Big J R Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 .............. but..... I know some people on here heard what happened at Meadowbank last Sunday afternoon. TSF was in attendance. Dorking Ladies, (affiliated to DFC), played their first League match of the season agains Crawley Wasps. The match had to be abandoned shortly before half time when the Wasps Captain was involved in a tackle which resulted in her landing face down with a DFLC player landing hard across her back. The injured girl had next to no feeling in her legs, pins and needles in her arms and a sharp pain imediately between her shoulder blades. An ambulance was immediately called, which took some fifteen minutes to arrive. This turned out to be a St. John ambulance, with two St John technicians. Obviously, a fractured back/neck was suspected, and the ambulance staff fitted a neck brace and secured her to a back-board, then called for another ambulance with a fully qualified paramedic. It transpired that in the Surrey and South Coast Ambulance area, there are only SEVEN paramedic ambulances on duty on a Sunday and that we would have to wait 20/30 minutes for such an ambulance to arrive, at which point the St John crew deecided to move the Wasps skipper immediately to the East Surrey Hospital at Redhill, phoning ahead to warn them. I have been updated this morning by our Ladies Secretary that the girl in question was lucky enough to have suffered nothing worse than very severly bruised vertebrae and was kept in hospital over-night for observation and now has to rest for several days. The lack of fully crewed paramedic ambulances in such a vast area on a Sunday must surely raise some serious questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Good to hear it was eventually not too serious. But the situation with the Paramedic crews is a worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Hamnett TSF Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 good news its not as bad as first feared, and thanks to those who went to her aid immediately and the ST Johns volunteers who handled it extremely well. Ithink the main difference between the StJohn personnel and a paramedic would have been medication on this occasion. The ST John ambulance and crew were only recognisable as such because of the badging, it was not the old white van and a man with a bandage as of old. If we are short of full para medic ambulances , please consider a small donation next time you see a St Johns bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Another new thing with Ambulances is that the crews manning them,are not local.So if you have to call one, give excact location,postcode if known.They can start off in Kingston,then end up in Croydon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big J R Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 Jeff and I did note the St John Ambulance division from whence it came which was sign-written on the side, but I'm blowed if I can remember where it was now. Over to you, TSF ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Hamnett TSF Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Jeff and I did note the St John Ambulance division from whence it came which was sign-written on the side, but I'm blowed if I can remember where it was now. Over to you, TSF ! runnymede? Driver certainly didnt know dorking to redhill! But he was quite a young lad, no doubt a volunteer, and they have satnavs. Fair play to them I didnt have a clue what to do, other than offer my coat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomaya Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Well I'm glad to hear she's okay. As for the destruction of the NHS well, I hope people aren't regretting who they voted for last time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big J R Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 runnymede? Driver certainly didnt know dorking to redhill! But he was quite a young lad, no doubt a volunteer, and they have satnavs. Fair play to them I didnt have a clue what to do, other than offer my coat! As usual Jeff, you are quite right, and if anyone tells you you're wrong, your still right !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackDog Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Well I'm glad to hear she's okay. As for the destruction of the NHS well, I hope people aren't regretting who they voted for last time around. re austerity programme: guess where cuts are hurting most: a) bankers' bonuses directors' and senior managers' "compensation" c) top civil servants' pay d) services for the most disadvantaged if you guessed right and you also know the price of a pint of milk, you probably know who you're voting for next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mayor Of Simpleton Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 re austerity programme: guess where cuts are hurting most: a) bankers' bonuses directors' and senior managers' "compensation" c) top civil servants' pay d) services for the most disadvantaged if you guessed right and you also know the price of a pint of milk, you probably know who you're voting for next time. I sure do, and it's neither Labour or Tory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy game Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Survival of the fittest. If you can't survive on your wages then improve yourself. Stop blaming others and look in the mirror. Blame the numbers on the dole with free prescriptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomaya Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Survival of the fittest. If you can't survive on your wages then improve yourself. Stop blaming others and look in the mirror. Blame the numbers on the dole with free prescriptions. Survival of the greediest you mean. It's the banks that have screwed the economy not dole scroungers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mayor Of Simpleton Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 The dole scroungers haven't helped things either - your tax and mine going to keep idlers in the life of riley is hardly fair. I'm originally from one of the most economically deprived areas of the country (Torfaen) and throwing money at these people to have umpteen kids, free Sky and be able to sit on their butt-holes watching Jeremy Kyle whilst smoking L&B's and chugging cider is no good for the economy. The only reason Labour have such a stranglehold in South Wales is because they give people freebies so they can stay in power. Chris Bryant even admitted Labour pay people to stay poor, if it helps them stay in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomaya Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 There aren't as many jobs in Wales anymore as the Tories destroyed the mining and manufacturing infrastructure for the sake of a quick buck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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