I understand many times people panic when they see blood and think things are a lot worse than they really are, but then other times it is just because people are too lazy to take the bus to the hospital or because they can't stand to let a fever plague them for more than an hour.
One such call was dispatched to us as a traumatic injury, both us and fire were sent, priority one (lights and sirens). When we arrived we found a middle aged woman with a slightly bloodied hand towel wrapped around her finger. She had cut her finger while preparing dinner. We uncovered the wound and found a tiny superficial laceration that had completely stopped bleeding after she had applied a little pressure. We calmed the woman, placed a regular band aid on the tip of her finger and were on our way, after trying to explain how future "emergencies" should be handled.
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