Selfish Tw*ts

[Migmac]

Wow...whats wrong with people these days

Frightened of doing something wrong and getting
sued will be part of it, being a a hole being the bigger reason

 

[Jackimus]

Well done

Two things that are both unbelievable and… believable:

- Did that woman really try to drag a casualty off the road as he was ‘in the way of traffic’? What a cretin.

- You were initially offered an ambulance in four hours? That could have been a death sentence in the circumstances.

The three Bs - Breathing, Blood, Bones

If they're breathing, not bleeding, and no bones are visible, in that order from most to least important, good luck getting an ambulance in any timely fashion.

 

[Robotstar5]

Frightened of doing something wrong and getting
sued will be part of it, being a a hole being the bigger reason

It's like bystanders not attempting CPR due to that, I've always think the casualty can't be worse than dead if you don't try.

 

[gaz1]

Driving home this late afternoon 23 09 2025 we got caught in the Swansea Rush hour ( well that's what the locals call it ) coming from Mumbles and onto Crockett Lane still in the 30 mph zone when suddenly the two cars in front of me slowed to an almost abrupt stop then swerved to the left and b* ggered off .


A quick. I'm an A&E off dty duty doctor just come off shift . Jus then the ambulance service said there is a four hour wait for an ambulance . The doc grabbed son in laws phone and told them in no uncertain terms who she was and that this was a life and death emergence at the scene of a road traffic incidence . . I heard the reply , " An ambulance has been sent to your location , police and other emergency crews have been scrambled too .They all arrived almost in convoy 22 minutes later as the traffic build up had almost paralysed the area

to say everyone pays this via there council tax i find it really disgraceful

and if a doctors name and reference can change it from 4hrs to 22 minutes speaks volumes in my eyes and thats just an observation from the doctor at the scene who hanst even checked the person over at this point

now im going to mention this part police get a rise in payments on your council tax in my eyes what for and yet we get a damn disgraceful access from the ambulance service system

my own mum was on the floor for an hr at night with 2 broken legs and a broken arm and to say i know where the ambulance dispatch points are is interesting 3-5 miles for there dispatch points a trip that can be done in 10-15mins with lights on done in 5-101 mins

i can assure you i want blood from the council tax enough to refuse payment for this service when its so disgraceful

ambulance and fire brigade is the one thing i dont mind paying for the police is one of those you dont deserve a rise

 

[defender dan]

It's like bystanders not attempting CPR due to that, I've always think the casualty can't be worse than dead if you don't try.

Exactly, it`s always best to help if you can & you can`t be sued for giving someone first aid anyway

 

[Guineafowl]

The three Bs - Breathing, Blood, Bones

If they're breathing, not bleeding, and no bones are visible, in that order from most to least important, good luck getting an ambulance in any timely fashion.

Er, internal bleeding? All that ^^ sounds pretty desperate.

 

[Robotstar5]

The three Bs - Breathing, Blood, Bones

If they're breathing, not bleeding, and no bones are visible, in that order from most to least important, good luck getting an ambulance in any timely fashion.

Not heard that one, I was taught ABC, Airway, Breathing & Circulation, check the airway's clear, check they're breathing and there's a pulse.

 

[northwest]

Wow...whats wrong with people these days

A great deal from where I am sitting and the sadness is it isn't getting any better.

 

[Migmac]

It's like bystanders not attempting CPR due to that, I've always think the casualty can't be worse than dead if you don't try.

I’m trained in first aid. Only had to use it once, on the golf course! Four of us were caddying and four were playing. Two of the players were sports coaches, one was a lecturer in sports and one was a young boy. Caddies were retired or young like me! Anyhow one of the caddies collapsed. Hit the deck hard. My training kick in immediately. Checked the guy over and put him in recovery position. Then had to shout at the others
to phone for the ambulance and our club defibrillator. The youngest caddy kicked into gear while the rest looked on. After the caddy was taken away. We all got talking, the three golfers involved with sport said they had no idea about first aid. I found this strange. I quizzed one of them further whilst walking along. They know first aid but will not do anything in case of being sued. It’s a real sad state of affairs when people think like that

 

[Jackimus]

Not heard that one, I was taught ABC, Airway, Breathing & Circulation, check the airway's clear, check they're breathing and there's a pulse.

Three Bs are more on the dispatcher's side - quick and dirty way to prioritise responses.

 

[roofman]

There does seem to be a trend these days of helpless poor souls either drowning, on the floor after being assulted and any other circumstance of hurt , what morons just stand there with there phones filming it...look at youtube its full of it what upbringing has a person had to stand and watch someone slipping away, i really find it unbeilvable how they have all become so sanistised to suffering and hurt..

