Comments on: Red Mist…… http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/ The Ramblings of a Paramedic Stretcher Monkey Tue, 14 May 2013 10:12:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kingmagic http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-234 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:01:18 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-234 I dont think anyone would condone what happened in the vid johndog…unfortunately there is no audio with the vid so we dont know what was said by the man in the foyer.

The three who grabbed him and pinned him down were perhaps preventing the situation spiralling out of control (which happens frequently).

The fire officer who kicked him did it, I believe, out of frustration. I saw him kicking the man in the back not the head. (which is still no defence I know).

It is a reflection on the world that we live and work in within the emergency services, that on a daily basis we are subjected to verbal and physical abuse.

My thoughts that I posted are the result of a coping mechanism developed by me in the ambulance service over nearly 20 years. (ie…”black humour”…..or is that “dark humour” to be politically correct?)

I would never attack a defenceless person but believe me johndog I have had to defend myself from people who wanted to “tear my head off” and “kill me” for no other reason than I am in front of them. Numerous Police officers have been killed when situations have got out of hand. These are dangerous times.

]]> By: johndog http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-232 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:58:16 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-232 Hello?

I cannot believe some of the comments above condoning (or refusing to condemn) the assault on a defenceless man. It does not matter what he said, he was attacked by a fireman (watch the video) . Being a professional means you do not take 3 men to pin him to the floor whilst a 4th man kicks him 3 times in the head. What is the matter with you? Shame on you

]]> By: Kingmagic http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-221 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:04:37 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-221 Hank…I think “Emergency Services” covers all bases.
Personally I am a Paramedic. Contrary to some members of the publics opinion that I,m a taxi driver! Or a ambulance driver!
But I do like Paramedic Stretcher Monkey as that sums me up too!

]]> By: Lucy http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-219 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:52:54 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-219 Iain MacBain: can I presume the answer to your chavlet was “…and how are we spelling that? Is the life saving hyphenated or not?”

Lucy

]]> By: Iain MacBain http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-218 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:22:36 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-218 HANK,

I cant seem to post on your site at the moment without giving away my real name. In reply however ,to your question I would offer the quotation of a young chav who I came across a couple of months ago.

His shouted (?) insult was “life saving wanker”. This should cover all bases.

]]> By: Iain MacBain http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-217 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:17:01 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-217 You just dontknow. he could of just left an infant death or just be a psycho. I cant condone what he did but as mentioned camel/back.

]]> By: drunkenspaniel http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-216 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:43:31 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-216 Difficult one to judge.
In my professional opinion, it depends on his record. If the man is prone to violent outbursts on a regular basis, its time to have him moved from the front line. If this is a one off, and circumstances just got out of hand, then perhaps a more lenient stance. Either way, some kind of action has to be taken against him.
Its hard, but unfortunately, life is hard.

]]> By: Hank http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-215 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:30:21 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-215 The engine is about to go up for paramedic blogs and it will replace the static HTML links that are there now. We will go into beta in February.

What is the general term that you prefer to use today that covers paramedics,EMT, EMS, tactical medical,firefighters, etc and everyone else who saves lives in this field? When I was a kid, even paramedics were new.

The site will have categories for each but it will be for rescue personnel and I don’t want to sound too exclusive in the title.

Hank

]]> By: Emmbee http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-213 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:59:22 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-213 There’s a difference between kicking someone when they ‘re down and restraining someone. Its like you say, you don’t know what was going on there without sound and you don’t know what sort of day/week that guy had had up til then. Straws and camels backs

]]> By: Carmelo http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-211 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:14:33 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/red-mist/#comment-211 What a dick sack.

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