PILLS
The Ambulance Lyrics

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Slip into the warm of a touch
When the photograph of so much
Once you're gone
I came home, but my key didn't unlock the door

Took a million for everyone
Time should have overcome
With your luck and my word

But I didn't have one

So I'll be on my own
You're more than I can lose
I love you for the time that you give
My sugar pill

Seven stories they'll have to climb
To find out what we've done
To let them all be gone
But can't you read the sign?

Burn me up and mix me with salt
Bluegrass and a walk on the sun
And the one visiting those
Just where they go

So I'll be on my own
You're more than I can lose
And now I'm taking more than my fill

My sugar pill
My sugar pill

My sugar pill
My sugar pill

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to The Ambulance's song "Pills" seem to delve into themes of longing, nostalgia, and possibly substance abuse. The opening lines, "Slip into the warm of a touch, When the photograph of so much," appear to convey a sense of seeking solace in memories or fleeting moments of intimacy. The imagery of coming home but not being able to unlock the door with the key symbolizes a sense of being locked out or unable to access something important or familiar.

The mention of taking "a million for everyone" and feeling like time should have overcome something suggests a feeling of being overwhelmed or burdened by responsibilities or expectations. The line "But I didn't have one" could imply a lack of agency or control in a situation. The singer seems resigned to being on their own, perhaps feeling disconnected or isolated from a significant other.

The lyrics also touch on a sense of recklessness or experimentation, with references to burning up and mixing with salt, as well as allusions to bluegrass music and walking on the sun. These elements evoke a sense of escapism or seeking transcendence through altered states of consciousness or experiences. The repeated refrain of "My sugar pill" could symbolize a form of escapism or coping mechanism, suggesting a reliance on something external to numb or distract from overwhelming emotions.

The mention of climbing seven stories to uncover past actions and the plea to read the sign could indicate a sense of guilt, secrecy, or hidden truths that are being confronted or ignored. The closing lines, repeating "My sugar pill," suggest a fixation or dependency on a temporary solution or distraction. Overall, the song seems to convey a mix of yearning, escapism, and introspection, exploring complex emotions and experiences through vivid imagery and metaphorical language.

Line by Line Meaning

Slip into the warm of a touch
Bask in the comfort of physical contact

When the photograph of so much
Reminiscing on past memories and experiences

Once you're gone
After you have left

I came home, but my key didn't unlock the door
Feeling disconnected and unable to find solace at home

Took a million for everyone
Endured challenges on behalf of others

Time should have overcome
Expecting time to heal wounds and resolve issues

With your luck and my word
Relying on luck and promises

But I didn't have one
Realizing there was no solution or way out

So I'll be on my own
Facing the situation alone

You're more than I can lose
Valuing the relationship over everything else

I love you for the time that you give
Appreciating the effort and attention you provide

My sugar pill
Finding comfort and solace in something addictive or numbing

Seven stories they'll have to climb
People will struggle to uncover the truth

To find out what we've done
Discovering the consequences of our actions

To let them all be gone
Allowing everyone to move on

But can't you read the sign?
Questioning if others can see the warning signs

Burn me up and mix me with salt
Feeling overwhelmed and consumed by emotions

Bluegrass and a walk on the sun
Escaping to a peaceful, idyllic place

And the one visiting those
Being present for those who need support

Just where they go
Helping others find their way

And now I'm taking more than my fill
Indulging in excess to cope with pain

Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: MARCUS LEE CONGLETON

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Comments from YouTube:

Heather McFarland

3y↑805

I love that they took her to school. They get an A+ for their commitment to their patients.

Brittany85

5oyuo

shmoopsiepoo

Same! It’s amazing.

Evie DeChant

3y↑24

You would not see any of them on the US Take her to school let alone call them for her

janet stromer

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Suzie K.

3y↑2

I agree, it's awesome they did all they did I don't think that's ever happened in the states (well at least in Michigan... lol)

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Imp Again!~

3y↑508

If anyone says Bonnie was faking panicking for attention cuz she "doesn't look like she was panicking", I will personally fight them. Panic attacks don't all look like they do in the movies, but they all are serious.

Samantha Tolentino

3y↑30

Trueee one time I had a panic attack at school and I look normal but my heartbeat was palpitating and I can barely breathe but I had to get over the attack cause I looked normal so my teacher won’t allow me to go to the clinic

Samantha Tolentino

3y↑6

Oh and I was already light headed because I can’t breathe properly

Imp Again!~

3y↑18

@Samantha Tolentino RIP 😭 my friend goes silent, dissociates to the point she can't hear anyone, and silently hyperventilates with tiny, tiny breaths. I get overly smiley, trying to pretend nothing is wrong until I just bust out sobbing

Samantha Tolentino

3y↑8

@Imp Again!~ sometimes I’ll go to the restroom to cry for like 30 secs then wipe my tears and get back to class like nothing happened

ziggilypiggily

3y↑8

You are so right. I hide all my panic attacks, my body appears calm. The next person is frantic. Some swear and become destructive. Not about looking for attention - its called asking for help.

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WifeMomTeacherLife

3y↑598

Bonnie isn’t the first student I’ve seen having a medical emergency over these exams! This is a major issue in my mind. Kids, even if they’re 16, shouldn’t be experiencing such anxiety!

Heather Garrity

3y↑41

My daughter is 12 now but when she was 10 she had svt and it was triggered off by math class one day and she ended up having heart surgery to have a ablation done all bc of anxiety. Its very scary for a parent to watch their child go through it

Vickie McKie

3y↑31

I agree. Students have tests regularly throughout the course. Why put them through the stress of a final? Also, some kids just have problems with testing. My daughter is uber smart. Shes in the gifted program. But she tests terribly which causes an anxiety attack with evety test.

