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Originally Posted by SMG
More to the point, where were the cops?
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Probably dealing with other calls, even after they would have got a call from ambulance control with 2nd hand information, by the time it's passed over the ambulance is well on its way.
The Police then have to find a free double crewed car, get them to drop what they are doing and get to the scene. On a Friday/Saturday night that can be an issue, you can't just open a new bag of Polis when something breaks, you have to work with what you have.
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Originally Posted by SMG
If this paramedic cannot attend a victim without someone else, why was she alone in the first place?
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Because for cases where there isn't any immediate danger to the paramedic they can be a lifesafer by being there a couple of minutes before another, double crewed, ambulance.
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Originally Posted by SMG
Would they have given the same order to a male paramedic? I don't think so.
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Yes they would have. Gender doesn't come into it. There are also plenty of occasions where double crewed ambulances won't go near a victim unless the Police are there.
It's a tragic incident and sad that Paramedics have to even contemplate not being able to help someone in case a buckfast quaffing ned decides to take them on. I can understand people taking on the Police (although I hope anytime someone does they get hammered by the courts) but for the life of me cannot think why anyone would attack firecrews, ambulance workers or doctors.
It's also disgraceful the killer managed to get away with murder after they purposely went out armed with knives, stabbed someone in the neck and then claimed it wasn't meant to kill them...
oh and then boast about it to a local taxi driver.
11 years (out in 5 and a bit) for murder. What a joke this country is turning into.