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AIBU?

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To have phoned an ambulance

54 replies

Rollovollo · 17/11/2018 14:26

My auntie had survey a week ago. I went to check in on her this morning, I found her in a pool of blood, in pain and barely conscious. I phoned the team she was under and the dr (who said to phone an ambulance) but now I'm hearing grief from neighbours saying it was a waste of time.
Did I do the wrong thing? Aibu?

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FermatsTheorem · 17/11/2018 19:06

The neighbours are gobshites. You did absolutely the right thing. Flowers Here's hoping for a speedy recovery for your aunt.

lljkk · 17/11/2018 19:47

Sounds like the neighbours think the old girl is a bit of a drama queen. Which maybe she is but doesn't seem relevant from what OP said.

If you could rerun the conversation, would have been great for you to say "You know my big problem is I didn't feel that I could safely move a bleeding barely conscious elderly person all by myself. She might have fallen & injured herself badly. So I'm so pleased to hear you volunteering to help me next time. Even if it's like 3am I can knock on your door & you'll rush out to help, won't you? You're such lovely neighbours to do this. I know we might get blood on our clothes & I did think she might be sick on me at one point... But that doesn't matter, does it? Everyone should help each other out. And I know you won't mind using your car to drive us to the hospital. I'm so glad my aunt lives next to you & can count on your support at any time, day or night !"

lljkk · 17/11/2018 19:50

There's an artificially created community of retired Londoners near me (literally transplanted council house tenants out of all over London to our little Norfolk town). They have fat London accents. But there's snobbery among the transplants, no kidding, where some don't talk to others at all. Almost factionalised. Sounds like the little community where OP's aunt lives.

AsleepAllDay · 18/11/2018 08:29

Ask them next time, if one of them was in a pool of blood post surgery and couldn't be moved, would they be happy to just lie there and it'd be a waste of an ambulance?

Cruel and rude, don't talk to them next time! And remember that your aunt's neighbours will not look out for her

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