream146]

just show him the gauge of needle you're going to use and he'll decide right quick whether the walk is too much hassle or not.

[@jackall-trades6149]

Funny thing is, they can demand a ride, and deny EVERY treatment we can do on the way there.

[@maxmccullough8548]

​@@jackall-trades6149 if they deny treatment you should be allowed to abandon them.on the curb.

[@wendyannh]

@@maxmccullough8548 Nope. That’s actually *called* abandonment legally, and you will be going down for gross negligence.

[@maxmccullough8548]

@@wendyannh I said *should be* not *are* . Educate yourself, read better.

[@thefinalgrind]

Sometimes the familiar faces are the best people who brighten your day, and sometimes you want to run them over with....... wait.... I mean...... with love.

[@crypticminded8311]

Just want to give them a little love tap with a vechicle

[@Tahir-wz9rb]

Lmfao. I'm not in the emergency services but some of these are hilarious so I'll follow you

[@jordan101096]

I used to work in inpatient psych and we had a frequent flyer who literally admitted "oh yeah I just said I was suicidal because I like the food you guys serve here" and would say that he was whenever it was time for discharge. I get wanting a hot meal and a place to sleep but don't blatantly lie and take away from people who are actually having an emergency.

[@markfryer9880]

You should have messed his routine up from thinking he could come and go as he pleased, to realising that there are locks on the doors for a reason. A little bit of time spent in the padded cell in a straight jacket with only mush to eat, would have changed his tune.

[@aprilstilskin5733]

That's terrible. So many times when my son is suicidal, he's turned away because there's no beds and then I have to stay home from work to watch him. He's bipolar and it happens a lot. Makes me mad to think that the reason he's not getting admitted could be because someone is faking it.

[@jordan101096]

We have to take everyone seriously because it's dangerous (and a liability) if we don't. Also, straightjackets are a thing of the past and you need an actual reason to use restraints on someone (ie they are out of control and will hurt somone) and we hardly ever use them. It breaks my heart tho when we have to turn people away to find somewhere else because our beds are full

[@lavenderd3003]

​@@aprilstilskin5733 hi. I also have mental health issues including a mood disorder so I can relate. While mental health hospitals are good to make sure that the person doesn't hurt themselves or worse I can tell you from experience that they aren't the most comfortable or best for long term care as most will let keep you for a week or two(from my experience). I recommend trying mental health facilities. I've only tried the inpatient type but I'm pretty sure there are outpatient too. Now these are for longer at least a month but I personally think it's so much better. The one I went to treated me like I was human, they didn't have the hospital/prison-Like environment, it focused on long-term care, and I was with other people who had similar issues while in mental hospitals people were generally just put in one area. I also felt like I had more rights. They even helped me set up a resume and apply for jobs for when I got out and checked in on me after I got out which I found very nice considering I was from states away. They even took us out weekly to places so we wouldn't feel too secluded and Also not get use to being huddled up in the place which was very good for when you get back out in the world. Mine was for females only so I unfortunately can't recommend mine but I highly recommend you look into it. They have it for all age groups. I also recommend if you don't have a therapist for him check out this site called psychologytoday.com I would go into detail why it's a good site bit I think this message is long enough. Just one more tip that I found helpful for me is that understanding that it's ok if the therapist isn't the right match it's perfectly fine to get a new one bc it's their job to help you not the other way around. I really do hope it helps you and him. Have a nice day!

[@dannydetonator]

"Frequent fliers" seems to bee a common thing around the developed world, at least where it's somewhat state-funded and allowed. Even in the relatively scruffy Eastern Europe, where you sometimes have to pay even for an ambulance, never mind hospital stay, we have homeless or marginal people who cannot be accountable for charges or even their own behaviour, but they're rare. Some really do exploit the system: one man used an ambulance 20-30 times in a year, kind of like a personal taxi, but if your only option to beat the system while homeless is that, someone is bond to take that chance.

[@timandnatd]

And this is why, as a ER Nurse, I say NO to giving you a turkey sandwhich or one of the lost and found chargers if you are a patient like this. We will treat your chest pain, nothing else. You will get a medical screening, then discharged to the street.

[@pictsidhe6471]

Not even an emetic and/or a laxative?

[@BreadAndGatorade]

@@pictsidhe6471 you can't even give tylenol without an order in the hospital. And getting a Dr to order unnecessary medication and giving them to a patient is a great way to lose your license.

[@makadoodledoo]

@@BreadAndGatorade and sued for malpractice

[@JazzerciseJustice]

So you ruin things for everyone else because a minority takes advantage?

