Why Did You Call?

We have had a rash of weird reasons for calling the emergency 911 system recently. Actually, it is an on-going problem and a woman was recently prosecuted for calling 911 to have a police officer come to her house because she thought he was "cute". Some of the not-so-cute calls we had in the last few days were:

• Emergency response for a headache - admittedly, the so-called patient thought that if he would not have drank some much beer, he would not have the headache.
• Complaint of allergic reaction to medication - but on our arrival the complaint changed to "hurting all over". Somehow the patient decided he was now "allergic" to his anti-psychotic medication that he had been taking (and doing quite well) for about 6 months. He suddenly decided he was allergic and stopped his medication. Surprisingly enough, he was having significant issues with paranoia and anxiety.
• Code 3 emergency response for an overdose because a lady thought the prescribed single pill of Vicodin was not doing the trick and took two. Never mind that the last time she had the same prescription, the label said "take one or two every four hours."

I have to keep reminding myself, just because it does not appear to be an "emergency" to me, it still might seem that way to the person calling 911...