2012-04-11, 01:19 PM
MuscleWizard Wrote:I couldn't call an ambulance for him, because the defense of "My friend just passed out over a skype call after complaining about chest pains" isn't a good report.
The reasoning behind that being that since I wasn't there to physically witness it, it wouldn't be a valuable eyewitness report of the event.
I mean anyone could just call up 911 from a payphone and say "Yeah, my phone died, but my house is on fire. It's at the corner of sixth and main, send a few fire trucks please
[COLOR="#cc8899"]You're wrong, actually. You can and SHOULD call emergency services if something like this happens and you know:
A. The person is/is most likely alone
B. You can't get there quickly/at all
C. The person may be depressed or suicidal
I've done so once for someone that claimed to be swallowing a lot of pills. The person hates me for it, and says they weren't actually swallowing pills, but I'd rather have called in on a false alarm than ignored it and possibly have someone die that I could've helped. You have no idea why someone may randomly pass out like that, and there's a good chance the hospital or police (whoever you call) will contact the person's neighbors first to attempt to check on them if you ask (to potentially spare them the embarassing and costly ambulance visit). [/COLOR]

