911... what is your emergency?

So when you call 911, they will always ask you "what is your EMERGENCY?"

I'd like to know how a 40-something patient explains that her 'emergency' is that she had a "cough that started yesterday and was bothering her" with a straight face.

She was alert and oriented, ambulatory, and without mental deficiencies. Although I'm prone to not believe the last characteristic to be true.

But she called 911... she was dead serious... she took the ambulance in... and she would not leave when they wanted to discharge her. She made the ED docs life such hell that they finally admitted her.

And as you guessed it... she did not have medical insurance AND her cough was creating her so much pain that she needed some narcotics as soon as possible. LIKE NOW!!!