| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. 15:11 - Dec 21 with 3124 views | BlueBadger |
Dear The Media.
Particularly, but not exclusively, the Right Wing media. The term is 'paramedic' not 'ambulance driver'.
Despite what a small minority of ED attenders and 999/111 call handlers would have you believe, an ambulance isn't actually a f**king Uber crossed with an early 90's rave. [Post edited 21 Dec 2022 15:18]
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 15:21 - Dec 21 with 2671 views | GeoffSentence |
Pfft! If they want to be called paramedics they should leap out of aircraft from 5000 feet to deliver their services. |  |
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 15:39 - Dec 21 with 2647 views | PhilTWTD |
Good points well made, although a friend of mine recalls living in Moscow in the mid-nineties and people hailing ambulances to give them lifts as if they were taxis. |  | | |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 15:42 - Dec 21 with 2644 views | BlueBadger |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 15:39 - Dec 21 by PhilTWTD |
Good points well made, although a friend of mine recalls living in Moscow in the mid-nineties and people hailing ambulances to give them lifts as if they were taxis. |
At a hospital trust I worked at a few years back there was a notorious freeloader who'd regularly go into town. get pissed as a pudden, call a ambulance claiming chest pain then self-discharge and go home on turning up at A&E. He knocked it on the head when he got picked up by an out-of-area crew who decided to take him to a Specialist Cardiac Centre and he'd hadto find his own way home at great expense. | |
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 18:14 - Dec 21 with 2457 views | factual_blue |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 15:42 - Dec 21 by BlueBadger |
At a hospital trust I worked at a few years back there was a notorious freeloader who'd regularly go into town. get pissed as a pudden, call a ambulance claiming chest pain then self-discharge and go home on turning up at A&E. He knocked it on the head when he got picked up by an out-of-area crew who decided to take him to a Specialist Cardiac Centre and he'd hadto find his own way home at great expense. |
Let's just say I learnt my lesson. |  |
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 18:39 - Dec 21 with 2426 views | Ely_Blue |
I believe the msm have been referring to them as “ambulance workers” that is effectively what they are broadly speaking |  |
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 19:54 - Dec 21 with 2369 views | HARRY10 |
Some years ago my uncle had what we suspect was a (number of) heart attacks, and th ambulance arrived and he was in the back for quiet a while , before they set off lights blazing. We were later told that he died and they were doing their best to trevive him.
They did, and thanks to having stents inserted and other stuff he is still with us, though the years have taken its toll. But these last years were probably never meamnt to be as far as his body was concerned. I'll see him over Xmas, as will no doubt thousands of others will see theirvrelatrives who are here by the work these people do, along with nurses. Often regarded as the PBI, the poor bloody infantry, as far as some view medical staff. One step up from a cleaner
Tell that to my auntbas she stood outside her house not knowing if she would see my uncle again.
The action being taken is the end product of a long, long line of financial attacks on the staff and the NHS itself. Attacks that come from a mindset that regards that cost to business hould be reduced, by paying less and less to care for those they deem as 'useless mouths'.
Their thought is let health care be covered by insurance paid for by employers for each of their employeesLlike some vehicle breakdown service proportianate to their worth to their employer.
To acceot this. as do the i 'ever so 'umble cap doffers' do is to accept that we are little motre than units of production. And that expains why in a country that is supposedly the 5th (?) wealthiest in the world we have a chronic housing shortage, kids going hungert, and where old folk go cold and yet thick as sh it thickos vote for a government that thinks giving the wealthy a tax cut, and that extremely well paid bankers should be allowed even bigger bonuses.
Tory politicians are cnts, using Parliament to line their pockets - but that only happens because the scum among us put them there. Never forget who put them there. They walk among you, just as collaborators did in Europe in WW2. |  | | |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 20:27 - Dec 21 with 2333 views | BloomBlue |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 15:39 - Dec 21 by PhilTWTD |
Good points well made, although a friend of mine recalls living in Moscow in the mid-nineties and people hailing ambulances to give them lifts as if they were taxis. |
I worked in Moscow in the late 80s, admittedly only for 10 weeks, but Russia was so poor it was interesting. As you say a lot of ambulances would operate as taxis as the operators / paramedics weren't paid and that's how they got paid. I was being driven one day in a car and the police were stopping every car and demanding $10 for driving the wrong way down a one-way street. It wasn't a one-way street the police had simply put a temporary one-way sign on the side of the road, again it was the only way the police could get paid.
My fav was when I was driven out of Moscow to another location there was a massive hole in the road with a car crashed into the hole, no signs warning you about it, basically it was road works but they couldnt afford signs to warn you and obviously someone had driven straight into the hole. |  | | |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 20:38 - Dec 21 with 2293 views | PhilTWTD |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 20:27 - Dec 21 by BloomBlue |
I worked in Moscow in the late 80s, admittedly only for 10 weeks, but Russia was so poor it was interesting. As you say a lot of ambulances would operate as taxis as the operators / paramedics weren't paid and that's how they got paid. I was being driven one day in a car and the police were stopping every car and demanding $10 for driving the wrong way down a one-way street. It wasn't a one-way street the police had simply put a temporary one-way sign on the side of the road, again it was the only way the police could get paid.
