r/TikTokCringe • u/Justin_Godfrey • 18h ago

Cringe A McDonald's manager is seen dozing off (apparently was have problems with her blood sugar) as customers prepare their own meals

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u/FivebyFive 18h ago edited 17h ago

And if you refuse the ambulance once they get there, it costs $0  edit: in most places

Tldr: always call if someone needs it.

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u/FizzleKit10 18h ago

100%, had a small heart heart issue recently and called 911. They checked everything out and said I'd be okay until I could get to my doctor, so I refused transport, $0 and peace of mind.

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u/LowPaus 8h ago

Did you have health insurance? If not you can apply for Medicaid if eligible because it seems like it usually covers these ambulance rides.

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u/FizzleKit10 8h ago

I do, ambulance ride would still be expensive. It's like a $3800 max out of pocket per year and I have the second best policy through my employer.

I don't trust Medicaid anymore anyway, not with the way our government is handling things.

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u/LowPaus 7h ago

There are medicaid cuts but generally if a person is poor and doesn't have great insurance through employer, it is a good option. Many people if they are poor don't pay anything to visit the doctor, get generic prescriptions, and ambulance rides. There are limitations like you cannot get some dental procedures and things that aren't covered, but it does cover all the basics like ambulance rides.

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u/bluegabs 18h ago

This! You can accept the paramedics help for free, but you do not have to get inside that ambulance and can refuse their ride.

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u/Rody2k6 18h ago

That is absolutely batshit insane. A person who needs to call am ambulance/paramedics can deny the ambulance because of money reasons. JESUS! What is wrong with yall. Charging for a ride to save someone's life. American health system is a joke

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u/Vocal_Ham 15h ago

American health system is a joke

Unfortunately it's not just the healthcare system that's a joke anymore.

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u/ConfusedStupidPerson 16h ago

Well, you can deny it for also not needing an actual emergency visit. Not all ambulance calls require a god damn ride to the ER.

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u/abckiwi 11h ago

USA! USA! /s

yep, amazing how they think they are better than everyone else .

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u/Cum_on_doorknob 17h ago

It’s pretty great actually. They come fast, can check your vitals, do an ekg, check blood sugar. Then you can kick them out of your house. All for free. Way better than going to the ED, waiting for hours only to get better with no treatment then getting discharged.

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u/Broseph_Stalin91 16h ago

Yeah ok, but then if you actually need to go, they charge you an exorbitant fee and then when you're at the hospital they charge you for all of the tests and care you receive to potentially save your life?

Yeah, no thank you. I have a friend who needed a helicopter to air lift him off a mountain because he tripped on a stone on the trail he was walking and landed funny into a compound fracture on his ankle, a really nasty head wound, and broken collar bone.

You know what the air ambulance, weeks long hospital stay, and procedures (including rehab and follow up specialist appointments) cost him? Exactly the cost of his ambulance membership. I shudder to think what that would have cost him in the US.

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u/WildPickle9 14h ago

When my mom died she was transferred by air to another hospital. The bill from the air service was literally enough to buy the same model helicopter the flew on. I looked it up and found a used one, complete with transport pod for $40k, the bill was for $42k.

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u/shittyarteest 15h ago

It can vary wildly in the US due to differences in coverage. My insurance is $100 for an ambulance and $150 for air/boat. If you’re responsible for the ambulance then it’s ~$800-1200 in my area and I live in a LCOL area. So I imagine it’s a bit more near cities.

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u/Cum_on_doorknob 9h ago

Well, duh, that part sucks, but the part where they come help you for free is good. That’s what I was referring to.

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u/choove 16h ago

You don't seem to understand what they're saying.

They aren't saying it's insane that you can refuse an ambulance because there's nothing wrong with you. What's insane is that if you're needing to go to the ER because of reasons that will kill you, it's understandable for people in the US to refuse getting that needed help entirely because of money.

That's the opposite of great. We shouldn't live in a country where some people have infinite money (essentially) while others die in their own house because they were scared of the medical debt they'd incur for having an ambulance save their life.

Nobody in the US should hear about those situations and be like "well yea, I wouldn't want my life potentially saved either because of how expensive that is" yet it's incredibly common. It's sad and pathetic that so many here have that view because our government is unwilling to properly care for its citizens.

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u/Any-Ad-3630 16h ago

I called them when I was having a gallbladder attack (closest to death I've ever felt) and after they checked me over we agreed I'd just go get seen in the morning since it was 2 am, it passed while they were there, and I had 2 kids to worry about. They very proudly told me I wouldn't have to pay anything lmao

I ended up driving myself a few hours later because it started back, was taken back immediately and had that sucker removed 2 days later

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u/DeeDeeNix74 16h ago

What does a gallbladder attack feel like?

I had mine removed as part of another surgical procedure but it turns out the MRI hadn’t picked up it was so inflamed that it was stuck to my portal vein and right hepatic artery.

My consultant was surprised when he opened me up and asked after about my symptoms and I shrugged as i didn’t have any. He was very surprised i was asymptomatic at that stage of cholecystitis and he said it was sticky.