Jessica Plumpton

3y↑19

Agreed. I grew up in Canada, not the UK, but in my province we had three standardized tests to take: one in grade three, one in grade six, and one in grade 10.

In grade three, leading up to the standardized test, my mom had to bring me to our family doctor. I was getting severe stomach aches, headaches, and sometimes struggling to breathe. And it was all because of stress over the upcoming testing - anxiety attacks, at eight years old!

Elizabeth Tallman

3y↑10

@Jessica Plumpton in the US, we test them so much that they do not take the testing seriously. Some fail the tests on purpose.

Tami Gorman

3y↑3

Anxiety is a chemical imbalance at that level/ panic attacks and it happens at any age... it’s extremely common even much younger then 16...

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Kotago

3y↑342

I love the paramedics in the UK. I live in Russia and I've called an ambulance for my mom who had extreme dizziness and very high blood pressure. She was scared, I was comforting her. And the paramedics yelled at me because I didn't get them a chair prepared. Then I was scrambling to get my mom sorted to go to the hospital and our coat rack fell down. I got yelled by paramedics because their coat fell off and "there is dog hair on the floor". I'm sorry that I didn't deep clean the apartment before calling an ambulance...

Margaret Patton

3y↑6

😪😪😪

Scorpio Queen

3y↑48

Oh, no i´m sorry that happened, very unprofessional.

Denise Piva

3y↑19

UK paramedics are one of a kind

Kimberly Sevastyanenko

3y↑43

Wow, that's really wrong for them to behave that way. The last thing people who are scared and stressed in an emergency need is to be reprimanded by the people who are supposed to be helping them. Is that pretty standard for the paramedics in Russia?

Kotago

3y↑25

@Kimberly Sevastyanenko I don’t really know (I’ve met them once), but they are paid so little here, so I can understand them a little. Still no excuse to behave that way though

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Jadyn Gelmich

3y↑297

As an autistic adult, I am very impressed with the way Hannah communicated with Jack.

_TheMorrisCouple_

3y↑5

I’m autistic too (: I agree totally

Levaniel Midoriya

3y↑3

Same here! I live America and never see that

Goldfish

Y’all act like you are all the same. There’s a spectrum for a reason because everyone is different

Jadyn Gelmich

3y↑14

@Goldfish Who said "we" were acting like everyone is the same?

Nyanbinary

3y↑19

@Goldfish And here comes the allistic person to swoop in and tell us what we're like. A++

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Queen Cripple

3y↑27

The fact that the ambulance took her to school absolutely BLOWS MY MIND as an American. Here, the ambulance brings you to hospital, nothing else.

emaNyM

I didn't realize it was a competition.

Steve Victory

3y↑32

I was a firefighter and paramedic for several different departments in the USA. I am so jealous of the time that these folks can spend with their patients to help them. We are usually so backed up that we are rushing from one call to the next with barely enough time to write a report. We never would be able to take a panicked student to school. We are so rushed that there is no time for good medical care, much like the rest of the American medical disaster.

Fleur Achala van Weijden

1y↑2

Thank you for all you do!!

Alyssa Winegarden

3y↑32

As someone who suffered from gallstones for 9 years, and having had 3 all natural births, I can say that yes gallstones hurt sooo much worse than birth pains. When I finally had my gallbladder taken out, the surgeon (35 yrs in her practice) said she had never seen a gallbladder as infected and filled with gallstones as mine. Soooooo grateful to have it out of my body!

Ocean Elf

3y↑2

Ugh! Nine years with gallstones Eek! Two years tops and I had mine out.

Ms. K

1y↑2

My gallbladder actually ruptured after two years of excruciating agony and continual trips to the ER, who basically said it was nothing but heartburn. By the time they rushed me into emergency surgery, I had lime green bile coming out of both ends. But it gets worse. Although they inserted a stint to collect the gallstones and scraped the debris of what was left of my gallbladder out, a large stone was left. 2 years later and episode after episode of pain equivalent to this woman, they finally discovered the stone was lodged in my bile duct and operated to remove it. But; the horror story doesn't stop there. During the surgery, they accidentally perforated (aka stabbed) my pancreas and bowel. I spent two and a half months in hospital, hemorrhaged out six times, am now 100lbs soaking wet, and my pancreas is atrophying (aka dying). I now live with severe pancreatic attacks that feel like heart attacks, and they can last for hours, days, or even a week or more. I never have, and never will get my strength or my life back, and there is no recourse or compensation in Canada. We're ranked 10 out of 10 of the top ten socialized medical systems in the world for a reason in Canada! When anyone says they have severe chest pain that isn't the heart, don't assume it's heartburn; assume it's your gallbladder, and MAKE them check!

Fleur Achala van Weijden

Oooh my God 9 years?! That must have been hell!! I suffered from kidneystones as a mother I can honestly tell you I cried for my mom!

Blackdragonsama

3y↑206

i loooove how these two ambulance guys, who've seen some sh*t (TM) openly admit being scared of spiders
all my love to you two

Anne smith

3y↑6

I know how they feel! I am absolutely terrified of them too!

Samantha Tolentino

3y↑1

@Anne smith my brother used to have 5 tarantulas and I would hold them in my hand and scare my mom but then he needs to go to college so we sold them then he came back home and he bought an African bullfrog and had to sell again cause it was getting so big then now I want a snake

Anne smith

3y↑1

@Samantha Tolentino Oh my goodness! Remind me to not come round for a visit LOL!!

Samantha Tolentino

@Anne smith u can visit now we don’t have them anymore we only have a giant bunny 4 cats(hopefully soon to be 5) an African love bird and a shih tzu :))

Anne smith

3y↑1

@Samantha Tolentino Ahhh, now that sounds lovely. So when's good for you then? LOL!!