My fav was when I was driven out of Moscow to another location there was a massive hole in the road with a car crashed into the hole, no signs warning you about it, basically it was road works but they couldnt afford signs to warn you and obviously someone had driven straight into the hole. |
My friend told me a story about coming home on a bus and overhearing a conversation about an explosion which sounded like was in her street, which she discovered was the case when she got back. It turned out a bloke had wanted to get himself rehoused, so he bought a quantity of explosive on the black market in order to do some damage to his current house so the state would move him. Unfortunately he used rather too much, blew up the whole building and relocated himself to another realm. | | | |
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 21:06 - Dec 21 with 2238 views | BloomBlue |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 20:38 - Dec 21 by PhilTWTD |
My friend told me a story about coming home on a bus and overhearing a conversation about an explosion which sounded like was in her street, which she discovered was the case when she got back. It turned out a bloke had wanted to get himself rehoused, so he bought a quantity of explosive on the black market in order to do some damage to his current house so the state would move him. Unfortunately he used rather too much, blew up the whole building and relocated himself to another realm. |
Russians actually get satire which was (is) unusual, for example Americans never understood it. But they would laugh about the fact that on average 100+ people a year would die in Moscow while watching TV. I remember asking "heart attacks?", nope it wasn't that. The problem was the electric in Moscow wasn't reliable and would suddenly surge. While TVs in most parts of the world were build that if they did explode the blast would go backwards in Russia the glass in the TVs was built so poorly the blast went out the front. Hence when the electric surged the TV would blast out the front killing someone sitting there watching the TV.
When I left Moscow I caught the 6pm BA flight out of Moscow it was a nightmare and I later discovered the air hostesses hated that flight more than any other flight. As we took off the guy beside me lit a cigarette, loads of them were smoking on the flight even though smoking was banned. Another guy spotted his mate and simply undid his belt and went and walked and chatted to his mate while we took off. They drunk all the duty free during the flight they had purchased at the airport and obviously lots of arse pinching of air stewardesses during the flight.
When we landed at Heathrow 2 people were so pissed the stewardesses were waiting for paramedics to come on to the flight to help them.
The stewardesses told me this is all normal for the 6pm flight out of Moscow | | | |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 23:13 - Dec 21 with 2080 views | BlueBadger |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 18:14 - Dec 21 by factual_blue |
Let's just say I learnt my lesson. |
Back in your day, it would have taken a week to get home from [redacted] by horse and cart. | |
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 23:17 - Dec 21 with 2071 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 21:06 - Dec 21 by BloomBlue |
Russians actually get satire which was (is) unusual, for example Americans never understood it. But they would laugh about the fact that on average 100+ people a year would die in Moscow while watching TV. I remember asking "heart attacks?", nope it wasn't that. The problem was the electric in Moscow wasn't reliable and would suddenly surge. While TVs in most parts of the world were build that if they did explode the blast would go backwards in Russia the glass in the TVs was built so poorly the blast went out the front. Hence when the electric surged the TV would blast out the front killing someone sitting there watching the TV.
When I left Moscow I caught the 6pm BA flight out of Moscow it was a nightmare and I later discovered the air hostesses hated that flight more than any other flight. As we took off the guy beside me lit a cigarette, loads of them were smoking on the flight even though smoking was banned. Another guy spotted his mate and simply undid his belt and went and walked and chatted to his mate while we took off. They drunk all the duty free during the flight they had purchased at the airport and obviously lots of arse pinching of air stewardesses during the flight.
When we landed at Heathrow 2 people were so pissed the stewardesses were waiting for paramedics to come on to the flight to help them.
The stewardesses told me this is all normal for the 6pm flight out of Moscow |
That sounds brilliant, how long ago was this? [Post edited 21 Dec 2022 23:18]
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 23:18 - Dec 21 with 2066 views | jeera |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 18:14 - Dec 21 by factual_blue |
Let's just say I learnt my lesson. |
Not holidaying in France this week for the Xmas holidays by any chance? |  |
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 23:23 - Dec 21 with 2055 views | jeera |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 21:06 - Dec 21 by BloomBlue |
Russians actually get satire which was (is) unusual, for example Americans never understood it. But they would laugh about the fact that on average 100+ people a year would die in Moscow while watching TV. I remember asking "heart attacks?", nope it wasn't that. The problem was the electric in Moscow wasn't reliable and would suddenly surge. While TVs in most parts of the world were build that if they did explode the blast would go backwards in Russia the glass in the TVs was built so poorly the blast went out the front. Hence when the electric surged the TV would blast out the front killing someone sitting there watching the TV.
