BAZZO Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 To cater for idiots falling over and getting punched the Council and Ambulance Service have launched a new First Aid Station in Barkers Pool.The "patch-up" service will cater for revellers and sozzled students. Meanwhile if you are a deaf old biddy wanting a NHS hearing Aid expect to wait up to 47 weeks. You can always trust the NHS Trust to get its priorities right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Bloody NHS! They haven't got a friggin' clue! And they wonder why so many people go private for their health related stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 To cater for idiots falling over and getting punched the Council and Ambulance Service have launched a new First Aid Station in Barkers Pool.The "patch-up" service will cater for revellers and sozzled students. Meanwhile if you are a deaf old biddy wanting a NHS hearing Aid expect to wait up to 47 weeks. You can always trust the NHS Trust to get its priorities right! This probably saves a lot of money by not having to take these people to hospital. And you don't have to be an idiot to be assaulted; happens to people mindng their own business as well. Sure, people shouldn't get so drunk they need medical assistance, but if they're going to need it it must be better to put something on the streets rather than clutter up outpatients and waste ambulance time getting people there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Bloody NHS! They haven't got a friggin' clue! And they wonder why so many people go private for their health related stuff I take it you have some personal experience to draw on then Rich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarSparkle Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 I think it's a really good idea, especially for the next few weeks while Freshers learn to 'find their feet' with alcohol. Treat them where they are, rather than have them wasting others' time in Accident and Emergency. StarSparkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeeeeeeeeek Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 It's a good idea, it's a shame that it's needed but it is so it makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 At first thought, it seems an excellent idea, and probably a considerable saving in time and money versus having to send an ambulance to collect and drop off the walking wounded. And, a further bonus, if the "idiots" and their mates want to start kicking off, it's better that they do it in Barker's Pool than in a hospital environment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 I think this is a very sensible idea, which probably will improve treatment times for both the people in the city centre and the remaining people who are attending A&E, and quite possibly save money and resources at the same time. If one ambulance which would otherwise be attending a drunken brawl, instead gets to attend a serious crash faster and possibly save more lives as a result, then it's worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 as various people have already said it;s about intelligent resource use. having been involved in a similar scheme in a west yorkshire town centre between 2 response vehicles we attended 12 calls in 6 hours 1 of these calls needed a 999 ambulance , 2 or 3 of these calls needed approrpaitely supervised transport ( could travel sitting in a vehicle with an advanced first aider present / or via a 'urgent' ( rather than emergency ) ambulance ) - the rest were assessed, initial treatment given and either discharged home , advised to make their own way to A+E or advised to seek follow up in the morning ... cost - a lot cheaper than 12 999 ambulances and a rapid responder vehicle ( as the one that travelled by ambulance would have been a cat A call ) for those calls - experience for the others involved priceless - experience for the Health professionals involved (an Emergency department Nurse and A Paramedic training officer) - useful but easy compared to dealing with this AND dealing with the 'real' A+E work had we been working in A+E / on an Ambulance with respect to Dan's point about response time - the cat A call had a Nurse and 2 Ambulance crew qualified bods at his side within 2 minutes , the shortest response tiem of the evening 30 secs, the longest 3 minutes - the put that in perspective the ambulanceservice aims to reach 75% of cat As within 8 minutes and most (95+ % of cat A and cat B emergencies wihin 19 minutes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer1974 Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 The next thing we'll hear about is the first aid station having it's needles and syringes nicked by druggies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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