Some 911 calls that came in during 2017 were especially strange, from a man who had a fish jump down his throat when he pretended to eat it, to a skydiver who lived after falling onto an airplane. Here are the top ten craziest EMS calls received in 2017!
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A man calls EMS to report himself after running into five cars.
A man who fled on foot after crashing into five cars, eventually called paramedics to help treat him from injuries he may have sustained (he had no injuries and was arrested).
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A patient escapes an ambulance and goes naked 30 feet above highway.
A patient suffering from schizophrenia jumped out of an ambulance and climbed on a 30 foot excavator on the Palmetto Expressway, before removing his clothes and claiming to be a serial killer.
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Skydiver survives after colliding with an airplane.
A small plane became entangled with a skydiver under its aircraft for about an hour before landing safely. Paramedics treated the jumper for minor bruises.
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Man is bitten after trying to kiss rattlesnake.
EMS was called to airlift a Florida man to the hospital after he tried to kiss a rattlesnake, but was instead bitten on the tongue.
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Woman didn’t realize she was pregnant and gave birth on sidewalk.
A woman was waiting to be taken to the hospital by a friend after experiencing severe abdominal pain, when she soon realized the source of her pain. She didn’t know she was pregnant and ended up giving birth to a baby on the sidewalk.
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Man fleeing police calls them for help after getting stuck.
A Utah man called 911 to be rescued after hiding from police in a church boiler room, where he got stuck.
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Indonesia man swallowed completely by a python.
Villagers discovered a young man after searching for hours when they noticed an engorged 23 foot-long python near his picking tool and boot.
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Man with PTSD attacks EMS after claiming to fight Russians.
EMS was attacked by a man being removed from a shelter, claiming to be in Uzbekistan and fighting off the Russians, who he mistook for them.
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Man saved by paramedics after fish jumps down throat.
Paramedics saved a man who had gone into cardiac arrest after a fish jumped down his throat while he was pretending to swallow it. It took six dangerous attempts to remove the 5.5 inch Dover sole.
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Dispatch called when python “won’t let go of women’s hand.”
Police and firefighters responded to a call from a woman who tried to give a python a bath, which instead stuck its teeth and wrapped itself around her hand.
Source: “The top 10 strangest EMS calls of 2017,” EMS1.com.
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