Comments on: Ambulance Service Abuse…!!! http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/ambulance-service-abuse/ The Ramblings of a Paramedic Stretcher Monkey Thu, 23 May 2013 00:57:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ecparamedic http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/ambulance-service-abuse/#comment-340 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:03:08 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/ambulance-service-abuse/#comment-340 By having you out on an inappropriate call the numpty is preventing an ambulance being available to someone who needs it. Might have a lead in with the recent legislation that criminalised the obstruction of emergency personnel.

Failing that, the service can go down the ‘abusing the 999 system’ line which is an offence under the Telecommunications Act. Any half decent CAC manager should have a line into the local Police Station to get that sorted out for the persistant (blatant) abusers.

SD

]]> By: Iain MacBain http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/ambulance-service-abuse/#comment-338 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:38:08 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/ambulance-service-abuse/#comment-338 Went to a 999 because a womans husband did not like driving in town and she had an appointment. What can you do.

it makes me sick that people believe thats what were there for. Charge them- I say sue them. Wasting police time is an offence, it should be for us too.

]]> By: kingmagic http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/ambulance-service-abuse/#comment-337 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:09:52 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/ambulance-service-abuse/#comment-337 Is anyone have problems seeing the recording clip?

Seems I can view it on some computers but not on others!

If it is playing up then I,ll try and sort it. Fingers crossed…

]]> By: Emmbee http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/ambulance-service-abuse/#comment-336 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:29:13 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/ambulance-service-abuse/#comment-336 Bill ‘em I say. No really I think a charge of, maybe, 50 quid should be levied at source for all calls. This could be refunded if the call was genuine. Also I think it would be a good idea to bill the sheltered housing call centres for when we go out and pick old people up off the floor. I don’t begrudge doing it at all but these housing schemes are getting out of hours cover for free.

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