Comments on: The Shining…!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:46:30 +0000

You don’t want CS mate, the yoof would just start attacking ambulance crews to steal the CS, after all they already mug people for stab vests, so you’d just end up having more stuff they want to steal from you. It’s not all that anyway…

By: kingmagic

kingmagic — Sat, 30 May 2009 11:05:07 +0000

Louise…you dont have to put up with aggressive drunks. Sure, try to placate them and treat them but if they continue…chuck them off the truck.

esworp…thanks. MPs have been aware of this for years but as I’ve said until one of us dies it aint gonna change.

LC…thats the thing about our country now…if we defend ourselves it us that has to justify it. If you are a twatty scum bag in this country then you are looked after…if you are hard working, you are persecuted.

Rach…thanks Rach. Sign of the times. Every shift I am coming across aggro. Glad to have you in my corner. x

Lil sis…an MP would not last five minutes. But they would soon realise how unprotected we really are. Big Bro x

Nick Hough…stab vests should be the minimum standard. We need proper conflict resolution training as well.

By: kingmagic

kingmagic — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:16:33 +0000

Tom…did you not proof read your article or get the chance to see your pic before it was published? Could have been worse…

By: Tom Reynolds

Tom Reynolds — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:29:09 +0000

Fuck me! Next time you have a horrific picture like that please stick it under a warning of something. Scared the crap out of me…

By: Nick Hough

Nick Hough — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:38:07 +0000

I know that the West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) started trialling stab-vests in April 2008. Although I don’t know what the outcome of that was – I’ve never seen crews wearing them, and St John have no provision to be provided with them whilst we’re working alongside them in Shropshire that I know about.

I do know that South West Ambulance Service (SWAS) provide their crews (and their students) with stab-vests.

Regards,
Nick
http://nickhough.blogspot.com

By: Bendy Girl

Bendy Girl — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:51:30 +0000

I was about to ask if the petition to provide ambulance staff with stab vests got anywhere! Is that a new petition Rach?
I think we should force MP’s to spend friday and saturday nights for a month with ambulance crews, paid for out of their own expenses naturally. That’s probably what it’ll take to get them to wake up and legislate for your protection
Stay safe Big bro, lil sis x

By: Rach

Rach — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:13:31 +0000

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/999crew/ Try this one mate, I suppose if we don’t try we don’t anything, even though I didn’t hear a thing about my last one…xx

By: Rach

Rach — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:07:23 +0000

And then you get some prick in my local area that goes to the papers because Ambo staff stood back and waited for police assistance in an area where anything could have happened to them…..arghhh….you know my feelings, I wish I could do more to help but I will continue fighting in your corner for as long as I can….xx

By: LC

LC — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:19:46 +0000

Taking the oxy cylinder out of the bag and you have a rather solid club to discourage some idiot if necessary, and the good old standby of the mag-light to the head (though I don’t know if UK ambos have them). Though by the sounds of it, if you actually did defend yourself you would be the one in hot water.

An interesting (anecdotal) one for the local paras, is that they have some sort of sedative known informally as “Shut the F**k Up” in the vehicle. If the patient starts getting rowdy (and hence dangerous in a moving vehicle) they threaten or give him a dose of STFU and things get better for everyone.

By: esworp

esworp — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:23:56 +0000

Letter to MP dispatched. One probably won’t help, but if enough do it…
And he is the shadow health bod, so he might raise it to score a few points.
Be safe.