I've been on calls that turned out to be diaper rash the "mother" did not recognize let alone know how to handle. Such small cuts to the fingers which one could not even squeeze out a drop of blood. Then the ones with the flu who refuse to accept they will have to feel bad for a couple of days until the virus runs its course.
Those are only a couple of call types I go on nearly every working day. People have become so helpless that they call for the least little thing. In 3 decades our run volume has gone from 1800 EMS runs to 4200 with only a 10% increase in population. These "minor" calls were unheard of when I started, they have their own category with subcategories now.
