To think if your child was unresponsive you would phone an ambulance?

[PumpkinPie2013]

Or at least drive straight to A&E if you could and it would be quicker?

Yesterday my 5 month old was his usual self in the morning but then after lunch was crying constantly (which he never does!), felt hot, didn't want toys/sleep/milk.

I took clothes off to cool him, tried teething gel and paracetomol all to no avail.

I was worried so rang my gp surgery but it was closed for staff training so the message said ring go to doc which I did.

I explained the problem to the person who answered and she said they were a reduced service during the day (fair enough) and had very few appointments available. She didn't start to offer me an appointment but just went silent.

I explained again that I was quite worried as my son couldn't be consoled and my usual gp was closed.

She then said 'Is your baby responsive?' I confirmed he was and she said 'ok well you might be better to go to the walk in centre then'

End of conversation.

Now, I know she has to ask if he's responsive and I have no problem with that. However, AIBU to think that if your child was unresponsive you'd call an ambulance?

Honestly, I wouldn't have even thought to ring go to doc if he'd have been unresponsive!

In the end my neighbour who is a gp came home and saw ds and put it down to teething and a possible cold (I'be had a bad cold all week) and ds settled in the evening.

They probably have set questions to ask.

I sometimes have to call an ambulance at work if a woman rings labour ward and says she's pushing. Someone stays on one line with her and someone else rings 999 to send an ambulance to her.

So I ring and say I'm a midwife and need an ambulance for someone having a baby. I'm always asked if she's breathing and if she's responsive.

They have to cater the lowest denominator and TBF if child is apparently asleep you may not realise if they are unresponsive

There was actually a lady on here whose GP surgery didn't ask and only took her unresponsive DS to A&E after asking MN. So yes, they should check.

You'd be quite right to call an ambulance if he was unresponsive but I think Viva is right, they have set questions to ask. In the days when the service was called NHS Direct, they asked me the same question about a baby who was quite audibly screaming the place down in the background.