Emergency Services Help Young Woman Give Birth To Unresponsive Baby | Ambulance
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Emergency services receives a call about a 20-year-old woman who didn't know she was pregnant until she started giving birth. Later that day, callers are urged to upgrade the emergency level so they can deal with the huge amount of calls they are attending.
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That poor young woman sounded like she was in such shock. Giving birth when you didn't realise you were pregnant must be such a horrifying experience. Pregnancy is honestly kinda disturbing, but we make peace with that when we want children and that's the path we choose. But suddenly just having that be what's happening to you one day must be so upsetting. I thought she must have miscarried an early pregnancy from the way she was talking about it until they confirmed she'd given birth to a healthy baby, but I think she was just disturbed by the whole ordeal and having a hard time processing what was happening.
She did a wonderful job helping the young mum.
I think the confusing aspect is that she delivered the baby with the amniotic sac intact. When waters break is usually when the sack ruptures and that occurs usually in utero. She delivered baby still in sack so she wouldn't of had any breaking waters, just a very strange and confusing delivery. In some cultures and beliefs being born like this is a sign of great things to come with the child and that they are blessed. It very very uncommon but not unheard of. To have it happen after having a cryptic pregnancy (unknown pregnancy with little to no symptoms sometimes even with negative pregnancy tests) it's rare extremely rare, bless that mother I bet she was terrified and so confused. I hope her and little boy are happy and well, I do also hope she is receiving some form of support for the trauma that comes with such a surprise xxx
Being born in the " sac" was called the cowl,it was greatly prized by sailors,seaman of all kinds, they believed if they had one ( yes of course it dried up!) they would never drown!!.
As bad as it sounds, but the gossip inside the control room must really help out with PTSD and trauma of handling difficult calls, I know peoples lives are at stake on these phone calls but gossip is just human nature and to see the staff all communicate and care for each other is really quite eye-opening to the inner workings of these call centres
They need the outlet of talking to each other
Huge respect to first responders dispatchers..💪💪💯👊👊
Hats off to Meg grate job staying calm and that
I don't know what it is, but British people have such calming accents. My gf lives in the UK, such a sweetheart. As an American, I have major respect for Britain.
I find American people have very fun, friendly and welcoming accents. my bf lives in the US and I'm soon to as well. As a brit I have major respect for Americans.
Saw your comment and thought huh that's familiar lol
All politicians should go out in the trucks for a week to see what’s going on stay safe everyone.
I am surprised of the calls made to the ambulance service, being born in 1945 and taking tumbles off bikes and roller skates etc. My parents, friends, neighbors etc. would bundle me in the car for the trip to E&E to be stitched up. I ran a mini cab business in N. London and we were often called to take accident at home victims to hospital, our drivers would assess the patient's on arrival and would only take them if the could get to the car with the minimum of help. Later while working in construction I took the Red Cross first responders course and looking back on the mine cab days would not fault our role played.
I do think when long wait times are in place, a car service of maybe retired ambulance staff could attend calls, where maybe elderly person have fallen and not leave them just lying there on the floor, these helpers service members could assess the situation, maybe get able bodied helpers to pick up the patients and put them in a chair or bed and make them comfortable.
Neighbors should also look in on elderly persons in their block and street, come on pull together as your turn will come.
I live in Vietnam and it works here, meals are taken to elderly along the street, veg and fruit are swapped. Shopping was done during covid lockdown so nobody went without. If you weren't seen some one would be knocking. I just wonder why the US were so frightened by how the Vietnamese acted, I lived in many countries around the world including the US and I thank god I'm here.
@@TheByard we need to be better citizens and interact with each other, it’s helpful for us all
Its so sad to see this and the state of the nhs. I was waiting for an ambulance for 6 hours recently as my mum was throwing up blood and on the floor in pain. Its so awful
This was even pre-pandemic without covid.
Hospitals and amublance servic need around 50% more capacity. This means 50% more staff doctor's nurses cleaners paramedics and definitely more rooms and more appliances.
@@paxundpeace9970 yep. Where i live we need a new hospital but according to the government we have s new one just built. They built a new entrance door on the one thats 40 years old or older. Its crazy how awful it is, i almost lost my mum waiting for them
Vomiting blood and on the floor? Was she responding normally/completely alert? This'd be at least a C2 if not a C1
@@Beowulf-eg2li she was in and out. But apparently wasnt serious so we just watched for hours
@@kingcockroach. Which part of the UK do you live in? (i.e which ambulance region) I'm a call handler in the East of England and this would absolutely be a Category 1 call (Not alert + Vomiting blood), the call handler would stay on the line until the crew arrived as well.
We would send the nearest ambulance possible, unless they're already dispatched on a Category 1; if they're on a Cat. 2 and they're nearby, they would be diverted to this one.
