roddy
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I think the question would be why the hospital doesn't have the blood in the first place, it's a very rare set of circumstances that a hospital will run out of it stock of blood/plasma
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I think the question would be why the hospital doesn't have the blood in the first place, it's a very rare set of circumstances that a hospital will run out of it stock of blood/plasma
I wouldn't be giving a flying continental fuck who was delivering it
Please accept my apologies for being unutterably naive as well as off topic but can you please specify the difference between a "flying continental fuck" (FCF) and a simple, and presumably British, "flying fuck"?
Is a FCF like a continental breakfast, short simple and ultimately far less rewarding except for the good coffee at the end?
Ronno - it would appear to be him judging by the photo of the bike on here: http://i4.bebo.com/040/8/large/2008/03/20/10/6057403599a7198840175l.jpg
Needing elbowed off half way up St.Clair St.
I'll be watching him...
(The Chief Constable stays roon' the corner.)
Would not want him putting stickers on a bike of mine looks like a twelve year old has done them
fringe
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I can see both sides to this, it attracting the wrong people and these should be weeded out. I can see from the website it says they dont accept people to apply for specific volunteer jobs, which will go some way to helping out with that issue.
Id rather there was a volunteer service with someone volunteering there own personal time to do such a thing - I can't really see a downside to helping a volunteering charity, so long as they are careful with who they choose to carry out what specific tasks.
Id rather there was a volunteer service with someone volunteering there own personal time to do such a thing - I can't really see a downside to helping a volunteering charity, so long as they are careful with who they choose to carry out what specific tasks.
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roddy
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There is no place on this forum for such sensibleness
Aye! indeed this is the Scottish region we have certain standards tae maintain
fringe
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Aye! indeed this is the Scottish region we have certain standards tae maintain
Apologies, i`ll just generalise then.
Id rather there was a volunteer service to help out, when the nearest "qualified" emergency service staff were having a tea break.
It appears that Honda is on the side of the volunteers.....
http://www.stayontheblack.com/honda-annouces-serv-as-supported-charity-of-the-year/
http://www.stayontheblack.com/honda-annouces-serv-as-supported-charity-of-the-year/
yebbut, this ambulance driving wannabee wouldnt bother offering him help in any of the emergeny roles I undertake.
yebbut, this ambulance driving wannabee wouldnt bother offering him help in any of the emergeny roles I undertake.
Even if he had his user name tattooed on his inner thigh....?
jonnyingram
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Once again I am inclined to agree with Glenshee,There are a few wannabee's that
join these groups,but i'm sure Gerald will agree not all police drivers are the best.(unless they were trained in Northumberland).
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Even if he had his user name tattooed on his inner thigh....?
Oh ok then, maybe the emergency midwifery...
jonny5859
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I'd like to point out its great that people volunteer to provide a service free of charge to the NHS and do these delivery's of blood, plasma etc but at no point is one of these volunteer groups doing emergency runs as it states on their website!
If its an emergency it is done under blues and twos, there are people who are trained and get paid to do this. All that these blood groups are doing is for example, delivering blood to a hospital to restock its supplies.
Yes its a great service and they are saving the NHS money but they are giving out the wrong idea of who they are. At no point will you be in a hospital and get told by a nurse "sorry we cant give you a transfusion as the volunteer biker isn't here yet"
If its an emergency it is done under blues and twos, there are people who are trained and get paid to do this. All that these blood groups are doing is for example, delivering blood to a hospital to restock its supplies.
Yes its a great service and they are saving the NHS money but they are giving out the wrong idea of who they are. At no point will you be in a hospital and get told by a nurse "sorry we cant give you a transfusion as the volunteer biker isn't here yet"
I wonder why the East Anglia Thread on Bloodbikes didn't attract some of the comments this thread seems to have generated 
http://ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=252613
As for who can and can't do what regarding blue light use, then it would probably be worth reading the following summarisation of the use of Blue lights put together by folk that actually know what they are talking about.
http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=61
I had a look back at the Scottish Sevr site and I must have missed the bit about using blue lights, or maybe it was the use of the word "emergency" that previous poster was drawing attention to. Having checked through other Blood Bikes sites it does appear that they can be called upon to do Emergency runs, though this is certainly not the norm. There is also no legal requirement for people driving emergency vehicles to be trained beyond a normal driving licence.
On the subject of Blue Lights I think the following video is worth watching. Helps make it clear to everybody what to do when you encounter an Emergency vehicle with Lights and /or Sirens going.
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However after reading the info about blue light use I do think the bike in the Scottish Sevr gallery photos has illegal livery. It appears to have blue reflective signage to the front and sides. Police Vehicles are the only vehicles allowed to have constant blue lights at the front. (In the lighting regulations, lights, reflectors and reflective material are all classed as lights on vehicles) I can appreciate that things like that can create a misleading image of the Blood Bike service. I haven't trawled through photos of other Blood Bikes but the few that I have come across seem to have more of a mixture of green, yellow, amber, white. Which is inline with Ambulance type emergency vehicles.
I spoke to an IAM rider this morning at the First Aid course I organised, and it turned out he is also one of the Scottish Emergency Volunteer Rider Service volunteers and have asked him to pass on the info about the blue signage.
Many thanks to anybody that went to the trouble of voting for the Scottish Emergency Volunteer Rider Service on the RBS CommunityForce project. The Scottish Emergency Volunteer Rider Service have said to me that they really appreciate everyones support
http://ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=252613
As for who can and can't do what regarding blue light use, then it would probably be worth reading the following summarisation of the use of Blue lights put together by folk that actually know what they are talking about.
http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=61
I had a look back at the Scottish Sevr site and I must have missed the bit about using blue lights, or maybe it was the use of the word "emergency" that previous poster was drawing attention to. Having checked through other Blood Bikes sites it does appear that they can be called upon to do Emergency runs, though this is certainly not the norm. There is also no legal requirement for people driving emergency vehicles to be trained beyond a normal driving licence.
On the subject of Blue Lights I think the following video is worth watching. Helps make it clear to everybody what to do when you encounter an Emergency vehicle with Lights and /or Sirens going.
<object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/btRHvQEIkcU?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/btRHvQEIkcU?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>
However after reading the info about blue light use I do think the bike in the Scottish Sevr gallery photos has illegal livery. It appears to have blue reflective signage to the front and sides. Police Vehicles are the only vehicles allowed to have constant blue lights at the front. (In the lighting regulations, lights, reflectors and reflective material are all classed as lights on vehicles) I can appreciate that things like that can create a misleading image of the Blood Bike service. I haven't trawled through photos of other Blood Bikes but the few that I have come across seem to have more of a mixture of green, yellow, amber, white. Which is inline with Ambulance type emergency vehicles.
I spoke to an IAM rider this morning at the First Aid course I organised, and it turned out he is also one of the Scottish Emergency Volunteer Rider Service volunteers and have asked him to pass on the info about the blue signage.
Many thanks to anybody that went to the trouble of voting for the Scottish Emergency Volunteer Rider Service on the RBS CommunityForce project. The Scottish Emergency Volunteer Rider Service have said to me that they really appreciate everyones support
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