The frivolous, bizarre and ridiculous reasons Victorians are calling Triple Zero

Victorians are calling Triple Zero in search of rapid antigen tests, because they had a nightmare or they simply can’t get to sleep.

Ambulance Victoria’s acting Chief Operations Officer, Anthony Carlyon, joined 3AW Breakfast on Monday to make another plea to the public to only call the emergency hotline in exactly those circumstances – an emergency.

He said there were more than 90,000 calls in the last six months, alone, that did not require an ambulance.

Mr Carlyon detailed some of the frivolous, bizarre and ridiculous reasons people had rung Triple Zero recently.

“Somebody who couldn’t get their Spotify to work,” he said.

“They were withdrawing from alcohol and wanted to listen to music.

“Recently, we had a mother call because a child was spinning around and got dizzy.

“Not sleeping is a common call for ambulance, for a variety of reasons.

“And somebody pricked themselves with an acupuncture needle to see if it was sharp.”

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