Re: Real 911 calls.....
I work in a pediatric burn unit (or did, until this past Friday. Heading for the ER on Monday!) and we had this 8 year old in with pretty serious scald burns. His mom was unable to stay with him, so we all pretty much took turns going in to hang out with him and keep him company.
He'd had surgery and ended up having some sort of psychotic reaction to the heavy amounts of meds that he'd been given, so he'd have delusions and such about his brothers and other things.
One night, he kept ringing his call light and when the nurse that was assigned to him went in there, the kiddo would say that he didn't need anything and that he didn't ring the call light. A few hours passed and the phone at the nurses station rang and it turns out it was the police. They questioned the nurse about the kid's care and after a few minutes, both the nurse and the police realized what had happened.
It seems that the kiddo picked up his phone, dialed 8 for an outside line, dialed 911 and told the dispatcher that his nurse wouldn't change his diaper and that they had him tied down to the bed and wouldn't let his mom come to stay with him.
Needless to say, even though the kiddo recovered and went home, we still tease this particular nurse about that night.
He was a frequent flyer at the jail, needless to say, he was arrested for placing false 911 calls. That night he got a hot meal and a bed. Hmmmmmmm
Re: Real 911 calls.....
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