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rakski @rakski (156388) • Philippines 26 May

It's almost 7 in the morning now. It's a holiday today. Our phone blasted off an hour ago. My FIL informed us that he is rushing MIL to the ER. She has been vomiting several times since early morning and feeling dizzy. So we are...

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I Can Hear The Siren.

rakski @rakski (156388) • Philippines 7 May

I'm sure it's a fire truck. Sirens have different sounds depending on the vehicle right? Anyways, I'm sure there is fire somewhere. It's summer here so we have more incidents of fire. Just the other night, there was a fire in...

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5 Hours in the ER Today

Jim Bauer @porwest (112874) • United States 5 May

Well, that was an exciting day with mom today. Spent it at the ER because she has been complaining of foot pain for a couple of weeks, and this morning—she lives with my sister—she called her in tears, my sister had worked the...

emergency

mom

my day

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ER trip

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169448) • United States 10 Mar

Bob called me a little after 1:00 when he found his phone and figured how to use it. He fell in the bedroom and gashed his forehead open, and his neck hurt, and his hands felt "fuzzy". He wanted to go to the ER. So I left work...

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Big Fail

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169448) • United States 11 Feb

Bob and I went to the clinic for our followups on our cardiac tests. The doctor never made it to the clinic, he had an emergency procedure to perform in another town. They will reschedule a different date and see all of us. Glad...

february 2026

emergency

reschedule

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Authorities rescue a man who needed help while hiking in New Hampshire

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122137) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 29 Sep

Sandwich Massachusetts resident Richard Crooks was walking with some friends on Friday September 26 on the South Moat Trail in New Hampshire when Richard who is a senior citizen began to have cramps on his arms and legs as they...

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Emergency.

rakski @rakski (156388) • Philippines 14 Aug

Yesterday, the wife of hubby's nephew messaged me asking for help in bringing their son to the emergency room. According to her, after the afternoon nap of the toddler, he started vomiting, then the mother noticed the shortness...

emergency

shortness of breath

emergency room

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Bizarre News about Indonesian Airline

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 6 Aug

One of our local media outlets shared some astonishing news about an Indonesian Batik Air Airbus that flew for 29 minutes with both pilots dead asleep! It covered over 300km and definitely lost the route. Fortunately, when one of...

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Finding emergency vehicles when you enter work

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 15 May 25

It wasn't a pretty sight as I walked in to work from the car park with 2 fire engines and a couple of cop cars parked. There was no restrictions to us entering the building though. There's a lot of construction going on in parts...

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Emergency.

rakski @rakski (156388) • Philippines 21 Feb 25

Just an hour ago, we thought we would head to the ER for an emergency. The husband of my SIL suddenly gets low blood, dizzy, and vomits with a low heart rate. I just asked my SIL to hydrate him with some salt in the water and if...

emergency

low blood pressure

low heart rate

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Helene is Coming Soon

Jo Ann @akalinus (44366) • United States 24 Sep 24

There is a massive hurricane headed toward the Florida Panhandle. It is named Helene and it could be a category 5. The center could land there or turn more toward us. We will get weather from it no matter which way it goes. We...

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Been rushed to the hospital last night

Luis Asuncion @luisga814 (7138) • Quezon City, Philippines 23 Aug 24

Around 7pm (Friday, Philippines time), due to the stress that I'm encountering of still no work for a week already plus my arguments with my sons and wife, I was rushed to the hospital. My wife and my eldest son, trying to revive...

emergency

hospital

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Toddler Trapped In Tesla Has Harrowing Ordeal

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 22 Jun 24

I recently read about a toddler trapped in a Tesla when the battery died. Thankfully the toddler escaped later unharmed, thanks to emergency responders, but I could not imagine dealing with such a situation. Hopefully this is a...

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A bit of a hiccup

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382021) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Jun 24

We had a phone call at 8am. Vince took the call although he was still in bed. It was the hospital emergency area where I took Vince about a week ago. The lady on the phone double-checks all discharge forms to ensure everything...

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A scene from a year ago

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382021) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Jun 24

After a bit of a scare the other night when I took Vince to Emergency, he has been doing really well. He is doing more for himself and we’ve been for two half-decent walks outside of the house. He isn’t sleeping quite so well as...

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Wearing crocs to work

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382021) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Jun 24

I wrote about having to take Vince to Emergency a couple of nights ago. The waiting room was full of people but mention chest pain and you’re popped in a wheelchair and trundled off to a cubicle quick smart. They took me along...

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We had a health scare yesterday

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382021) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Jun 24

Vince has been taking a very strong pain-killer each evening since his heart operation. He decided to miss it a couple of nights ago as he wasn’t in a great deal of pain. Next day, after lunch, the pain became quite severe and his...

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Not how I wanted to start the month or the morning.

Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (84776) • Daytona Beach, Florida 1 Nov 23

I would say good morning, but I just had to call emergency services. On my husband, George. According to them, he might be having a stroke. I hope it's just a small stroke and he recovers his motor function. I just want him to be...

possible stroke

emergency

early morning

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An End to a Streak

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169448) • United States 31 Aug 23

We had gone ten months without Bob going to hospital, urgent care or ER. Today that ended. Blood when he tried to pee this morning. Not able to pee. No one able to put in a catheter, not locally or at the VA. They had to do a...

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Where would we be without them?

William Sinclair @Albain (240) • Edinburgh, Scotland 13 Dec 22

Where indeed? The heroes of the emergency services are ever ready to step up and help us when we need help - police, fire fighters, paramedics (and others) - are just a phone call away and all of them will strive to do their best...

emergency

responders

public service

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