When I left Moscow I caught the 6pm BA flight out of Moscow it was a nightmare and I later discovered the air hostesses hated that flight more than any other flight. As we took off the guy beside me lit a cigarette, loads of them were smoking on the flight even though smoking was banned. Another guy spotted his mate and simply undid his belt and went and walked and chatted to his mate while we took off. They drunk all the duty free during the flight they had purchased at the airport and obviously lots of arse pinching of air stewardesses during the flight.
When we landed at Heathrow 2 people were so pissed the stewardesses were waiting for paramedics to come on to the flight to help them.
The stewardesses told me this is all normal for the 6pm flight out of Moscow |
"When we landed at Heathrow 2 people were so pissed the stewardesses were waiting for paramedics to come on to the flight to help them."
The pilot and his co-pilot. | |
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 23:38 - Dec 21 with 1995 views | PhilTWTD |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 21:06 - Dec 21 by BloomBlue |
Russians actually get satire which was (is) unusual, for example Americans never understood it. But they would laugh about the fact that on average 100+ people a year would die in Moscow while watching TV. I remember asking "heart attacks?", nope it wasn't that. The problem was the electric in Moscow wasn't reliable and would suddenly surge. While TVs in most parts of the world were build that if they did explode the blast would go backwards in Russia the glass in the TVs was built so poorly the blast went out the front. Hence when the electric surged the TV would blast out the front killing someone sitting there watching the TV.
When I left Moscow I caught the 6pm BA flight out of Moscow it was a nightmare and I later discovered the air hostesses hated that flight more than any other flight. As we took off the guy beside me lit a cigarette, loads of them were smoking on the flight even though smoking was banned. Another guy spotted his mate and simply undid his belt and went and walked and chatted to his mate while we took off. They drunk all the duty free during the flight they had purchased at the airport and obviously lots of arse pinching of air stewardesses during the flight.
When we landed at Heathrow 2 people were so pissed the stewardesses were waiting for paramedics to come on to the flight to help them.
The stewardesses told me this is all normal for the 6pm flight out of Moscow |
Sounds like a night bus more than a plane! | | | |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 23:47 - Dec 21 with 1991 views | factual_blue |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 23:13 - Dec 21 by BlueBadger |
Back in your day, it would have taken a week to get home from [redacted] by horse and cart. |
You assume the wheel had been invented back in my day. | |
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 06:56 - Dec 22 with 1889 views | noggin |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 18:39 - Dec 21 by Ely_Blue |
I believe the msm have been referring to them as “ambulance workers” that is effectively what they are broadly speaking |
Yeah, I always refer to brain surgeons as hospital workers.
For the record, I'm fine with 'ambulance diver'. |  |
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 07:29 - Dec 22 with 1844 views | jeera |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 06:56 - Dec 22 by noggin |
Yeah, I always refer to brain surgeons as hospital workers.
For the record, I'm fine with 'ambulance diver'. |
They let you have a turn at driving?
I think that's nice. | |
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 07:49 - Dec 22 with 1807 views | noggin |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 07:29 - Dec 22 by jeera |
They let you have a turn at driving?
I think that's nice. |
They wish they hadn't | |
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 08:26 - Dec 22 with 1753 views | Zapers |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 06:56 - Dec 22 by noggin |
Yeah, I always refer to brain surgeons as hospital workers.
For the record, I'm fine with 'ambulance diver'. |
You surely mean ambulance diva;) | | | |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 09:13 - Dec 22 with 1690 views | noggin |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 08:26 - Dec 22 by Zapers |
You surely mean ambulance diva;) |
Yeah bitch! | |
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 09:22 - Dec 22 with 1665 views | BloomBlue |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 23:23 - Dec 21 by jeera |
"When we landed at Heathrow 2 people were so pissed the stewardesses were waiting for paramedics to come on to the flight to help them."
The pilot and his co-pilot. |
I went on holiday to Italy approx 35 years ago flying with Alitalia and the stewardesses did take wine into the cockpit on a couple of occasions on that flight, I assumed that was for the pilot/co-pilot | | | |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 10:05 - Dec 22 with 1608 views | Zapers |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 09:13 - Dec 22 by noggin |
Yeah bitch! |
Haha, happy holidays! | | | |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 14:12 - Dec 22 with 1493 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 07:29 - Dec 22 by jeera |
They let you have a turn at driving?
I think that's nice. |
Or diving!
Is ambulance diving at all similar to dumpster diving I wonder. Part of the black market in organ sales? |  |
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 14:35 - Dec 22 with 1477 views | noggin |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 14:12 - Dec 22 by Nthsuffolkblue |
Or diving!
Is ambulance diving at all similar to dumpster diving I wonder. Part of the black market in organ sales? |
Ha! Just noticed that 🤿 | |
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| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 14:38 - Dec 22 with 1466 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Whilst we're on the subject of paramedics. on 14:35 - Dec 22 by noggin |
Ha! Just noticed that 🤿 |
I am assuming it is where Zapers' diva comment came from too. | |
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