Took the dogs for a walk close to midnight as I was bored, and it was rather pretty with a light snow dusting. Walked to the nexus of the neighborhood, with all the bars and stores, tied up the pups, quickly grabbed a single can of brew at the quickee mart, and strolled back home with dogs in tow.

50ft from the front door, at an intersection, a man screams to me, as hes hunched over the passenger side of a Honda Civic, "Do you have a phone?! Shes seizing!!" Sure enough, the woman was slumped over the wheel, twitching. I yelled back that he should clear her airway and thatd Id be back in seconds with a cordless phone from the house, after dumping the dogs inside.

So in all of maybe 90 seconds, I return, calling 911 in the process, getting cops and EMTs on the way--and Im thinking I might be having to pull this chick from her car and revive her, if her panicking companion had totally freaked out instead of helping...but as Im approaching the car, I notice that shes seemingly lucid behind the wheel, with the guy in the passenger seat. Im in front of the car, and yell, "wait for the EMTs to check you out!".  But instead, they both look at me coldly, and she revs the engine as if to say, "Ill go through you if I must." I step out of the way, and she peels out, tearing through a residential neighborhood at top speed, fishtailing and squealing around a turn a few blocks down.

What a waste of my time, on somebody that was likely just piss drunk. Had to stay up late to deal with the cops and even a fire engine that showed up. Fire engine as they have a firehouse 2 blocks away and are trained EMTs.

Next time Ill just shoot them with the shotgun Ive been considering getting. Itll save everybody time and hassle.

/me gesticulates wildly.

Should have noted the number plate, and given it to the cops

Could have been trying to nick your phone. :|

What a waste of my time, on somebody that was likely just piss drunk. Had to stay up late to deal with the cops and even a fire engine that showed up. Fire engine as they have a firehouse 2 blocks away and are trained EMTs.

over here they equip some fire crews with defibrillators as their response times are often quicker than paramedics IIRC - tis a bit strange that a big red truck gets there faster than a white van but it makes sense to send them too in the case of a cardiac arrest

and that from my experience fire crews drive like maniacs compared to paramedics

also if youre out in the sticks there are more fire stations around than hospitals. Nearest fire station to my parents place is about 10 miles, nearest hospital is double that.