Comments for Nee Naw

Comment on The Return of Banana Man by Razzle Bathbone

Razzle Bathbone — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:38:16 +0000

You should use voiceprint technology, call tracing technology, and the phone providers should all be under court order to shut down his disposable cellphones at the first usage. The bars of a prison cell make a great Faraday cage; maybe *his* room should be surrounded by steel bars.

Comment on Goodbye Nee Naw by Cardiac

Cardiac — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:37:35 +0000

It was a good blog. I still look in here sometimes.

Comment on Goodbye Nee Naw by Gulf Breeze Taxi

Gulf Breeze Taxi — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:05:12 +0000

Enjoyed your blog. Sorry your leaving. One door closes, another opens. Good luck to you and god bless!!

Comment on First Aid Courses by Kris

Kris — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:15:22 +0000

As an experienced CFR and nurse, I had a direct line to Ambulance Control: a number for routine calls and a number for emergency calls.

If I came across something, it is so easy to ring up and say, "Ruraltown Responder here; ambulance required to 123 High Street, 28yo female with difficulty in breathing, am on scene." And I'd get one, just like that, whereas if I ring 999 and go through it that way, I've found it so much more time-consuming when I could be providing reassurance to my casualty or carrying out obs, such as BP monitoring, or running through the full SAMPLER history. I had one recently to a lady who was blatantly having cardiac trouble (presented with shortness of breath and heart palpitations, amongst other things and had history of said complaint) and instead of keeping her calm I had to deal with an irate call taker who insisted on taking me through the questions for meningitis (which I'd already asked the casualty anyway). She eventually asked if she could just talk to the patient (who was short of breath!)

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated…I've been reading from your final post to here so far!

Comment on When NOT to call an Ambulance by becky

becky — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:37:13 +0000

what about when you cant breathe is tht not or call 999

Comment on Goodbye Nee Naw by Sean

Sean — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:45:58 +0000

I've recently applied to become an EMD with the LAS and am due to start in April. My mum got me your book as a Christmas present and what a good read it was! It was really informative and I'm looking forward more than ever to starting training and doing the job.

Comment on Common Beliefs Held By The General Public about Calling 999 by Laura

Laura — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:51:21 +0000

This is great. I pretty much died laughing (but neglected to call 911 for resuscitation). I work at a call center as well, and though we don't handle emergencies, we do handle "leaves" for people that are unable to work due to medical incapacity. This example of yours, number 11, " If you don’t know the answer to a question, provide an irrelevant piece of information instead: “Is he changing colour?” “He’s in a lot of pain”. “Has she passed out?” “She is upstairs”. “Is she conscious?” “She’s a black woman”." is so true. Every day i ask, "will you be missing work sporadically or in a block of time?" and get the answer, "Oh I've had this condition for years". It's a wonder these people don't hear my teeth grinding loudly in the background towards the end of the day. Just to clarify though, I realize that these people usually don't know what they're getting in to when I start a leave for them, and their main priority at the time is to work on getting to a point where they're healthy enough to work, but sometimes it just drives me crazy (especially on the extra high call volume days with extra tasks to process from people reporting absences on holidays).

Comment on Regular Callers by Chaser Cruz

Chaser Cruz — Tue, 17 May 2011 08:25:24 +0000

Having a regular caller might be a disgusting experience if the caller do it just for fun. As caller, we should b responsible enough by doing this especially to emergency stations because if e do it for fun we just waste their time and doing non sense. We should consume everyone's time a valuable one instead of wasting it.

Comment on Unknown Male by Sean

Sean — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:54:24 +0000

A tear is rolling down my face. Im an ambulance techi and I have always said, I do my job well, but I couldnt do yours! to hear pain and suffering, not being able to intervene, and to just hope that we get there and deal with it while you crack on and take the next……Keep up the good work guys!

Comment on Banana Man Latest by Maqsood

Maqsood — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:21:08 +0000

Very well said. Exactly, may be the baby banana do well then his baba.

Comment on A Complaint by Nigel Stevens

Nigel Stevens — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:31:55 +0000

Typical drunken person slating everyone and everything and trying to put the world to rights! I really don’t know how you keep your patience as I would have been shouting back! - Nigel

Comment on Banana Man Latest by Jack Stone

Jack Stone — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:02:13 +0000

ahha, i thinks its a local grocer and hope that man does not get married 83times

Comment on Banana Man Latest by Anna

Anna — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:44:21 +0000

"Well, the honeymoon should be a bit fruity, then? "
LOL, that made my day!

Comment on Banana Man Latest by milan222

milan222 — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:41:10 +0000

more banana for banana man!

Comment on Banana Man Latest by Russell M. Shepherd

Russell M. Shepherd — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:52:15 +0000

Oh, i am excited to see little bananas after they get married..

Comment on Regular Callers by William Delvalle

William Delvalle — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:54:43 +0000

I like talking as well and previously I was working in call centers and taking lots of calls. Sometimes callers are just fooling around and they just want to talke to someone just to release their emotions. But if they dial 999, probably they are experiencing something bad so be better help them or else.

Comment on Goodbye Nee Naw by Webhosting

Webhosting — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:56:24 +0000

Come on, Come back

Comment on Purple Plus by Seamoon

Seamoon — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:22:57 +0000

I have been a cfr for some time now and I work alone and I certainly DO jump when the pager goes but I chose to join the system and do what I can.I attend many calls because of the rural area that I live in,
The only thing that gives me a kick is the look of releif on peoples faces when you walk through the door whether I am a part timer OR a full timer.Help has arrived!
I seek no glory whether the outcome is succesful or whether it is sad.The glory comes naturaly because if the patient lives you DO get some satisfaction just knowing that you were able to help and if the outcome is grim then the satisfaction comes from knowing that you were there to give a little help and comfort to the next of kin which can be at times just as harrowing.

Comment on Goodbye Nee Naw by Buy Advair

Buy Advair — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:31:12 +0000

I miss you a lot..

Comment on Goodbye Nee Naw by Trooper Man

Trooper Man — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:06:15 +0000

Hi Suzi

I have been checking your blog weekly to see if you have posted any more true life tales.

Sadly I see this has now come to end. You will be missed by us all out here.

All the very best to you for the future and best wishes in all you that do.

Kindest gerards
Trooper Man