I am physically disabled and fall a lot, and once I’m on the floor I can’t get back up. I have been stuck in bed for 5 weeks due a fall causing me to have constant severe back pain, which was not checked out.
Tonight my bed was in an uncomfortable position and so I was using a grabber to try and get the remote but dropped the grabber. So I tried reaching for it by hand and I fell out of bed so knew I needed help.
After waiting in agony for 4 hours the ambulance finally turned up and they seemed nice at first, but then appeared to be unnecessarily rough with me and telling me to get on with it. My friend was on the phone and said they normally have gas and air to help get them up; they snapped at my friend and said are you a paramedic. They then said come on sit up and get on with it. They told me I wasn’t helping them to which I said if you were controlling my pain I would be able to do things. They made a few comments between them and I found they continued to be unnecessarily rough with me and verbally unpleasant towards me.
"Unhelpful paramedics"
About: East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust / Emergency ambulance East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust Emergency ambulance Nottingham NG8 6PY
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