tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post7020366580714263686..comments2023-09-26T12:58:21.651+00:00Comments on The Paramedic's Diary: Gassy boozeXfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189044083128101123noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-39612606013940276022012-11-05T20:05:05.000+00:002012-11-05T20:05:05.000+00:00Its not only the creative marketing, its the way p...Its not only the creative marketing, its the way people just open their throats and pour the alcohol straight into their stomachs. Drinking to get drunk. I wonder if that was how the nitrogen girl managed to do so much harm to herself.Rachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-72427921128662338882012-11-05T14:25:08.853+00:002012-11-05T14:25:08.853+00:00Actually, I would view a club using liquid nitroge...Actually, I would view a club using liquid nitrogen as several differently fatal accidents waiting to happen. <br /><br />Liquid nitrogen is extremely nasty stuff. It is intensely cold (it boils at minus 196 celcius), it expands in volume tremendously when it boils, and as a low-temperature gas very close to air in density, it displaces the oxy-nitrogen mix we breathe very, very easily.<br /><br />All some utter muppet needs to do to create a death-trap is store several dewar flasks of the stuff in a cellar. Dewars store liquid nitrogen, but nitrogen always evaporates off them, so you end up with a layer of cold gas sitting in whatever room they are stored in.<br /><br />Give it a few hours and if the cellar isn't well-ventilated with a powerful extractor fan venting to the outside, you end up with a room full of cold nitrogen and not much oxygen. <br /><br />Humans cannot sense low oxygen. Diving mammals like mink and otters can, people can't. In low oxygen conditions people simply walk in, bumble about then keel over unconscious. So do responding paramedics if they don't know about low-oxygen environments. As an aside, ALL facilities which use helium, nitrogen, argon and similar oxygen-displacing gases are required by law to have regularly serviced low-oxygen alarms fitted.<br /><br />These pubs are likely to be unwittingly breaching several H & S regulations and creating death-traps for their staff. Watch it out there!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618328278732100203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-31232011563475841412012-11-04T18:50:56.741+00:002012-11-04T18:50:56.741+00:00Drinking age in UK is not that simple.
Children u...Drinking age in UK is not that simple.<br /><br />Children under 5 must not be given alcohol unless under medical supervision or in an emergency - 1933 Act.<br /><br />Legally permissible for ages 5-17 to drink alcohol at home or at a friend's house with the permission of parent or legal guardian.<br /><br />People aged 16 or 17 may consume wine, beer or cider but not other alcohol (e.g. spirits, sherry, port, cocktails, liqueurs etc) on licensed premises when ordered with a meal - in England & Wales an adult must order (in UK age of majority is 18); in Scotland an adult doesn't have to be present to order alcohol with a meal. <br /><br />The legal age for the purchase of alcohol from an off-licence (store/supermarket) is now 18, recent times rules were different regarding cider but since 60s/70s laws have been tightened.<br /><br />Persons under 18 drinking alcohol in public can be stopped, fined or arrested by the police. <br /><br />The legal age to buy liqueur chocolates is 16.<br /><br />Purchasing alcohol on behalf of a minor is illegal in all of the United Kingdom. This means acting as the young person's agent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-58690578920396673212012-11-03T15:38:12.957+00:002012-11-03T15:38:12.957+00:00Drinking age in UK is not that simple.
Children u...Drinking age in UK is not that simple.<br /><br />Children under 5 must not be given alcohol unless under medical supervision or in an emergency - 1933 Act.<br /><br />Legally permissible for ages 5-17 to drink alcohol at home or at a friend's house with the permission of parent or legal guardian.<br /><br />People aged 16 or 17 may consume wine, beer or cider but not other alcohol, i.e. spirits etc, on licensed premises when ordered with a meal - in England & Wales an adult must order (in UK age of majority is 18); in Scotland an adult doesn't have to be present to order alcohol with a meal. <br /><br />The legal age for the purchase of alcohol from an off-licence (store/supermarket) is now 18, recent times rules were different regarding cider but since 60s/70s laws have been tightened.<br /><br />Persons under 18 drinking alcohol in public can be stopped, fined or arrested by the police. <br /><br />The legal age to buy liqueur chocolates is 16.<br /><br />Purchasing alcohol on behalf of a minor is illegal in all of the United Kingdom. This means acting as the young person's agent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-55854550695039620102012-11-03T13:34:02.062+00:002012-11-03T13:34:02.062+00:00Phil L
Thank you and I wish you good luck. Determ...Phil L<br /><br />Thank you and I wish you good luck. Determination is always the first big step to success.Xfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189044083128101123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-45826276769980041812012-11-03T13:33:18.023+00:002012-11-03T13:33:18.023+00:00Anon
The legal age here is 18. But many, many tee...Anon<br /><br />The legal age here is 18. But many, many teens begin their careers with booze at a much younger age.... some as young as 11 or 12.Xfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189044083128101123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-22036405151365153742012-10-28T02:42:56.475+00:002012-10-28T02:42:56.475+00:00I completely agree. As one of these teens myself, ...I completely agree. As one of these teens myself, I see that there is hell of a lot of pressure on getting drunk and doing the modern thing of wasting their livers on alcohol.<br /><br />I wish there was less pressure and less enthusiasm for this kind of behaviour but I'm afraid it will take more than a few stark warnings to change the culture of modern day.<br /><br />I wish you all the best in both your line of work and day to day life, you have been a true inspiration to me. I am determined to become a Paramedic one day no matter what it takes!Phil Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02735969239338565821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-4347500173068345092012-10-28T02:41:35.043+00:002012-10-28T02:41:35.043+00:00Just curious, as a medic in the states we see unde...Just curious, as a medic in the states we see underage drinking as anyone under 21. What's the legal drinking age in the U.K. ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com