It is amazing the older generations, how they never think that what they are suffering with would ever warrant an ambulance. I have come across several who have indeed made their own to the hospital, or a concerned family member have called us, but still they don't want to "put us out". Yet time and time again we are sent out on wild goose chases to people who wouldn't warrant an ambulance, let alone need one, in a month of Sundays. They are also very good at coping with pain I find, I came across a lovely old dear a little while back who had fallen and we were querying a fractured neck of femur (NOF) there was all the classic signs, rotation and shortening. She was such a lovely lady, but she said very clearly that she was fine, it was just a little bang, she just needed helping up and then she would pop herself to bed and if it was any worse in the morning she might pop over to the doctors to see about some tablets for it. Yet we go out to "young uns" who have got a tummy ache and its like world war three has broken out! (we did manage to eventually persuade her to go to A&E and indeed she did have a fractured NOF)