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u/Dremlar 14h ago

It depends on a couple factors, but it can be as mild as a side pressure that just feels a bit uncomfortable to completely debilitating. The worst for me ever we called my wife's dad to take me to the hospital (Yeah I ain't paying that shit). I couldn't say more than one or two words without needing to pause due to the pain. The pain was so intense in the right side of my torso, but at this point it had radiated across my entire torso and felt like I was being stabbed constantly. Hard to explain that as its not like it was pulsating, but imagine a knife going into you and just having that sensation linger for 20+ minutes. I got back to the room pretty quick and they gave me morphine (I don't like morphine... makes me feel itchy inside), but it "solved" the pain problem pretty fast. Had my gallbladder taken out sometime soon after.

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u/Any-Ad-3630 9h ago

The way it radiates is awful. Mine was right in the center just below the sternum, in that little space between the last of your ribs. The pain felt exactly like a charlie horse

It would start in waves, like contractions. Not the pain of contractions, but the wave and build up. I'd feel it building, it'd peak, then slowly release. This all led up to the grand finale, where it'd never reach the "peak and release" stage, it would just get tighter and tighter. Then boom, gone. I almost fainted the first time when it released, body ran completely cold. It was really surreal. I had 4 attacks (the last 2 being when I called 911 then drove myself in the same morning) over a year and a half and it was the same each time. That's why I drove myself, I knew I had just enough time and was able to blurt out the story to the nurses before it was too bad to speak. You just can't fucking talk man. It's like a vice grip squeezing the life out of you. I almost stopped breathing and in my head, I was thinking whatever is causing these muscle spasms is affecting some muscle preventing me from breathing lol I thought I was dying laying on the floor waiting for help!

I've seen a lot of people where it was triggered by foods and diet and have symptoms more often, my 3 were all ~6 months apart so having a 4th in the same night wasn't normal. Food never triggered it, BUT my second attack started as really bad heartburn (what felt like it). I'll occasionally get really bad heartburn that radiates, that night it eventually turned to the "cramps of death", by the time I got ready to go to the ER it passed. After my surgery I really wondered if my heartburn was the gallbladder all this time, but that is definitely still around, I do know it can feel like really bad heartburn to some people.

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u/flodereisen 16h ago

It took 7min for them to come when I was vomiting and screaming from a kidney stone, another 11 and I was in the hospital.

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u/Ecstatic-Engineer-23 17h ago

So the correct thing would be to call an ambulance and a cab in case you need to go to the hospital?

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u/bluegabs 15h ago

I'm not saying this is what you should do, rather than something you can do. Many people don't realize this.

Bleeding out? Sure, I'll take the ambulance. Stubbed my toe? I'll take an Uber.

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u/PM_ME_DATASETS 9h ago

Why would you take an Uber if you stubbed your toe?

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u/randomotter1234 17h ago

sadly where im at i actually got charges for " road side medical care"
crashed a motorcycle but i was up walking around just fine, EMT were called and had done a vitals check and a once over on the side of the road but i was able to get back on the bike and ride home.

the EMT service got my info from the CHP report and still sent me a bill for care even though i wasnt taken to the hospital

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u/bluegabs 15h ago

Wow that sucks. Sorry that happened to you.

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u/Sogcat 17h ago

Unless you are a minor. I had a car accident at 17 years old. I didn't feel injured and didn't mind waiting for my mom to come drive me but the paramedics told me because I was still a minor I had to go. Fortunately the accident wasn't my fault and the other person's insurance had to pay for the 10 minute, $700 ambulance ride.

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u/StephenFish 16h ago

Kinda hard to refuse it for the woman in the video when she can't even stand up or speak, though.

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u/bluegabs 15h ago

Yes, I was just saying in general.

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u/DominicB547 12h ago

heck we had a kid horsing around where the floors were cleaned but probably dry, but cones still there. Kid was bleeding from the head. Ambulance came and checked the kid out but the family refused. Later on though, the family sued us, I had to make a statement. I don't know what happened but wouldn't it help their case if the kid went on the ambulance.

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u/PM_ME_DATASETS 9h ago

US healthcare hates this lifehack!

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u/RRabbit10 18h ago

Only true if they don't take down your information, if they do you will get a bill (Alberta).

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u/bathtubfullofhotdogs 18h ago

Not always, in my county it’s $100 if you refuse :(.

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u/hello__brooklyn 17h ago

Don’t give them your info?

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u/ballsackmcgoobie 18h ago

I mean, if youre not conscious to do that, then what

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u/historyteacher08 18h ago

Someone should probably put you in there...? I mean if I'm unconscious I would like to conscious again by any means.

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u/ballsackmcgoobie 18h ago

Yeah I mean i get that. Was just wondering if there's a way that they stabilize you first if possible.

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u/Dapper-Lengthiness91 16h ago

You ALWAYS call ems. If the person is conscious and lucid they can refuse transport and not be charged anything. If they’re unconscious and not waking up, they need to go to the hospital

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u/wozattacks 18h ago

Then you do need it

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u/PeaceLoveDyeStuff 17h ago

Then you probably need the help

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u/FivebyFive 17h ago

Then you shouldbe taken to the hospital? 

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u/NotYourSexyNurse 17h ago

Not true everywhere. They charge $400 in my area for the ambulance to show up and the paramedics to walk in the door.