 

[jenki]

Thank you for the help given Dapph, unfortunately it seems a Swansea thing not to give way to anyone waiting at a junction, even worse if you drove a van. An acquaintance who lived in London dreaded driving in Swansea thought the standard of driving was much worse than London.

 

[Jackimus]

I’m trained in first aid. Only had to use it once, on the golf course! Four of us were caddying and four were playing. Two of the players were sports coaches, one was a lecturer in sports and one was a young boy. Caddies were retired or young like me! Anyhow one of the caddies collapsed. Hit the deck hard. My training kick in immediately. Checked the guy over and put him in recovery position. Then had to shout at the others
to phone for the ambulance and our club defibrillator. The youngest caddy kicked into gear while the rest looked on. After the caddy was taken away. We all got talking, the three golfers involved with sport said they had no idea about first aid. I found this strange. I quizzed one of them further whilst walking along. They know first aid but will not do anything in case of being sued. It’s a real sad state of affairs when people think like that

You can't be held liable if you were rendering (or trying to render) aid - case law actually sorted this a while ago but many aren't aware.

A guy tried to sue his first aider for I think the broken ribs caused during CPR? The judge let it go ahead just so that he could smack him down in court and set the precedent for the future.

 

[Olderisbetter]

People are too caught up in their own orbit and forget we all need help once in a while, we gave a guy a lift home Saturday evening after seeing him in the gutter, yes he was drunk but cars were right by him and no.one else stopped maybe because ir was raining.

 

[Nomad]

I've been first on scene more than once...

Biker lying on the ground blocking a roundabout, his mate (also on a bike) had parked up and was doing his best to check the injured chap while waving off drivers who were trying to drive around the chap lying on the ground.
I parked my car on the roundabout to protect the victim, gave his mate my hi-vis for traffic duty then rang emergency ... I left when 999 pulled up as they didn't need me...

Frightened of doing something wrong and getting
sued will be part of it, being a a hole being the bigger reason

I've done exactly this and will do it again if the situation arises !
First on scene when a drunk pedestrian stepped in front of a car on a motorway - nasty! I walked around the lad on the ground, thought "I'm not qualified and don't want to get accused of making things worse" so rang 999 and flagged down a passing taxi so he could put his hazzards on and park up to protect the chap on the road. Gave the taxi a decent tip and told him to drive off as the blue lights arrived - no point in wasting his time giving a statent to say he saw nothing, knew nothing, and never even got out of his car.
Driver who hit the (crazy / drunk / suicidal) pedestrian got taken to court 3 years later by a no-win solicitor ... the crash destroyed his life. Not a lot more I can say


We live in a crazy world.

 

[Seadog]

Your post reminded me of an incident in the West End, many years ago. Arider had been knocked off, so I went assist. Several people were already there and about to lift the bike off of the rider. Fortunately for him, I turned up before they started, pointed out that his foot was trapped between the frame (footrest, I can't remember which) and saved him from a broken ankle at the very least. There was also someone trying to remove his helmet, which I immediately put a stop to. Fortunately there were no broken bones and he was able to limp away.

 

[colnerov]

When I was at the airport years ago a passenger collapsed gasping his fellow passengers started doing CPR. One of my colleagues who was a first aider went to help and realised it wasn't a heart attack, he was choking, he managed to stop them jumping up and down on his chest with some difficulty so that he do the Heimlich manoeuvrer and then all was well.

 

[Cobbler]

There does seem to be a trend these days of helpless poor souls either drowning, on the floor after being assulted and any other circumstance of hurt , what morons just stand there with there phones filming it...look at youtube its full of it what upbringing has a person had to stand and watch someone slipping away, i really find it unbeilvable how they have all become so sanistised to suffering and hurt..

It’s not new, in the mid 80’s three of us were on Blackpool Sands in Devon when a woman rushed over & said “do you know anything about first aid, a man had fallen & hit his head” when we went over, it was obvious that the guy was dying & hit his head on the way down. We started chest compressions, mouth to mouth was a bit tricky as he had smashed his face on the way down, we forced a snorkel down his throat, the best we could do. As we did this, a crowd started to form, on of which was a guy with his young son, about 5 I would guess, one of us went over & said “please take your boy away, the guy is dying” the answer “he wants to watch” by the time the ambulance had got there there was a crown of about 50, no one offered to help, they just stood there. As the ambulance men came over, 2 men appeared out of the crowd & said “we are consultant anaesthetists, would you like us to put the away in” they could have saved us an awful lot of grief & hassle, but no they just watched! As it turned out the ambulance men said he was dead before he hit the ground! It put a bit of a dampener on our diving weekend

 

[jsf55]

Good man... too many road users forget about others !

 

[Morrisman]

Three Bs are more on the dispatcher's side - quick and dirty way to prioritise responses.

One of the last cpr courses I did: DRABCD
Danger
Response
Airway
Breathing
Cardiac
Deadly bleeding