This poor lady had a nasty surprise when a telephone call interrupted her knitting. She had tucked the needles down the side of the arm chair and as she sat back down to chat, she impaled herself on one of the needles. It had gone approximately six centimetres in to her arm and she was…
Monthly Archives: June 2010
The Amateur Transplants
A few of us from work went to Indigo2 at The O2 recently to see a wonderfully smutty musical performance by Adam Kay and Suman Biswas – better known as The Amateur Transplants. Adam plays the piano while they both sing along to the tunes of a variety of popular songs. The difference is that…
Ketamine
Early in my shift I was sent to a young man who was complaining of feeling faint. When I arrived at the grotty estate I took a glance at the seedy block of flats with its boarded-up windows and was rather wary about going in. I called up our control room and asked if they…
London Ambulance Service decides they will no longer use Emergency Care Practitioners as part of their workforce
In response to requests from their commissioners, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) has decided that they will no longer employ Emergency Care Practitioners (ECPs) as part of their workforce. Existing ECPs will be transitioned into suitable alternative employment, with the hope that they will contribute their varied skills in their new roles. Reflecting on…