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Stephanie F

3y↑560

interesting that they prioritize pain management. they wouldn't even move her until they got enough morphine in her. they would hesitate to give you morphine with your head half off in the US lol

Dakota Miller

3y↑77

Right I'm scared to even mention pain sometimes cause I automatically think they will just think I'm after pain meds. I hate pain meds I still have over half of what I was given from my csection with my son from may 2018

SpeedDS DemonStar

3y↑26

@Dakota Miller With your medication being that old and you no longer needing it, if you're in the US, look up where your nearest Drug Takeback program is located and take them there. I'd imagine they probably have similar programs in other countries as well.
And NEVER keep them "just in case" because a chronic severe pain sufferer, I can also tell you that even if you did feel like you needed them, for one thing, you should probably be seeking emergency help, not trying to treat at home if you're in that much pain, and those types of medication lose their potency when they're left sitting around like that and so if you did take it, they're liable to not help at all but still show up in your system to where they couldn't give you anything stronger the over the counter stuff and depending on what is in your prescribed medication, sometimes they can't even give you those.
There's also the issue that if you're in bad enough pain to require such levels of pain relief when you haven't required them for so long, than chances are that there's a real, dangerous, medical emergency going on and depending on the cause, taking prescription pain medications can make things much much worse, possibly risking death.

Dakota Miller

3y↑12

@SpeedDS DemonStar I never have plan on taking them just in case I just haven't got rid of them from my cabinet. I have a rare brain condition so I know if I really needed something I'd call my neurologist before I take anything due to not knowing what could make it worse.

kim lightfoot

3y↑25

Ya, same thing in Canada as well. The war on drugs in north america is so hostile towards people with legitimate pain issues. I feel like a junky when I refill my pain meds sometimes. But life without them is not even worth trying to live. So I refill my pain killers. And avoid any stranger doctors and health care workers like they have the plague. Cuzz the speeches and lectures just are not worthwhile.

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Julie Mitchell

3y↑51

My heart goes out to Jack ❤
Thank Heaven his Dad had minor injuries. Once again the paramedics went over & beyond to help soothe a frightened child.
A+ for all of you 💙💙💙💙💙

Susie Uramoto

3y↑21

Love that they took her to school + made the call to the school. Feel for her that society places the importance of a test to such great degree that it causes these young adults so much anxiety. 🙁

Sibani P

3y↑1

she is 16 not 18

Avery

3y↑79

Having anxiety problems myself I cant tell you how many times I could have used an ambulance visit like that! Lord living in America is rough, you have to be half dead just to justify a doctor's visit

Maggie Hill

Sad but true

Annamarie Lewis

And then they charge you a fortune 🤮

Kathy June

3y↑90

Sometimes with chronic pain it eats at you until you do feel like it's 9 or 10 out of 10 pain so please don't judge people when they say that. You can physically do things even when you are saying your pain is that high but that doesn't mean that horrible pain level isn't there.

VICKIE BAILEY

3y↑17

EXACTLY. YOU CAN'T TELL BY THE WAY A PERSON ACTS HOW BAD THEIR PAIN IS .

rmoenmjea

3y↑7

Well yeah kind of... If you google the Pain scale there is clear definitions for each number. If I recall correctly a 10 is "not able to move or stand up" or sth like that... So in chronic illnesses your pain tolerance is often so high, that you have pain, that others would describe as a 10 and would not be able to move, but according to the scale would be like a 7 or sth to you because you are able to move

Kayla Rankin

3y↑12

@rmoenmjea having chronic pain though over time you get “ used to it” so 10 out of 10 can still mean it’s painful but just that they know how to breathe through it and not always outwardly show

Kimberly Sevastyanenko

3y↑2

True. When I had a c-section after the nerve block wore off the incision began hurting. It did hurt a lot, but the pain certainty wasn't the worst I've ever felt. At first I was fine, but the pain went on constantly for hours. Finally, got to me so much that I was almost delirious. Not fun.

Pink Alligator

3y↑1

@VICKIE BAILEY
Eum yes you very much can, pain very much affects what a person can do, when it's high enough it's completely involuntary. No amount of knowing how to breathe will make you able to really move if you're in the 8-10 scale.
However you can't tell a persons pain just by how they ACT like it's not like if you're not just crying you're not in level 7-10 pain or something or if you're still polite you're not in level 7-10 pain
The pain scale here is actually quite objective once you get to 7-10 . Our minds can differ but pain affects all our bodies, it's biology

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Coucou Mohsen

3y↑94

Pretty sad how the exam is more important than the girl's life...

My Little Lumen

3y↑20

Yeah like why couldn’t the school give her an extra day to recover? Her mom could’ve made sure she wasn’t studying so she wouldn’t get an advantage. Why only give her an extra hour?

Christy Downs

2y↑1

I know that in NZ it's not the school that sets the exam timetable it's the Department of Education (a government department) and they only allow one day for you to sit each exam and if you don't sit it on that day, you miss out. I have wondered what they do for people who have been in hospital since before exam day or those who have had a death in the family

Omenie_

3y↑190

If I have learnt one thing from this series, it‘s that children compensate! Everyone says that every time there is a child involved.

riley Harrington

3y↑23

It’s true! It cuts both ways though, they’ll compensate well for a while. However, they tend to crash quite quickly when that can’t be maintained.

SPERTS

3y↑3

riley Harrington yes! They are hardy, BUT fragile. somehow both lol

Erin Row

3y↑13

They’re so wonderful to help and let the little boy see inside and check on his daddy. The adults medical care will be much easier now because they won’t be fretting about their kids. Such wonderful care these paramedics do ❤️👍☺️

tjorven stevens

2y↑5

I was feeling so bad for the elderly lady at the beginning :( poor woman :(

Queenbeauty472

3y↑12

That girl and that little girl's smile touched my soul and my heart I never get emotional but this girl is just so precious.

