St johns ambulance friend or foe

[flo]

Recently i laughed at the exploits of the st johns members versus the red cross that was penned by artist and i thought, ' no surely it wasnt that bad.'.

Well ive since changed my mind. Last night i went up to Marlborough for the carnival with my brother in law and he decided to take the kids on the bumper cars. Kiera the youngest went on with Robbie my eldest and was duly put into the 'safety harness'. After less than a minute this idiot rammed them from the side and kieras face smacked the metal safety bar and totally disloged her front two teeth. It was that bad the top of the tooth (the bit you dont see) was protruding through her gums and the blood was everywhere. I quickly grabbed her and ran to the nearest pub (not for a drink) to get some ice then i carried her to the St johns ambulance which was manned by the local darby and joan club!!!!
Bearing in mind that kiera is only 5 they all stood around her giving comments like ' Oh what a mess look at all that blood!' or 'oh just leave it it will be fine in the morning'. Do they actually now what they are doing? In the end i lost my rag with one woman who kept prodding kiera in the mouth going on about the mess it was and how much blood was coming out,. And im afraid to say the copper standing outside came in and asked me to calm down I only pointed out to the old witch that she wasnt a f*rkin dentist and if she prodded my daughter and frightened her again id swing for her.
Now dont get me wrong because i know there are some very good volunteers out there but this lot just wanted to gawp and prod. Once i explained to the copper what had happened he quickly understood and escorted us to savernake hospital where she recieved treatment to try and save the teeth and stitch the gums. The copper (mike) stayed all the way through and was great. And then the flamin witch appeared with quasemodo to get us to fill in some paperwork. When i asked what it was for, she said it was so they could justify there work to the local authority. Well you can guess what happened then..........................
...................................Gotcha Mike the friendly copper told them to F*rk off in no uncertain terms. (turns out he was a former bootneck )

Now please dont think i am being ungrateful because if they had helped then i would have sung there praises but the fact is they did nothing apart from frighten an already scared 5 year old and physically prodded her and poked her in the mouth where her injury was.

And its always when hubby isnt around!!!!!!!!

[Rogue Chef]

Ahoy there Flo!
You are so ungrateful. I bet next time you want a triangular bandage applying to a sprained wrist you'll be clamouring for their assistance.

[_chris]

I once slightly - and I mean slightly - strained my ankle while out and about at some event or other. St.Johns ambulance were all around me saying it needed bandaging so I thought what the hell, doesn't do any harm.

They all bandaged it up, examined their handy work with great pride and walked off, i took literally about two steps and the bandage fell off.



Bit of a cheek coming and asking for the form to be filled in when they didn't even help though. Not being very skilled is one thing but to stand there prodding a young girl is terrible. And its a shame because it gives a bad name to the decent St. Johns ambulance volunteers

[flo]

Ahoy there Flo!
You are so ungrateful. I bet next time you want a triangular bandage applying to a sprained wrist you'll be clamouring for their assistance.

I dont think so mate, and you may think i was ungrateful but like i said in my post there are some good volunteers out there, this lot however werent! I think the copper telling them to F*rk off proved it wasnt just my imagination.

And if you reread my last paragraph it does say that i would have sung there praises had they done th job in hand.

[Rogue Chef]

Ahoy there Flo!
You really do need to get to grips with sarcasm and irony. Hence the bandage comments.

I have a natural mistrust for the nursing profession in general. Accepting that medics, paramedics, nurses and ambulance crews often do great work in difficult circumstances - why do they have such a patronising manner. Watch Casualty for the perfect demonstration. The worst are often trained first aiders in the workplace. They all appear to think that because you have broken a fingernail you have also lost all your marbles.

[flo]

Apologies R-C i am just so bloody annoyed with them. The only thing id like to do with a triangular bandage is shove it down their throat to stop them frightening any more small kids. Neck wound in

[Kiwi1988]

Ahoy there Flo!
You really do need to get to grips with sarcasm and irony. Hence the bandage comments.

I have a natural mistrust for the nursing profession in general. Accepting that medics, paramedics, nurses and ambulance crews often do great work in difficult circumstances - why do they have such a patronising manner. Watch Casualty for the perfect demonstration. The worst are often trained first aiders in the workplace. They all appear to think that because you have broken a fingernail you have also lost all your marbles.

Would we ever patronise you dear.

Casualty thats a good reference

[Tab]

Flo.....You get the good, the bad and the bloody awful doing St johns ambulance work, most of them are pretty competent though. Why not write in to one of their regional offices and see what they have to say about it all. and request to know just what qualifications she has obtained, this should be available under the Freedom of Information Act as there is nothing worse than a unqualified person making a pigs ear of it all.

[flo]

Tab i just want to put it behind me now. Kiera has to go in tomorrow and have here teeth removed and her gums restitched, which is going to be another traumatic experience for her. The dentist has put her on a course of antibiotics to try and clear any infection before they do this so the por cow is wandering about with teeth half hanging in and she cant understand why she cant have any apples/hard foodstuff.

[Tab]

Flo........All I can do wish you all well then and hope she does not suffer to much afterwards

[Scottish Thistle]

Flo,

I really hope things go okay for her tomorrow. Believe me I've had my fair share of medical professionals, neer mind volunteers who don't know what they're doing.

Let us know how things go tomorrow and hope it isn't too bad for her.

H
xx

[Artist]

Bloody good job the Red Cross wern't there as well Flo. You would have had an re-enactment of the "Battle of Nantwich Town Square"!

These Eeijut volunteers always remind me of some secret society for PRONGS. They just love to sit in their tent with the St Johns/Red Cross fag flying proudly above them whilst at the same time not having a clue about which bone belongs to which part of the body. I reckon the opnly reason they join is cos they can get into these big do's for free. And they smell of Moth Balls n All!!

Artist

[anglo-saxon]

Can't recall if I mentioned this elsewhere, but what the hell?..

Me and a couple of buds were at a kick-boxing tourny a few years back and one of the young participants got clocked but good. He was out cold. They stalled the proceedings while these fat knackers from St. John Ambulence tried to get their shyte together. Turns out they couldn't find the stretcher. Time passsed (all which time the victim remained motionless and untended-to) and then I saw movemnet in the crowd and along come this gaggle from the St. J carrying between them a door that they had taken off its hinges. "You have got to be farkin jokin", says I. Well, they finaly got the poor kid onto the door and managed to get their fat bodies out of the ring without breaking their own necks. Then, as they were taking him away, the one at the head end slps and drops the door with the kid hitting his head on the concrete floor and rolling off the door. Well, if he didn't have a sever concussion before he was dropped, he sure as shyte did after.

The Knights Hospitalier must have been writhing in their graves in disgust!

I have always found the St. J's to be officious, self-important, and utterly useless.

[flo]

Well she had to have her teeth taken out today, lots of tears and stacks of screaming. But by god does she sound cute with a lisp poor mite. So tonight the tooth fairy is making a visit to no 18.

[anglo-saxon]

At least she has her new teeth to look forward to in due time. If it had to happen, good job it happened now, not five or six years from now.

I hope the tooth fairy is in an extra-generous mood.

"All I want for Chrithmath ith my two front teeth, my two front teeth, my two front teeth..."