My local newspaper The Croydon Advertiser ran a short story this week on the number of violent attacks on ambulance staff in the Croydon area. These figures will come as no surprise to my colleagues elsewhere in the capital either who seem to be facing an increase in incidents of threatened and actual assault while…
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Drink Driving
If I told you that while I was on duty recently I was called out to a drunk driver involved in a road traffic accident, I am guessing that you would have little sympathy. Witnesses say he was weaving along the road and eventually clipped a bollard before mounting the pavement and ploughing head-on into…
Visiting an Italian Ambulance Service – Part 3
[Note: This is the final part in a short series about my visit to an Italian Ambulance Service. Click to read: part 1 part 2] Enrico kindly drove us to the HEMS base where we caught up with the doctor and nurse (Massimiliano) on duty that day. It was a stunning day – very hot…
Remembering 7/7
[Note: This is a guest post by Jacky Hyams, London based journalist and author] After watching Tuesday’s BBC2 programme on the Conspiracy Theorists of the 7/7 Tube bombings (why they devoted a whole hour to this ridiculous premise is beyond me) like everyone else, I was reminded of next week’s awful anniversary and thought how…