内容摘要：The only updates provided widely to pediatricians by the CDC have come from a health alert network update sent on March 7, a week after the first U.S. measles death in a decade, and the letter sent to providers last week, which, according to the pediatric academy officials, was late in the outbreak.

The only updates provided widely to pediatricians by the CDC have come from a health alert network update sent on March 7, a week after the first U.S. measles death in a decade, and the letter sent to providers last week, which, according to the pediatric academy officials, was late in the outbreak.

Worrall’s craziest call came one afternoon when a man phoned to say his son’s pet alligator had escaped and was hiding under the sofa.“I asked if he’d been hurt, and he said, no. He was scared,” Worrall recounted.

He wanted paramedics to help him corral the toothy reptile.“I told him that we wouldn’t be sending an ambulance for something like that. And he said, ‘So you’re not going to send me any help until I get bit, is that right?’ I went, ‘That’s correct.’”The Welsh Ambulance Service isn’t alone in publicizing the wacky calls they got last year. The South Western Ambulance Service in England this week said more than a quarter of the 1 million-plus calls it fielded last year did not merit sending help.

The non-emergency calls included a person looking for assistance in finding their walking stick, a patient who had fallen off a chair — who was already in the hospital — and a woman who complained of having a “horrendous nightmare.”Emergency calls “are for situations where minutes matter and lives are at risk,” said William Lee, assistant operations director at South Western Ambulance. “Inappropriate calls tie up our emergency lines and divert valuable resources away from those in genuine need.”

Worrall was gobsmacked the gator caller thought paramedics were the panacea for his problem.

“We could be on the phone to somebody with the alligator and the next call I take could be a cardiac arrest and they’ve had to wait in line for the call to be answered,” she said. “And we could have lost significant time getting hands on chest to do CPR.”“The city has come a long way, but I believe it now has the obligation to take a bigger leap,” said local lawmaker Emmanuel Ferrario. His centrist “Vamos por más” (Let’s go for more) party has presented five such bills now being debated in

. One seeks to create a registry of dog walkers who must pass an exam every two years and undergo CPR and animal behavior training.Co-owner Rocio Dominguez offers a treat to Tony, one of her regulars, at Chumbis, an artisanal bakery for animals, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Co-owner Rocio Dominguez offers a treat to Tony, one of her regulars, at Chumbis, an artisanal bakery for animals, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)“I see an opportunity for it to become the most pet-friendly city in the region,” Ferrario said.