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Garda drives ambulance/injured child to hospital

paddy147

A garda had to drive an ambulance with a sick boy in it to hospital.

Reason being was a shortage of paramedic staff

..."A garda had to drive an ambulance with an injured child to hospital last week because of a shortage of paramedic staff on duty.
The Meath garda was forced to take the wheel as the only paramedic on board tended to the patient.
The shocking incident occurred near Dunsany, Co Meath, when a car containing three children and a woman veered off the road and plummeted down a 10m drop before hitting a tree"...

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/garda-drove-ambulance-as-medic-tended-to-injured-child-229971.html

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mathepac

Stinicker wrote: »

May I direct you to those responsible for these cuts?

May I direct you to these damning stats from the Indo article above -

"The second highest rate at 8.19pc was in Roscommon County Hospital but was a massive 14.45pc among some of its staff.

In the Midlands ambulance service the absenteeism rate among administration staff hit a spectacular high of 17.91pc, according to the figures supplied by HSE."

feargale

The Queen of England wrote: »

What a hero.

I'm sure he'll put in for overtime, danger money, compensation then take an extended sick leave break on the basis of "psychological damage".

Unfair

Ben D Bus

10% absenteeism is ****ing outrageous. Pulling a duvet day, leaving a colleague to work on their own and jeopardising the welfare of people in need of urgent medical care is seriously nasty.

If that's what happened.

Stinicker

kraggy wrote: »

Oh fúck right off.

The story here is the devastating cuts taking place across government services all around the country.

But you go right ahead and have a go at public sector workers if that gives you a little thrill.

May I direct you to those responsible for these cuts?

Boombastic

Yes, they should blame their 'sick' colleagues

New figures show the worst hit area for absenteeism is the ambulance service in the north east, where 10.53pc were absent from work over the course of three months.

Cedrus

Oe maybe it's about the Absenteeism!

It would appear that membersip of a union and having a permanent and pensionable job are not good for your health. :rolleyes:

blindside88

As far as I know you require a c licence to drive an ambulance because of the extra weight (I could be wrong), if that's correct then the Garda mightn't have the relevant licence and could leave the state in line for a whopper of a lawsuit if there was an accident. I have never driven one and would imagine it is completely different to driving a squad car. Fair play to him though

mathepac

TheNog wrote: »

... The real story here is not why a Garda had to drive an ambulance but why an ambulance was single crewed and dispatched to an incident.

I can imagine some low-life HSE "manager" type rubbing his hands with glee now the precedent has been established. "All ambulances to be single crewed from now on lads; let's go to lunch."

Big Bottom

That is an absolute disgrace.

mathepac

The Queen of England wrote: »

I'm experiencing double, possibly treble vision.

We understand Ma'am. It's your age.

TheNog

I had a drive an ambulance about 5 yrs ago to meet a cardiac ambulance and then onto the hospital. It happens sometimes but rare. The ambulance had 2 paramedics but situation required both to work on the patient. Coincidence maybe but I work in Meath too.

The real story here is not why a Garda had to drive an ambulance but why an ambulance was single crewed and dispatched to an incident.

Bogota

Degag wrote: »

Don't see why this is a news story tbh. A Garda, a public servant, someone most likely trained to drive at high speeds if necessary, drives an ambulance to the hospital. :eek:

I'd assume driving an ambulance is completely different to a squad car or van. I've no idea but I'd guess that you'd have to be specially trained in driving an ambulance considering there's people in the back and the difference in weightload etc. when cornering.

Anyway the point is its a shocking indictment of some of the cutbacks implemented. It's a downright disgrace that anything involving senior citizens remain *largely* untouched because the government fears losing the all important senior vote while things such as emergency services are drastically cut resulting in incidences like this one.

The Queen of England

I'm experiencing double, possibly treble vision.

kraggy

The Queen of England wrote: »

It's not really about devastating cuts taking place across government services - it's about a Garda driving an ambulance back to a hospital which is no big deal, seeing as it's part of their standard operating procedure if there is only one paramedic with the ambulance.

The story has been sensationalized by a combination of the local TD talking bollox and the journalist being a twat and has been turned into a "devastating cuts across the public sector" story, done an all too familiar TV3 style of journalism.

It's cock, which is why I added my tongue-in-cheek hidden line at the end.

A paramedic driving to an incident on his/her own is not standard. How is he supposed to treat a patient AND drive the ambulance back to the hospital when there is no Garda in the vicinity?

The real story here IS the cutbacks.

Steve O

Maybe it was lunchtime and he forgot were he parked his squad car.

fergiesfolly

The Queen of England wrote: »

What a hero.

I'm sure he'll put in for overtime, danger money, compensation then take an extended sick leave break on the basis of "psychological damage".

No he won't. He'll put it down to experience and get on with his job.
And you'll looking for him to help you out when you need him.And then you'll find someway to piss and moan about that. And he'll put that down to experience too.

Boombastic

Are you sure he wasn't trying to steal the ambulance?

The Queen of England

kraggy wrote: »

Oh fúck right off.

The story here is the devastating cuts taking place across government services all around the country.

But you go right ahead and have a go at public sector workers if that gives you a little thrill.

It's not really about devastating cuts taking place across government services - it's about a Garda driving an ambulance back to a hospital which is no big deal, seeing as it's part of their standard operating procedure if there is only one paramedic with the ambulance.

The story has been sensationalized by a combination of the local TD talking bollox and the journalist being a twat and has been turned into a "devastating cuts across the public sector" story, done an all too familiar TV3 style of journalism.

It's cock, which is why I added my tongue-in-cheek hidden line at the end.

Degag

Don't see why this is a news story tbh. A Garda, a public servant, someone most likely trained to drive at high speeds if necessary, drives an ambulance to the hospital. :eek:

oldyouth

kraggy wrote: »

Oh fúck right off.

The story here is the devastating cuts taking place across government services all around the country.

But you go right ahead and have a go at public sector workers if that gives you a little thrill.

Well that escalated...............etc.

JazzyJ

The Queen of England wrote: »

What a hero.

I'm sure he'll put in for overtime, danger money, compensation then take an extended sick leave break on the basis of "psychological damage".

More like get suspended from his job on health and safety grounds.

kraggy

The Queen of England wrote: »

What a hero.

I'm sure he'll put in for overtime, danger money, compensation then take an extended sick leave break on the basis of "psychological damage".

Oh fúck right off.

The story here is the devastating cuts taking place across government services all around the country.

But you go right ahead and have a go at public sector workers if that gives you a little thrill.

The Queen of England

What a hero.

I'm sure he'll put in for overtime, danger money, compensation then take an extended sick leave break on the basis of "psychological damage".

Corvo

I dont know what else to say apart from...eh...fair play to him.

paddy147

Uriel. wrote: »

Ok. Thank you Mr news anchor

Uriel.

paddy147 wrote: »

A garda had to drive an ambulance with a sick boy in it to hospital.

Reason being was a shortage of paramedic staff

....."The Meath garda was forced to take the wheel as the only paramedic on board tended to the patient.

The shocking incident occurred near Dunsany, Co Meath, when a car containing three children and a woman veered off the road and plummeted down a 10m drop before hitting a tree"......

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/garda-drove-ambulance-as-medic-tended-to-injured-child-229971.html

Ok. Thank you Mr news anchor