tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post230401215939717402..comments2023-09-26T12:58:21.651+00:00Comments on The Paramedic's Diary: Punch your ValentineXfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189044083128101123noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-65788403250725702492009-02-18T23:27:00.000+00:002009-02-18T23:27:00.000+00:00The motorcycle incident reminded me of a crash I c...The motorcycle incident reminded me of a crash I came across years ago. I was walking, with a work colleague, from the office I worked in to the council offices a couple of blocks away.<BR/><BR/>We heard an engine revving hard, then a thud, followed by two more thumps.<BR/><BR/>We ran to the end of the road and around the corner where we found a stationary car, indicators on, and halfway through a right turn. A motorcycle was embedded in the right wing.<BR/><BR/>When we got round the car, we found the rider and his pillion passenger. The rider was on the road, the passenger on the springy turf in front of the council offices.<BR/><BR/>We naturally thought the bloke on the road would be the worst injured—his helmet was cracked and there were black streaks along the road where his leathers had abraded.<BR/><BR/>We checked him, found he was breathing and conscious, so my colleague stayed with him while I went over to the passenger.<BR/><BR/>Now, something had been bugging me about the second man but the reality didn't hit until I was standing over him.<BR/><BR/>I suddenly thought, "How weird, his helmet's on back to front".<BR/><BR/>It wasn't. <BR/><BR/>While the passenger had landed on thick turf, he'd hit head first while rotating and tumbling. The result was that his head had completely dislocated from his spine and rotated through 180 degrees.<BR/><BR/>As for the driver, he escaped with friction burns and abrasions but had to live with the fact that his dangerous driving had killed his best friend.<BR/><BR/>To this day, the sight of that motorcycle passenger remains one of the most disturbing memories I have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-75514238875870755722009-02-18T19:50:00.000+00:002009-02-18T19:50:00.000+00:00KonstantinNo, she won't be paralysed.I wasn't on t...Konstantin<BR/><BR/>No, she won't be paralysed.<BR/><BR/>I wasn't on the car on the 17th; I was on an ambulance. That was my colleague you saw.<BR/><BR/>The number on the side is the fleet number for the vehicle. All our vehicles have them.Xfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189044083128101123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-56778773948098518662009-02-18T02:01:00.000+00:002009-02-18T02:01:00.000+00:00Hey XfHow badly was the jogger hurt? You said she ...Hey Xf<BR/><BR/>How badly was the jogger hurt? You said she made a bulge with her back, could she be paralyzed?<BR/><BR/>Also what time where you in trafalgar square? Was walking around there and saw a paramedic leave the square.<BR/><BR/>Saw this number "7431" on the side of a Zafira in Leicester square today (17th). What does this number mean?Konstantinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01767817741922512237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-55369503896548082602009-02-17T23:50:00.000+00:002009-02-17T23:50:00.000+00:00I'm not quite sure HOW I found your blog but I cou...I'm not quite sure HOW I found your blog but I couldn't pull myself away. I am an EMT in the States currently working on my paramedic degree. I have work in three states, one being a very urban metropolis, to my current position of an EXTREMELY rural area, but I guess from reading your stories that while no two calls are the same, the job doesn't change no matter where you go. Good luck and stay safe out there.Don Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055370725651141306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-58376259572575298852009-02-16T16:53:00.000+00:002009-02-16T16:53:00.000+00:00Thanks XThanks XAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-8978621574257673642009-02-16T13:20:00.000+00:002009-02-16T13:20:00.000+00:00SpikeThis wasn't a judgmental remark; it was a sta...Spike<BR/><BR/>This wasn't a judgmental remark; it was a statement of experience. I was continually physically abused by my father and nothing was ever done about it...for the same reasons you give. I have the right, therefore, to make comments on the matter since I suffered for the sake of 'a quiet life'.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, I have every sympathy with women in this position, so don't take offence whenever I write about it; its not meant to be personal.<BR/><BR/>Take care of yourself...Xfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189044083128101123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-51836823489126312972009-02-16T12:27:00.000+00:002009-02-16T12:27:00.000+00:00"as experience has shown, they will probably make ..."as experience has shown, they will probably make up over a nice Valentine’s meal tonight whilst he awaits his court date." I don't mean to sound too critical but please don't judge victims of domestic violence. As a former victim my self, it takes a long time to pluck up the currage to leave,due to the threats that have been made about what will happen to you or your familiy if you do. By the time I left my partner I had got so low that I didn't care if he killed me if I left, I actually felt I would be better off! It upsets me when people judge a woman for not leaving a violent partner without knowing the background.<BR/><BR/>Sorry that my first comment is a negetive one, I love your blog and read it all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com