"Upsetting paramedic experience"

I have a few underlying health conditions and have recently had covid. Two days after testing negative I started to get really bad chest pain which radiated to my shoulder. I was struggling to breathe. I also have asthma. My inhaler was not grasping my breath and I felt really unwell. I was at work at the time and my colleagues called for an ambulance. 

I was led down on the office chairs when they arrived and they walked up to my feet and asked how they could help. I couldn’t see them but sat up a little bit and said I’m having chest pain and trouble breathing. I felt like I couldn’t catch my breath. They asked me to sit up. I said I’ll try but last time I sat up I felt really unwell like I was going to pass out. They again asked me to sit up. Their tone was awful and I didn’t feel safe or cared for. They made me feel more scared.

I sat up and they checked my vitals. I told them there was a chance that I could be pregnant and have a history of ectopic pregnancies. They said I thought you couldn’t breathe? I said I was struggling to breath and I still feel unwell and breathless and have chest pain. They said ectopic pregnancy was something I would need to go to a&e for in my own time… I said I wasn’t concerned I just thought they should know there’s a chance I could be pregnant. They said if you had an ectopic pregnancy you’d have stomach pain, I said I do have stomach and pelvic pain and have done for a week but it feels like my period is coming when it hasn’t. I said it’s normal for me and again I’m not worried. I just cannot catch my breath and feel really unwell. They then said I never mentioned the stomach pain to them previously. I said that’s because I’m not concerned. I just thought given the situation you might want or need to know that I could be pregnant.

They said my blood pressure was fine and my oxygen was fine. I said I still feel like I’m not getting enough oxygen, although I’m feeling better than I did. They said I was probably breathless because it looks like you don’t move around as much as you should. You’re probably not used to it. Basically I felt like they were implying that I'm fat. I am a little overweight, but I do lots of walking each day and I do exercise. 

They told me I shouldn’t be at work, or drive and to get myself home and ring my GP. They said I still have covid. I said I’m testing negative. They told me the lateral flows are only 50% accurate with the new variants. I said it picked it up all of last week. 

They made me feel unsafe and like a fat hypochondriac. That day was the most I had felt unwell I’m my life. I genuinely felt like I was dying. I was treated without compassion and it has just made me cautious of paramedics.