I dislocated my knee when tripping outside in the rainy and cold weather. So we rung the ambulance they said we had to wait for 1 hour and 22 minutes but this could be longer as it wasn't an emergency. Mum rang back to the ambulance service and they put us through to the manager of the service to guide us through what we had to do ourselves, to pop back the knee back in the right place.
I was left lying outside for about 40 minutes in the freezing cold and rain in my pjs. Mum tried to cover me as best she could with blankets and coats. Mum rang a few people to get help as she didn't want me to get hypothermia. By that stage someone from the ambulance rang back and talked my uncle through what to do after mum explained I had autism and CMT type 1a. He advised us to go to the hospital for a scan as the knee could pop out again.
So here I am sitting with mum up at A&E. I've had an xray and im left sitting around the hospital. We got here at around 11pm and now Its nearly 5.30 am and we've just been left sitting here. Some of the workers are just on their own phones or talking to the other colleagues. Massive queue and there is not many doctors about. Also one nurse taking BP and temperature. Aswell as the X Ray took 2 minutes but we've been left for hours on the doctors giving us the results.
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About: Northern Ireland Ambulance Service / Emergency ambulance response Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Emergency ambulance response Belfast BT8 8SG Royal Victoria Hospital / Accident & Emergency Royal Victoria Hospital Accident & Emergency BT12 6BA
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