I blame NHSdirect and over-cautious procedures for my last ambulance - I'd been having chest pains for about an hour and my painkillers weren't helping, so I called NHSdirect hoping they could suggest, oh I don't know, breathing techniques or stretches or something. Instead... "Do you have trouble breathing?" "Not really, it's just a bit tight." "Do you have pain in your arm?" "No." "Are you pale or grey, particularly your lips?" "No - look, there's nothing wrong with my heart you know..." "I'm sending you an ambulance." "But I don't need one!" "Sorry, I have to send you an ambulance." Cue two paramedics dashing to my flat and finding an extremely embarrassed little me going "I'm really, really sorry..."