53mandevilla

She was just ADORABLE ❤❤❤😊😊😊

Bee•Tea•Dubs

2y↑4

Wow its a medical emergency, the paramedic calls the school confirming its a medical emergency, explaining Bonnie can't calm down in fear she'll miss the exam & explaining she needs more time...... an extra hour. How kind

It was really nice of the paramedics to do all that for her though!

Ann Ward

3y↑7

The paramedics were so kind to the boy and very patient with him. Thank you for your kindness

Brittany Riggs

3y↑4

That little girl was so darn cute! & That poor man with epilepsy breaks my heart seeing him like that. You can tell his wife is a very good caring wife the way she tracks every seizure & is on top of everything with his health. That's a wonderful couple!

love yourself please

3y↑14

Fellow arachnophobe, I feel your pain. My first memory as a child is being frozen in fear watching a spider crawl up my body in my toddler bed when I was about 3-4 yrs old. I've been terrified of spiders ever since.

53mandevilla

1y↑1

My poor little baby was in his crib asleep when bitten on his finger! We had just moved into this house…had nasty insects you couldn’t see at first! Omg 😢😢😢

Max & Me😻

2y↑1

I cant imagine what Melvin & Janine go through on a daily basis, anyone with seizures, its scary, overwhelming, draining and sad..To live like that, what quality of life do people with seizures and their loved ones really have when anything as simple as a headache can be the start of a seizure..I would be terrified!! Jack was so sweet ,concerned about his father and his injuries..He wanted to check the ambulance out a couple times before letting his father leave in the ambulance, so adorable ❣

pittiesmom10 (Gina)

3y↑61

I risked my life to get my gallbladder removed because the pain was unbearable. Ironically I STILL get ghost pains and my liver causes me issues now too. Post-op I ended up in the ICU for 10 days, intubated and eating from a tube down my nose into my stomach. I would still do it again to get rid of the gallbladder attacks.

Debbie

3y↑3

I said it to someone else here. Maybe if you still have these pains go to a specialist. Sometimes its not the gallbladder but the gall itself or the liver. All the best to you 🙂

Maggie Hill

I had two gallbladder attacks ! I thought I was having a heart attack the first time ! Second time I had surgery to remove it ! I’ve had way to many surgery’s and getting ready to have surgery number 5 oral surgery because not done right 4 times 😢

valerie boudreau

I had gallstones and pancreatitis at the same time. It was absolute hell. After having my gallbladder removed I thought I would have no more pain, but I started having pain again because the pancreatitis turned from acute to chronic.

Ashley Sowers

3y↑5

That was so sweet they took her to school♥️

tracishea

3y↑83

39:52 Whilst looking directly at the driver, "You can turn the lights on. No noises." Love that little guy!

JF S

3y↑15

I don't blame him, I'm autistic too and loud noises like sirens are the worst!

Sibani P

3y↑1

@JF S yes ofc you don't need to blame anyone

Aurorae

3y↑15

Imagine calling and taking an ambulance for a broken wrist or them taking you to school. The difference between emergency services in the UK and the US is astounding.

Songbirds

Yes, taking the teenager to school is something we would likely not see in the US.
However, calling 911 for a broken wrist and other broken bones happens regularly! Here in the US, people are notorious for using 911 for a trip to the ER for multitudes of inconsequential ailments.

Kimberly Sevastyanenko

3y↑36

Lol. I can relate to the medic who wrapped himself in the shower curtain to escape from the spider. I got trapped in a bedroom the same way. It took me half an hour to get the courage to run past the spider through the door.

53mandevilla

Omg…seriously? Please work on that ok? That’s too much fear 😢😢😢

Kimberly Sevastyanenko

@53mandevilla Omg..... Yeah, seriously. Lol. That's how phobias work.

Sharon Elliott

3y↑1

I love this show. The partners are so supportive of each other. The only thing missing is the outcome of each patient. Keep up the good work.

Danielle Purves

3y↑4

They are so sweet!
I live in Canada where everyone is considered “overly nice” lol and we don’t even have that nice of EMT’s
Yes we do have nice ones but I don’t think they would go that extra step to call the school and then bring someone to the school. That’s just really heart warming ☺️❤️

My Heart Will Stop in Joy

3y↑2

That last kid with his dad was soooo cute and so emotionally intelligent. "ring us", that's such a mature thing to say. What an angel ❤️❤️❤️

Dont Percieve Me thx

3y↑4

I can’t imagine living in a country that DOESNT thrive off of leeching money from those at their most vulnerable. Like they don’t have to worry about dying on the way to the hospital cuz they can’t even afford the damn ambulance, much less the actual treatment. It just blows my mind.

Jake

3y↑2

I had gallstones several years ago and they were the most painful thing I have ever experienced. There was nothing that helped, not even Vicodin touched it; all I could do was rock back and forth (staying still made the pain worse somehow) and try to focus on my breathing. I would break out in a sweat and shake from the pain. They really are NO JOKE. My doctor wanted me to have surgery, but I somehow managed to avoid surgery by taking supplements and changing my diet and I haven't had an attack in 15 years.

Kimi Khaos

3y↑1

As someone who shared my bedroom, as a teenager, with a huntsman spider for several months, I completely get dude's story about the bathroom spider and the shower curtain. I'll never forget waking up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, flipping the light on and seeing that mammoth just chilling on the wall, mere inches from where my face had just been whilst sleeping. So began my very first bout with insomnia! At the time, I was basically being forced to live with my father in his log cabin and he refused to do anything with it and there wasn't a chance in hell I was getting anywhere close enough to even attempt to kill it or catch it and take it outside. I lived another 3 months in that room, but refused to turn the light off ever. Also, refused to spend the night at his house ever again after I was finally allowed to move back home.

Angelica Nordström

3y↑19

19:12 The guys face when the driver started to talk about this massive spider... "How can you talk about it?"
Pure gold hahaha 😂

Evelyn Arquette

the dad calling his son 'darlin' was just the absolute sweetest!

