Real 911 calls.....

NurseChick · Sep 10, 2005

I work in a LTC facility and we had a lady one time who called 911 to tell them she couldn't get her bra off. The dispatcher got a chuckle out of it also when they called to tell us they had her on the line and could we please go check her. When I went and asked her why she called 911 about her bra, she just acted like "well, isn't that what I should do?" We also have another lady who has called 911 several different times because no one was coming to answer her light.

babynurselsa, RN · Sep 11, 2005

We had this rather simple family one time and the dad called 911 becausehe thought we were trying to steal their baby.....

After all we had taken the liberty of naming her BG

And we were also trying to MAKE her sick because her heard his precious little 33 weeker cry in the C-section room so he was sure she didn't need that tube crammed down her throat.

He had expressed these concerns to us which we attempted to calm his fears. We didn't know how miserably this had failed until the police came tapping at the NICU doors.

It was a long few weeks until we were able to get this kiddo home.

tencat · Sep 11, 2005

"Caller: I was running from the police."

LOL! :lol2: It makes you wonder how these people survive in the wild!

EmilyCCRN · Nov 4, 2005

My mom was a 911 dispatcher for 23 years and she has a ton of stories about the crazy calls she took over the years. Here is one of my favorites:

A young woman called 911 to request an ambulance because she had "a rubbah stuck in her pu**y." It seems that she and her boyfriend could not retrieve the condom themselves, and they apparently thought that this was an emergency and warranted a call to 911. My mom directed them to go to the emergency room and explained that she would not be sending an ambulance. :rotfl:

wt2001 · Jan 17, 2006

I work in a LTC facility and we had a lady one time who called 911 to tell them she couldn't get her bra off. The dispatcher got a chuckle out of it also when they called to tell us they had her on the line and could we please go check her. When I went and asked her why she called 911 about her bra, she just acted like "well, isn't that what I should do?" We also have another lady who has called 911 several different times because no one was coming to answer her light.

There was a resident in the LTC facility that I work in who would use her phone to call 911, ER, her physician,and any phone number she could find. She would tell them to call the nurses station and tell them to change the channel on her television or either put her on the bed pan. She would never use the call light no matter how many times we re-oriented her on how to use it. She said that she figured calling someone else would get us to her room faster.

nativehealer · Jan 18, 2006

a friend of mine that works for the romeoville p.d. told me their 911 center got a call from a lady that had her car locked and no keys. the 911 operator asked where was she calling from? the lady replied that she was calling from inside of her car. :uhoh21: the 911 operator asked the lady to open her car door. when the dooir was opened there was a chiming noise. the keys were in the ignition. :uhoh3:

wt2001 · Jan 18, 2006

I have another 911 story which involves my son when he was a year old. My son picked up the phone and hit the 911 button on the phone, well I just thought that he was just playing or pretending to be speaking to someone so I took the phone away from him and put it back down. Well a few minutes later the phone rings and it is the 911 operator and I explained to her what had happened. Well I guess that wasn't enough because the police are soon at my house. I tried to explain to them what happened and they did not believe me either because the next person knocking at my door was a social worker. Each time I had to show them my son picking up the phone and he would push the same button because of the design on it(the emergency sign I guess and it was outlined in red). Well for about a month a social worker would come to my house to visit me. Of course I was embarassed because I have never done anything to harm my children. But I guess it was good that someone did follow up on the call because you never know which call is real.

hipab4hands · Jan 18, 2006

I worked for a Police Department before becoming a nurse.

We used to have one person with psych problems, who would walk a mile to the Police station, go into our lobby, and call 911, because his feet hurt from walking to the Police Dept. (he actually only wanted the ambulance to come out, so he could get a ride back home.)

This person was so well known by the local fire/ambulance companies that they refused to transport him to the hospital anymore. If he had a non emergent complaint, he was told to have a family member transport him or call a cab.

hipab4hands · Jan 18, 2006

When I worked at the county jail, a man came into the lobby of the jail and called 911. He told the dispatcher, I know you want me, I can tell by your voice that you want me:uhoh21: 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

I had one gentleman call the 911 line and make an obscene phone call to me. He even invited me out for dinner and drinks after my shift ended.

What he didn't realize is that the calls are recorded, and the phone number/address comes up on the computer screen. He was even kind enough to give me his first name.:roll

Needless to say, by the time the call ended, several police units were at his home and he was arrested for making obscene phone calls.

MMARN, BSN, RN · Jun 17, 2006

real 911 calls, "believe" it or not!!
dispatcher: 9-1-1 what is your emergency?
caller: i heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the brown house on the corner.
dispatcher: do you have an address?
caller: no, i'm wearing a blouse and slacks, why?

dispatcher: 9-1-1 what is your emergency?
caller: someone broke into my house and took a bite out of my ham and cheese sandwich.
dispatcher: excuse me?
caller: i made a ham and cheese sandwich and left it on the kitchen table and when i came back from the bathroom, someone had taken a bite out of it.
dispatcher: was anything else taken?
caller: no, but this has happened to me before and i'm sick and tired of it.

dispatcher: 9-1-1 fire or emergency?
caller: fire, i guess.
dispatcher: how can i help you sir?
caller: i was wondering.....does the fire dept. put snow chains on their trucks?
dispatcher:! yes sir, do you have an emergency?
caller: well, i've spent the last 4 hours trying to put these chains on my tires and... well.. do you think the fire dept. could come over and help me?
dispatcher: help you what?
caller: help me get these chains on my car!

dispatcher: 9-1-1 what is the nature of your emergency?
caller: i'm trying to reach nine eleven but my phone doesn't have an eleven on it.
dispatcher: this is nine eleven.
caller: i thought you just said it was nine-one-one
dispatcher: yes, ma'am nine-one-one and nine-eleven are the same thing.
caller: honey, i may be old, but i'm not stupid.

dispatcher: 9-1-1 what's the nature of your emergency?
caller: my wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart.
dispatcher: is this her first child?
caller: no, you idiot! this is her husband!

and the winner is..........

dispatcher: 9-1-1
caller: yeah, i'm having trouble breathing. i'm all out of breath. darn....i think i'm going to pass out.
dispatcher: sir, where are you calling from?
caller: i'm at a pay phone. north and foster. damn......
dispatcher: sir, an ambulance is on the way. are you an asthmatic?
caller: no.
dispatcher: what were you doing before you started having trouble breathing?
caller: running from the police.

hahahaha! these were funny! poor dispatchers. they must go through a lot with people like these! :lol2:

Dewgrl · Jun 17, 2006

It's a real 911 call...not so funny...A five year old boy called 911, told dispatcher that mommy wasn't breathing-dispatcher told the poor kid to stop playing with the phone, and to put adult on the line-no one dispatched

Three hours later-he calls back repeats his story, and a DIFFRENT DISPATCHER still won't believe the poor kid. Threatens to send the cops out if he doesn't stop playing on the phone. An hour later the police arrive(sure it was sent out as non-emergency)

Mom is dead on the floor-heart problems...

The dispatchers were suspended and after an investigation now face a year in prison:o

dragonsfancy · Jun 17, 2006

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.