Longest I've had to stay on a Category 1 call for is 50 minutes (Extremely remote location) and the crew had been driving since the very start of the call.
Sorry to hear about this.
The girl is in shock
and people say that the nhs isnt critically underfunded
That they couldn't get a GP appointment is definitely a huge problem. There is where this whole problem starts.
British 999 call handlers are amazing.
@@Mittibh we have to ask every question on the system unless it’s completely obvious. This patient sounded traumatised and a bit confused so it’s better to ask just in case we can get some more info for the paramedics.
Might be just me but if my child was unwell and wheezing I would just drive to A&E myself. I’d get my kiddo there faster than waiting around for an ambulance and then it’s free to help someone a bit more emergent.
I don’t know when this was filmed. But I don’t drive and during covid my son because unwell, but because he had a cough ( it wasn’t covid) we weren’t allowed to ride in a cab. So I had no choice to call an ambulance. Some people don’t drive or have the means to pay for taxi fares. Just take that into consideration, but I understand where you’re coming from, if I have someone close that can drive then I’d always take that option first
Same with me when my child broke his leg , I initially panicked as I don’t drive and was unsure what to do so I rang an ambulance,after half an hour waiting I rang them to ask if I could cancel the ambulance as it was taking too long and I had been able to find a lift during the wait.. I was told not to move him in any circumstances. It took 6 hours for the ambulance in the end but as a parent who has never been through that before I just listened to what I was told . I was made to feel guilty for ringing an ambulance for a broken leg !!
Wrong.
An ambulance is often faster at your home then you looking up were the next A/E and driving over.
Only when it is right around the order going straight to the AE is better.
Had it once when somebody fall and the graped the kid and run over to the hospital just 300 meters away
@@ThunderRoll933 You shouldn't have to wait for 6 hours. Please, don't worry about taking the amublance from somebody else the amublance service knows what to do best and who get's help first.
But a broken leg is a pretty normal call for an ambulance ride. It is okay to call for a broken leg.
When did it happen?
Was it during the last two years when covid was pretty bad?
In Germany not the UK response times are on average 10 to 15 minutes to reach you and takes half an hour maximum!
The kid should be in hospital within 1 hour.
Your child would have to wait to be seen then, in an ambulance the child would be seen and assessed immediately
What must be hard, is (generally) not knowing how things worked out for the patient - though I have to say, having to wait *7* *HOURS* for an f'ing ambulance is one hell of a lot harder! It does makes you wonder though, just how many people could safely get to the hospital themselves, but expect the ambulance services to act as their (free) personal taxi...!
I understand in some cases but I have 3 kids and I've driven to the hospital or taken a cab/bus if they are unwell....Once my little one fell and became unconcious so I called an ambulance....Having an ambulance come because your child has been unwell for a week seems ridiculous to me....This father could take a cab instead of waiting 6 hours for an ambulance....it's not an emergency.
@@carlakmoa8229 the amublance is supposed to arrive in about one hour for case like that
@@carlakmoa8229 I've had multiple calls now where the parents have stated they CAN take their child to A&E but decline not to, only because of how busy A&E is...
They just want a blue light taxi. Sad thing is that instead of making their own way, they'd have to wait hours for an ambulance, an hour for a paramedic assessment on scene, and then hours of waiting to be handed over at a&e to just end up in the same place they'd have ended up if they'd just fucking driven there themselves.
@@Beowulf-eg2liat least in the USA it's becoming more common for people to Uber or Lyft too the hospital
Clearly they need more paramedics and ambulances, 7hrs wait is insane....
Nope, hospitals need more beds.
There's not a shortage of ambulances, the issue happens when 30 out of 40 crews covering a region (i.e North Cambridgeshire) are stuck outside A&E waiting to hand over their patients.
Its hard to believe in this day and age that someone doesnt know they are pregnant let alone deliver one and not know what it is..well done to the first responder..and the young mum
There can be many reasons for this. It's most likely a 'cryptic pregnancy'. Reasons for not knowing may be a false negative pregnancy test, a differently shaped belly that's almost invisible, a continued period, no pregnancy symptoms, inattention from doctors and maybe denial.
Don't shame people, sometimes you can have cryptic pregnancy where the tests show negative. You know what? It's hard to believe that this day and age people like you dont think about other reasons and jumps to conclusions and just thinks they are horrible people 😒
It’s not at all impossible. Some women still continue to have monthly menstrual cycles, & depending on the position of the baby, they may hardly show at all. I couldn’t even begin to imagine how utterly frightening it must be to wake up with a bad ‘tummy ache’, only for it to progress into giving birth. The shock must be incredibly overwhelming.
Some women are told, by their doctor that their chances of getting pregnant are slim to none, so when they do have symptoms, they logically have no reason to assume pregnancy. Some women have irregular periods, some women have multiple tests come back negative. Things happen.