Laloni Chester

3y↑3

Here in the US child protection services would have been called if your child gets a hold of adult medication. Thank God the baby is ok she is so cute

Snot Brains

3y↑8

WOW! The first woman's misfortune really got me cringing!
I feel for her! I hope to be so lucky as to never experience pain like that. Strong!

53mandevilla

Me too…omg…that was horrific pain 😢😢😢

Prabuddha Bose

3y↑175

Guess the toddler inhaled laughing gas instead of migraine pills 😂😂

Birger Torgersen

3y↑9

i love how people make sad things into fun thing- i i mean you understand

HappyDays

3y↑15

She was the cutest little 2 year old! She must be a joy to be around.

Sibani P

3y↑4

ikr!

missis

3y↑6

Love the two guys talking about their fear of spiders 🤣 i like spiders and I'm usually the one removing them because others are afraid 😄

somosgenel

3y↑4

42:50 This couple has been together looking after each other's well being for UMPTEEN years... Now, this is REAL GENUINE 24K LOVE... Both of them are so lucky to have each other in their lives.. If I could have the same thing in my life I would be such a lucky man..

Tiffany Rose 🌹

3y↑4

Paramedic: Are u going to say "yea" to everything?
Adorable toddler: Yea

Becky Logan

3y↑1

I had the same kinda pain after my gallbladder came out. This brings back horrible memories. I totally understand this lady. Nothing would work for me when I went to the ER, they finally did a cocktail of meds and I finally had a bit of relaxing.

Tina's Crazy Life

Im goimg on almost a year of gallbladder pain. Like severe pain and cant work. Everyone says im fine. :/

TheForgotten Dinosaur

3y↑131

When I was like 4 or 5 my mom took me to her friend's house and I was playing with th lady's daughter. The daughter came in with a bottle of ADHD meds and told me they were candy and I could have some. I downed half a bottle of the meds and had to be rushed to hospital and have a charcoal drink. I could of died. It's SO important to teach children that medicine isn't candy,and to not touch it without adult supervision and SO important to lock up all medication. It was a happy ending in my case,but it could of ended so differently..that one little mistake could of effected so many people's lives and ended mine.

Bubbles

3y↑24

My son is 4 with Autism but if the cats knock a pill bottle down he brings it right to me. I taught him when he was young if he ever found any it wasn’t a toy and to bring it to me or another adult right away.

kim jong unnie

3y↑5

What happened with the girl who told you they were candy?

Nicole R.

3y↑4

Did the girl take it too or try to snuff you out?

ThatLoserGirlFromNextDoor

3y↑1

Lmao I did something similar with a balloon thought was gum

Joy Amore

Parents bad joke. They should teach their kids while they are young

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Kimberly Hayes

3y↑1

The exam situation made me cry. Because I have asthma and chronic respiratory failure severe, SEVERE medical ptsd and although I’ve been intubated 18 times and in cardiac arrest 5 times there’s a few times the emergency personnel don’t take me seriously, so I just try to fight the attack or whatever at home and then end up intubated on life support. I’m just so glad these people took her seriously and showed her compassion!

Crohnie Queen

3y↑3

It’s crazy how nice they are to stabilize pain. I have Crohn’s and chronic pain and arthritis and endometriosis and I still get looked at like a seeker. Won’t ever call an amublance I can’t afford it. But you have to know to keep advocating to get pain meds in the ER even with a medical history. They judge and stereotype anyone who walks in needing drugs. It’s horrible and defeating when the pain is unbearable. It’s sad here in the us then I get a bill when they don’t even treat me. It’s so much fun being disabled in America.

Cynthia Tolman

3y↑4

Amazing to me that what is Tylenol in US, even intravenous is supposed to help this type of pain. Thank God they're helping her though, I've had this pain and they didn't give me a thing till after tests at hospital.

Catherine Reed

3y↑66

In the USA, you don't get a lift except to the ER. They aren't dropping you off anywhere else. They only pick you up to take you to the ER. They don't take you home later, either. Given how much it costs, that's a good thing, a taxi is much cheaper if you live somewhere there are taxi's. If there are no taxis, you might have to wait quite a while for a friend or family member to take you back home. Some hospitals do have buses, but they only run during certain times, usually not when you end up in the ER. The ambulance also doesn't linger, they get you loaded and shipped to the ER as fast as they can. If an ambulance is outside your place more than 15 minutes, you are probably dying or dead. I'm not sure which is better, having never left the USA, but I can say they didn't ever treat me badly here in the USA, they were just in a rush. They have always been kind, but in a hurry.

Regenbogen Träumerin

3y↑6

It's the same in Germany, you don't get a lift anywhere else than the ER. There are special transport crews for people who are seriously ill and need to be tranported e.g. to another hospital or are bound to some sort of machine and need to go see a doctor. But if you're dismissed from the hospital or ER or if the ambulance doesn't need to take you there you'll have to take a taxi.
They will usually treat and stabilize on scene as much as possible though and not just 'scoop and go'. AFAIK the outcome for the patient usually is better this way as they get treatment earlier and they're examined fully (according to the possibilities) so the hospital can prepare propperly because they know what's going on and what's needed (which doctors, which machines and further examination facilities need to be kept free for the patient and so on) and the patient is brought to the hospital that's best equipped for their specific needs right away instead of just the next one that has capacities. But it also means the paramedics need way more training, there are a lot of doctors needed who are specially trained to work 'out in the field' who can be send to the scene, it's more expensive. Both ways have advantages I guess and as long as the whole system knows how it's supposed to work and who does what it's fine.

