My Greatest Challenge

<p>“911 what emergency situation do you wish to report please?” </p><p>“Yes uhm—I think I need to go to a hospital to be checked out. I was just getting ready for bed and all of a sudden I found myself waking up on the floor.” </p><p>“Do you think you had a heart attack?” </p><p>“I’m not sure—I’m not having any chest pain.” </p><p>“Okay we will have an ambulance there shortly. Is the door unlocked?” </p><p>“No it’s locked. I’ll answer the door.” </p><p>“You might wish to go ahead and unlock it. That way they can get in if they need to.” </p><p>“Okay will do.” </p><p>The rescue personnel recommend a place called the “MAC Center” (Mercy Hospital Ambulatory Care). It is only a couple of miles away. There they can do tests and recommend an appropriate hospital. </p><p>As a police scanner listener I am familiar with the transport procedure used by rescue personnel. What I hear the ambulance personnel say over their radio mike as the ambulance starts moving therefore sounds surreal to me. “We’re en route to the MAC center with a forty-eight-year-old male patient starting mileage is …” I can’t believe that this time I am the patient! Very scary thought.</p>