@@eveinacio4106 I can see that a person might continue to have periods and might have no morning sickness, having been pregnant myself, what I do find difficult to believe is that a pregnant woman would not feel that baby moving around and wonder what the hell was going on inside her body.
It's ridiculous that you have to wait a long time for an ambulance!!!
Very sad that people have to wait that long.
From 2009 until 2019 when this was recorded the NHS budget was effectively cut by about 20%.
It went up from 124 billion to 149 billion but when when accounting for inflation and changes in demand due to demographics.
Today:
A & E waiting times are terrible too despite people not showing up in the AE due to the fear of getting covid.
I'm in the US and anytime I have called I have never had to wait more than an hour. Then again I had to call twice due to cracking my head open on seperate occasions, another times I couldn't really feel my legs and I ended up needing a walker for 6 months due to a back injury, other time I called was a concussion but I didn't know if it was just a concussion at the time or a TBI. I think there was a couple more times but I can't really remember. So I guess my situations were kind of a priority over a stomach ache or a sprained ankle or whatever else people need an ambulance for.
swings and roundabouts thought, how much were your ambulance call outs?
Well done Megan ❤
Good work
Regarding the 1 year old, not ideal to not get a GP apt but could be taken to a hospital by the parents. An ambulance is for when you can't get to a hospital ie elderly, or low mobility, or you're dying and need immediate medical attention. It's ridiculous that people use 999 for a cough.
Do the people have to pay for the ambulance ride ? Here in Sweden we have pay for any ambulance ride , the bill come shortly after with the mail , last time I had to call for an ambulance it cost me 400 swedish crowns/ 29,06 pound 🤔
It's ridiculous that people should be asked to get themselves to hospital get more ambulances and crew and get rid of all the waste of space managers on massive salerys the NHS has enough money it's just not used properly
They said if they can, they had over 3,000 calls to deal with
I understand in some cases but I have 3 kids and I've driven to the hospital or taken a cab/bus if they are unwell....Once my little one fell and became unconcious so I called an ambulance....Having an ambulance come because your child has been unwell for a week seems ridiculous to me....This father could take a cab instead of waiting 6 hours for an ambulance....it's not an emergency.
Why should we use EMERGENCY ambulances as taxis? Is there a direct threat to life or a situation requiring specialist pre-hospital care NO > self-transport to hospital is always the most appropriate option.
Why don't YOU go do their jobs, you definitely seem qualified.
Compared to Germany or other nations in Europe the NHS is underfunded.
Not enough staff they have less doctors less nurses less Paramedics per patients as well as per person.
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You people know how to waste resources
The girl on other side was referring to baby as it is moving? Did I get that right or say. Because she clearly said its out. And it's not breathing.
Such lack of emotions, is she depressed. I hope She got help.
I think she was just in severe shock. She didn't know she pregnant until she was in labour.
I think she's in shock
Sounds in shock to me. Sounds frightened and confused, as she had no idea she was pregnant.
It's called shock, please educate yourself on it. She didn't lack emotions but she was in shock and it can happen to any pregnant mother. It's better to educate yourself then just posting comments on any video.
@@sarina5352 so I know about pregnancy and miscarriages as I am mother myself, and know about postpartum depression and shock ALOT. If she doesn't feel instant bond with the kid or in shock but you still feel ocytocin flowing and warmth.
I know about those things because if not the feeling of overwhelm is dangerous for her and to the safety of kids as well.
So please "your majesty", before judging get to the last part, about help and care.
The crassness of my generation is so appalling and language degradation is at such level people don't bother to decipher the intention.
So yeah, before randomly commenting maybe know more.
Uh so she didn't noticed her belly growing?
In a case of a 'cryptic pregnancy' it can actually be the case, that the belly looks very different from the usual. There are cases of cryptic pregnancy where you later see a photo of a woman shortly before giving birth and she doesn't look like she's pregnant at all. It's a complex phenomenon and quite interesting. It can be mixed with denial, even by doctors telling you that you aren't pregnant (for example because a pregnancy test comes back negative)
I've seen some Instances where the woman carried more towards her back and low, so even at 8 months gone it can look like MAYBE a bit of a food bloat if anyone noticed at all
Look up cryptic pregnancy. Even in the case that it’s not a cryptic pregnancy i know a few people who didn’t gain almost any weight at all when pregnant, it was almost hard to tell a difference at all. All women carry differently and each pregnancy is different for each person, just remember that.
Cryptic pregnancies are more common than one thinks. I am pregnant with #8, and 24 weeks. I looked like a 'normal pregnant' woman with my twins. Otherwise, i don't look pregnant until 32 weeks.
@@bree._. Learned something new today. Really thank you for those explinations.
So her periods stopping wasn't a clue? Bit bizarre.
Some people don’t get periods very often. One of my friends has gone 5, 6 months at a time without a period and it’s normal for her.
It’s more common than you think.