Margaret Patton

3y↑3

We live in rural S. Tx with only 2 ambulances to cover just over a thousand square miles. They may have to drive 20 miles or more down small country roads and at times, still another few miles on private dirt roads to reach you.
Plus we have an Interstate Highway that runs though our county and had to call for help from neighboring counties. They just don't have much more time than to stabilize people and run. Or in the case of both my strokes, do what they can waiting for Life flight.
My daughter said even we'll called an ambulance they were nothing but caring except my second stroke. I started having a history or seizures after the first stroke and when I had the second stroke I knew it was happening, my daughter called the ambulance and one of the guys was being a smartass and said I was just having a seizure. I remember that much. My daughter told me I started having a seizure and she yelled at him and said "Now that's a seizure!"
They called Life flight and I came around in the ER in San Antonio. Luckily I had very little permanent physical disability...aside from the seizures.

Tina's Crazy Life

3y↑3

Actually I live in rural WA state and there are times we transport the patient back home as well.

Sonnenanbeterin1991

3y↑1

Here in Germany the ambulance Is way cheaper than an taxi..so often people call the ambulance as a taxi or for nothing

Alexander Krug

3y↑2

@Sonnenanbeterin1991 It's not cheaper than a taxi! We just don't pay for it directly. A short trip with an ambulance is usually 300-1000 Euros for the insurance (which everybody pays for)

53mandevilla

Two year old Little gal was just adorable! So glad she’s ok! 😊😊😊❤❤❤

Jenny Kennedy

3y↑2

Oh boy the pain of a gallbladder attack is some serious stuff indeed. Prior to having my gallbladder removed in early 2012, from time to time I would have this terrible horrible pain that went on and on and on and on and I never knew what it was exactly

I thought it was gas or maybe some thing I ate that did not agree with me or something and as much as it hurt it eventually went away. Except for this very last time… The pain was so unrelenting and horrible and it was not showing any signs of going away. I try to wait it out but about 24 hours after it started my mom took me to the hospital, and after testing was done it showed my gallbladder was not behaving properly so we got kicked off of me island. I guess I showed that gallbladder who the boss is LOL have not had any searing awful pain like that sense and I hope I never do

And yes, definitely the pain from the gallbladder attack is way worse than childbirth or anything else I could possibly think of that doesn’t involve getting some part of yourself amputated or something good God! I’m petrified of needles and need to have an IV started and I was scared about that but when they said they could give me some pain medicine that will make the pain go away I was like pick a vein, any vein. Shortly after the medicine kicked in I was taken down to someplace where they did an ultrasound… That lady really messed around on my stomach way more aggressively than when I was pregnant… I told her that I’m glad they gave me pain medicine before coming to this point of the exam because if I did not have any pain medicine and all of the smashing and pressing and everything was happening, no offense but I likely would’ve dropped kicked her into the next county LOL

V Persona

3y↑3

Panic attacks suck because the need to breathe makes it scarier when you can't. But even if you're freaking out on the inside your brain tells you that outwardly panicking makes it even worse, so remaining deadly calm is the best option even if your thoughts are crazed. My panic attacks I've gotten into the habit of more deep breathing even though it feels like a heart attack, but on the flipside I get dizzy from that and just basically there's nothing I can do and just wait for it to pass xD
A Paradox

Jae Lynn

3y↑4

So funny being afraid of spiders. I remember being a kid at camp and every time someone had a daddy long-leg, they'd call me and I'd go pick it up and toss it outside. Am not afraid of spiders, unless they are tarantulas or orbs.

Henrietta the Porky

3y↑2

It honestly makes me curious if my pain tolerance is really high or not because I have had various issues all my life. Pain doesn’t normally phase me, I’ve been thrown and kicked by horses, landed face first on asphalt falling off my bike, bitten by various animals, and cut myself a bunch at work. I usually don’t even react to those, but one of the worst things I can remember is a gastrointestinal issue I had once. We think it was related to my gluten allergy but we never really figured it out. I just remember being curled on the couch, sobbing, knees to my chest, squeezing my stomach hoping it would make the pain stop. I really wonder what that was because the pain was horrific.

Ann Ward

3y↑1

Awe bless her heart!!!!! This is the worst pain ever. This is for the lady with abdominal pain

Margaret Patton

3y↑4

That's so funny about the spiders. 🤣
My daughter is murderously terrified of spiders. When she was young she was bitten by one that hurt and her finger swelled. Hated spiders from then on.
Then to make matters worse, when she was a teenager she woke one night to a taranltula (very common in S. Texas)
sitting on her, munching on her hair. Of course she screamed and refused to sleep in her room for weeks after. That's when she developed her gleeful murderous tendency to eliminate all spiders from the face of the Earth.

NotYou

3y↑1

Wdym there was a spider munching on her hair?
Are you sure you aren't from Australia with those horror stories?

Margaret Patton

@NotYou we live in S Texas, and yeah, we have some fairly large tarantulas here.
My daughter has long hair and the tarantula was in her hair by her ear chewing on it. Her screams woke us all and when I ran into her room she was still trying to get it out of her hair.

Kira Kaffee

wtf. I'm not scared of spiders normally but that tarantula would freak me out !

Brenda Sigsbee

You all are so kind and precious to the patients. I’ve always loved that English people talk much softer than Americans do. Words in England are softer, too. 🇬🇧🇬🇧

Jennifer Coleman

3y↑2

That poor gal. I have polycystic kidney disease so I understand pain. So glad they got it manageable

Trains, Roads and Roller Coaster Guy

I’ve had terrible stomach pain before! It felt the worst and I had to see a doctor.

Xotic the Floof

3y↑2

i really like the conversation the paramedics have after they get a call lol

kim lightfoot

3y↑4

I have had that kind of gallbladder pain, and turned out to not be the gallbladder at all. It was my back, that was painful, and wrapped the pain around to the gallbladder area. And once I got the back pain under control with a heating pad. I haven't had it since. I narrowly avoided an exploratory surgery on account of a Rookie Doctor in a random ER touching my back, and making me howl. She didn't give me pain killers, as I already had those but she did recommend that I use a heating pad on my back.