[@Absbabs88]

"sorry, you're NPO until we figure out what's causing your chest pain. 😂"

[@minerock16]

Yeah this shit happened all the time when I was back in Cali. They'd take the ride for nothing, usually drugs, then never pay any bills and just skip off, usually costing taxpayers thousands. I've always though we should have a policy that if you don't have injuries getting into an ambulance for a ride, we'll make damn sure you do when you get to the ER 😂

[@BioYuGi]

" costing taxpayers thousands". I agree that this is a problem in the shouldn't do it but it is not as if an ambulance ride truly costs thousands of dollars, that is just what the health business and insurance companies have decided it should cost so they can squeeze the most money out of their customers

[@minerock16]

@@BioYuGi Partially, yes, however when you look at the breakdown it's definitely a lot higher than youd think. 3-4 EMT wages, multiple doctors prepping for intake wages, administrators wages, all who need sometimes hours to do paperwork for one ride. Firefighters and police wages because normally they get there before the ambulance, more time for paperwork. Fuel costs for an ambulance that maybe gets 5mpg on a good ride, maintenance costs which can be a bi-monthly or even weekly thing. Medical supplies and related expenditures i.e. gloves, masks, bed/gurney sheets, pre-spiked bags, o2, etc. Time lost treating real patients, that costs money especially in a for profit hospital just by nature of not making money. And these are just the things I thought up in the moment here, Ik there's a fuck ton more I can't think of rn. In fact, give me a little bit and I'll edit the answer with a rough estimate of what I can figure out is the cost of one ride based on tangible costs rather than industry inflation; I'll take into account ridiculous prices on things like supplies and use generic brand prices. But long story short, yeah, there is a lot of padding from corrupt admin, insurance companies (side note, this is why I think health insurance should be abolished and let people pay for their own treatment based on market prices like way back in the day), bureaucrats, and politicians but the bottom line is still ridiculously expensive. EDIT: Just did some quick maths, my extremely rough estimate came out to around $2,517 per ambulance ride, assuming average conditions and an average false complaint (i.e. my head hurts, chest pain, etc.). Now some of that the hospital won't charge you directly as it's already taxpayer funded, specifically regarding police and fire response, but the majority of that is direct hospital costs. And honestly, that's about what they charge people for a ambulance ride disregarding insurance. In fact I'd say that's kind of at a loss, which kind of explains why insurance is so highly pushed with hospitals. They make most of their profits from it. Interesting find, I did a little research and it seems to confirm my findings regarding costs and profits; the hospitals don't really mark up the price except when insurance is involved, which is why you're copays are still high. The hospital makes more money from the insurance company, and the insurance company makes more money from you. Shit this is why I say we gotta cut out the middle man, I'd much rather be paying a grand to the hospital plus city/state taxes for services rendered then pay a grand to the insurance company and taxes and insurance costs. It's just extra money down the drain with no long term benefit. But that only works if insurance is abolished, forcing hospitals to charge market rates; not having insurance rn is still a bad move. Believe me, I know. Sorry for the long ass comment, this was kind of interesting. Shame it won't get attention

[@Rokomarn]

​@@BioYuGi it also costs that much because people don't pay the bill

[@pattyspanker8955]

Billing to a publicly funded program, such as Medicare or Medicaid for a service that wasn't provided is illegal--assuming they (the patient) even applied for the progam. In this case, it's not medically necessary, so not billable. So all the overhead of patient intake, worker and administrative compensation don't apply. The cost absorbed by the business is gas and potentially time lost that could have been providing real and necessary services. I know it's popular to blame poor people and the government for high care costs in the US, but the reality is a lot more complicated than that. The real costs come from our poorly regulated hybrid healthcare insurance system and systems taking advantage of their tax exempt status to enrich their executives. And then there's our pharmaceutical disaster. Did you know that the US collectively pays more for prescription drugs than the rest of the world combined?

[@minerock16]

@@pattyspanker8955 What exactly do you mean by "services not provided". The scenario I'm specifically talking about here is someone calls 911, makes a presumably false medical complaint, fire/police/EMS come out, patient is transported to hospital, patient is admitted, patient hangs around for a bit on a bed until either they get what they want or an opportunity to escape, then are either discharged or they take off independently. I more or less agree with your last paragraph as well, however this doesn't just apply to poor people. And the government is what allows this to happen thanks to the miracles of corruption. I did know the final point; this is because of a multitude of factors mostly relating to our culture and pill pushing, but that's a separate issue as most of these fakers don't get the drugs they want. But anyways, could you clarify the first statement for me please?

[@magiccheeks]

This mans facial expressions crack me up!🤣

[@padillasensimilla121]

You deserve an Oscar! Better acting than most of hollywood