I was reading a post over at Medic999 where we got chatting about Rapid Response Vehicles (RRV) and staffing levels. A few years ago it didn’t matter whether you were an Ambulance Technician or a Paramedic you could work on a response car.
I was on an RRV in an area that doesn’t have its own [...]
I have just seen this article HERTS AMBULANCE PAIR SUSPENDED IN CHILD PORN PROBE
What on earth makes people download Child Pornography?
As a Medical Practitioner and a Father I despise people that use Child pornography and hope that they get the maximum sentence when it comes to convicting them. It appears that this type of activity [...]
If ya have a spare hour its worth heading over to www.copycodethree.com to download or listen on-line to Tom Reynolds of Random Acts of Reality talking about how he started off in the NHS, and life and politics in London….
I have just read an article on the BBC Website - Gas inhaling doctor can practice and was angered by the story. In a nutshell, a Doctor whilst on duty on a Children’s Ward inhaled entonox, a pain relieving gas, not just once, but four times, one of those times was described as an Entonox [...]
As you can tell, when I’m not on the road I read too much news about the Ambulance Service…
was reading this particular article which wound me up!
This is an incident in London where a patient had to wait a whole 16 minutes for an Ambuance – I’m sure some people would welcome an Ambulance in [...]
OK People, listen up and listen up good!
This swine flu malarkey isn’t as bad as the media is making out, many more people die every year from normal flu than has died from the Swine Flu.
But that said, we don’t want it anymore than you do, so please dont call us, call your GP or [...]
This isn’t the first time that I will have blogged about this, and it certainly wont be the last!
One of my RSS feeds chucked out this article – OAP left waiting by dining paramedics
The story states that a 96 year old female who had fallen waited over an hour for an ambulance because they were [...]
Vibrating Siren
I read this report from the BBC News Website last night.
What a great idea!! Its common for us to be impeded by the inability of the average driver to notice a large bright yellow van with flashing headlights, blue lights and a loud siren so I am all for any other device to help [...]
Over the weekend we assisted a friend with providing medical cover at a country fair. To be honest the weekend was thankfully pretty uneventful, however one patient stuck in my mind. Not because of the severity of the patient, but more due to the stupidity of their parents!
The weekend was quite warm and had a [...]
I have read this article today and my faith in the general public has been restored!
We don’t do this job for the thanks or for the money (although id does help pay the bills) we do it because we genuanly want to help people!
Having said that, a quick thank you doesn’t cost anything and it [...]