📿Leandro The Son Of God🛐

3y↑1

Respect for all our medical care RESPECT🥇

First Last

It's so sad to see kids get all stressed out over taking those exams.

Unholy_Paradox

3y↑2

I empathize with the woman experiencing gallstones, it was the worse pain i've been in, thank god for morphine that took the pain away.

Rachel Martin

3y↑8

I had a gallbladder attack, it was soooo painful, and I couldn't stop throwing up. Within minutes of getting to emergency the doctor knocked me out with something, I don't remember much for about 4 days. But I didn't hurt anymore

Vampirella

3y↑8

I'm from Germany and here in Germany our paramedics are only alloud to give a limited amount of medication. If the situation is more dangerous (like a heart attack or a stroke) there's always a doctor involved. Are paramedics in the UK allowed to give all medication needed or are there situations where a doctor is called as well? Just asking out of interest. :)

Koselill

3y↑5

In a different Ambulance show in the UK, they have advanced paramedics that drive in cars instead of ambulances. They can give more severe and stronger medication as well as more advanced treatments. Its called Ambulance (BBC) here on Youtube if you wanna look! They also have doctors in helicopters that can intubate and stuff like that.

Vampirella

@Koselill I'll definitively take a look. Sounds interesting. Thank you.

MJ

@Koselill Same here in Spain, in the car there's normally doctors or nurses, the paramedics here can't give medication at all, and they can only put an IV if there's not a nurse on board.

Marilyn Jones

3y↑84

I had my gallbladder removed and for years had attacks just like I had when the gallbladder was still there.

Debbie

3y↑5

Marilyn please see a specialist for that. I had that too and sometimes its not the gallbladder but the gall itself or the liver. I have to take UDCA and didnt have any attacks for a year now.

cyndi

3y↑4

@Debbie Could be pancreas too

Margaret Patton

3y↑3

Me too, gallbladder removed and the Drs couldn't determine why I still had attacks. I had one so painful it brought me out of sedation during a medical procedure and the Dr had to stop the procedure.
Later he asked me " What the hell was that!?"
I turned the question around on him and asked "What the hell do you think it is?" because I had been ask Drs for years with no answers. They claim it's not my heart, but I have learned I can control the pain better with a nitrogen pill rather than pain meds.

Debbie

3y↑2

@Margaret Patton let Them Take a Look at your main bile duct and the small bile ducts in your liver. Are they bigger or easier to find?
I needed DNA Testing and sonografies to Figure it out. There are some scary possiblities but maybe it is just how the gall is made up. Ask your Docs for UDCA.

Debbie

3y↑1

@cyndi you mean when the main bile duct is clogged? Or in General?

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Little Gamer

2y↑1

the lady with stomach pain has my sympathy,I haven't watched all the way through yet,but as someone who has gastroparisis,I undderstand the pain she feels. I have to go weeks without any food due to the pain the parisis causes,and mostly live off of smoothies and baby food and when it gets really bad,i go to the er and have fluids given. I live in the US,so until my digestive track goes into full parisis and I can't even drink water without it causing extreame pain,I can't have it treated or undergo surgery.

Ryan Cartrette

2y↑1

Shes having a really scary day. Can she not take the test tomorrow? Thank God for this lovely crew.

Jane Hall

3y↑73

Do they not allow students to make up exams for medical emergencies in the UK?

TheNewLeaves

3y↑17

I think they may be standardized. We take standardized tests in Alberta in grades 6,9, and 12. You can take the test again the next year, but every child in the province takes the test at the same time and you can't make it up. In grade 12, it's worth a HUGE percent of your final grade and can impact your university enrollment.
Edit to add: I'm not sure what tests she was taking but that's just my guess. Something similar maybe.

Kitty Does Cosplay

3y↑6

In the US you can only retake them once during a specific week so I wonder if it was something similar and this was her retake.

Alexander Nordic

3y↑1

@TheNewLeaves so what about the students who are sick?

TheNewLeaves

3y↑1

@Alexander Nordic they wait until the end of the following semester and take it at that time.

Julie Mitchell

3y↑8

RIDICULOUSLY INSANE!!!
SHE WAS FIGHTING TO BREATHE. CAN'T BELIEVE THEY GAVE HER AN EXTRA HOUR TO "SORT HERSELF OUT".

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Janyce Parks

3y↑7

I love Darron's smile

Jordan Rosalie

3y↑2

Little lad at the end had my heart breaking 🥺🥺

Alexa von

3y↑2

love comparing services in the UK to Canada! I would love to work in the UK one day!

ThePurpleCrabApocalypse

3y↑5

I watched one episode and this is all I will watch on YouTube now I love watching ER shows

Luv To cook

I absolutely love my English heritage from my Grandfather who immigrated to Canada before WW1 and served for Canada and in WW2 as well… I also absolutely love the accent and their kind words… if someone called a woman or man sweetie in the US and even parts of Canada there would be serious pushback lolz… Don’t call me sweetie… I’m not your sweetie!!!

Yet over the Pond everyone calls everyone that… now I know why I call everyone hun, and my Dad called everyone Dearie…. It’s amazing how our heritage can affect how we talk… the words we use… I say hun out of a deep respect… as did my Dad…
I think if we all went back to talking like that in a respectful way we would be a way more kinder society… but maybe I’m looking through my rose coloured glasses again 😂

BloodylocksBathory

3y↑12

I don't understand kids. They'll refuse to eat broccoli and yet consume a whole bottle of nasty bitter pills just because they look like candy.

Philip Ojomo

3y↑2

from my experience dealing with little children, I learned that kids like candy and snacks better than anything else usually because candy is always the same texture and taste, unlike fruits and veggies that taste different depending on how ripe they are and their different textures that might not be appealing to kids. Candy also comes in attractive bright colors unlike vegetables that aren’t always an interesting color for a child.

ashlee koehn

3y↑3

It's absolutely wild that taking an ambulance for a ride to school because here in the US I would rather die than deal with the bill of an ambulance ride.

Avis Brown

When I had gallbladder attacks, I felt like I was having a heart attack. My 3rd major attack was when they found out I needed emergency gall bladder surgery. I know it hurts.

The only 2

3y↑1

I had the same thing that the first lady, also had that removed and still had that pain, its awful i can feel this lady pain, hope shes ok now

Mary Star

3y↑13

🤣😅2nd episode, Starting at 10:44 Telling the story when she went on a call as a student. Upon arriving, the person answering the door was stark naked, as was every one in the home.
Turns out the whole area was a nudist village. I was imagining
those that go door to door, Bible in hands
doing missionary work, and stumbling into this nudist village! "Holy Mother of God!" they'd scream as they ran away like bats out of Hell!

Me

Been here with the gall bladder pain. I had a stone stuck in the bile duct and it was awful. My c-sections were nothing compared to this pain.

Fearless

3y↑12

If an ambulance shows up in the us, you'd better expect someone to have lost a leg.

NotYou

3y↑2

And to have a check in hands

McDepression with large fries

or overdose. that’s the only time i’ve seen ambulances unless it’s for older people

Moose Head

3y↑5

Lady on the couch....The green whistle would have been nice.
Sweet lil child ate moms pills..nice to see a happy, cheery little sweetheart like that....sooooo precious!

SpeedDS DemonStar

I live in the US so I've never had gas & air or the green whistle, but aren't they basically the same, just one is easier to transport? Also, they said the reason the gas & air wouldn't help is because she was incapable of breathing deeply enough; wouldn't it be the same problem with the green whistle?

BoxHamwich Derp

3y↑122

Why couldn't the school just postpone her test till the next day?!

Annaelle May

3y↑7

My region has something like those exams (I think it's because we were once under British rule) and it's called CSEC. It's not something the school can postpone. If something happens then students have a grace period and after that is up they're not allowed to enter the exam room. In order to prevent cheating or something it must be done on the same day the exam is set for. I had a friend who had to stay back after school hours to complete several exams because of clashes with his exam schedule.

Ak!

3y↑12

i remember when i was in middle school a classmate had gotten accidentally run over his legs and the school principal took the tests to the hospital for him to do them😑

littlemari

3y↑3

They mentioned that it was the GCSEs which is a nationwide exam therefore it cant be postponed. GSCE exam papers are set 2 years in advance where I'm from and postponing to another day may result in friends spreading exam questions to others and letting them prepare beforehand. This is why they dont allow postponing and instead, students have to arrive within the time frame of the paper to avoid spreading of information and its not like they can create a whole new test paper for a student as mentioned above, they are planned months beforehand.

Marie xx

@CMichiyo here they just make extra exams for when you are sick and can‘t take it on the normal date, even for national exams. So other students can‘t really tell you anything because the tasks will be completely different.

Hello Sweetheart

3y↑3

26:28 the driver calling the passenger a wimp when he just admitted he can handle anything but spiders in the last video 😂

MikeTradesSpy

3y↑2

What a crazy thought. People actually wanting to step foot into an ambulance and seek life saving treatment without the fear of financial devastation from the US healthcare system

Muhammad Usman

3y↑25

That toddler 😍

Alyssa Noel

Melvin has such a beautiful warm smile.

H L

1y↑1

People with panic attack is no joke, everyone reacts different ....

Hello Sweetheart

3y↑14

Poor melvin and jeanine, what a beautiful Man so smiley

HappyDays

When I was 26 I had my gallbladder removed.

I waited for 12 hours in terrible pain to go to the Emergency Room because my sister-in-law had previously told me that she'd had a problem with her gallbladder and had been in severe pain for a "long time" at one point because of it. I didn't think 12 hours was what a person would consider a particularly long time, but went to the E.R. anyway. I felt like I was being a big baby and was a bit embarrassed to go.

A while later I asked my sister-in-law how long she'd been in pain and she said, "15 minutes." When she went to the doctor he told her that her gallbladder was normal.

C.Stinson

Aussie here, I can reassure you that some of us are terrified of spiders too!

Tandi Parent

I like the ramp at the back of the ambulance, it looks so much easier on the patient.

patsy pryor

3y↑2

I can't believe the lady with severe abdominal pain does not get her restrictive belt and jeans off!

Audrey Terry

It’s nice that you provide the resolution! Thanks!

Grandma Nancy

The voice of the presenter is very calming. Well presented program.

Elisa arasa

Jajaj I also made a deal with the medics once just like that girl... but I ended up in the hospital bc my pressure wouldn’t go up🥲

CH007EH

3y↑3

10 out of 10 pain is always subjective. 🤷🏼‍♀️😆

Is it normal that there is a deadline for exams in Britain? 🤔

26:37 I was just like: well that was fast! 😳😂😂😂

James Pearson

3y↑21

Who else had to go back and read the subtitles the first time they heard them say ibuprofen?

timothy benton

When my son was younger, I had gone through an accident requiring back surgery. They gave me pain medication and decided with a 3-year-old that I would hide it above a bookshelf in my bedroom, but I figured it was out of his reach; the child-proof lid was just another obstacle.
When I went to the bathroom, which was very difficult to do with the pain involved, my son climbed on top of the bookcase, used the curtains to pull himself up to the shelf above, figured out how to open the child-proof lid, and started to eat my oxy's like candy.
When I caught him, I screamed for my wife to call the ambulance; I could not drive due to meds in me, then kept him calm until they arrived (my sister, a doctor, told me not to induce vomiting).
They gave him charcoal, he pooped black for a couple of days, and I bought a safe to ensure this never happened again.

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