Comments on: Volunteer medics honoured for maginficent winter work http://www.paramedic.org.uk/2009/05/25/volunteer-medics-honoured-for-maginficent-winter-work/ News, information and comment for the UK pre-hospital care professionals Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:54:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: paramandy999 http://www.paramedic.org.uk/2009/05/25/volunteer-medics-honoured-for-maginficent-winter-work/comment-page-1/#comment-110 paramandy999 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:09:40 +0000 http://www.paramedic.org.uk/?p=944#comment-110 was not having a dig at the volunteers - far from it! its the management of west mids im criticising...anything for a cheap PR stunt when their staff are still running round with some of the poorest vehcs/kit etc in the country.good for the volunteers, just saying, notice no mention of the guys who struggle on daily... was not having a dig at the volunteers – far from it!
its the management of west mids im criticising…anything for a cheap PR stunt when their staff are still running round with some of the poorest vehcs/kit etc in the country.good for the volunteers, just saying, notice no mention of the guys who struggle on daily…

]]> By: Editor http://www.paramedic.org.uk/2009/05/25/volunteer-medics-honoured-for-maginficent-winter-work/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Editor Tue, 26 May 2009 06:50:11 +0000 http://www.paramedic.org.uk/?p=944#comment-98 To be fair, we get paid for doing it and these people do it out of some sense of community spirit. Two community responders I know are now excellent techs and did it because they wanted to join the service - it looks good on the CV! I agree with what you're saying though, most Trust's PR is total pants (just look at the press the fire service gets), the media generally treat us as the poor relation of the emergency services. I trawl the news agencies most days to keep ParamedicUK up-to-date and get very frustrated when I read about how wonderful the police and/or fire were at an incident that we were probably 1st on-scene and dealt with the human wreckage. To be fair, we get paid for doing it and these people do it out of some sense of community spirit.

Two community responders I know are now excellent techs and did it because they wanted to join the service – it looks good on the CV!

I agree with what you’re saying though, most Trust’s PR is total pants (just look at the press the fire service gets), the media generally treat us as the poor relation of the emergency services.

I trawl the news agencies most days to keep ParamedicUK up-to-date and get very frustrated when I read about how wonderful the police and/or fire were at an incident that we were probably 1st on-scene and dealt with the human wreckage.

]]> By: paramandy http://www.paramedic.org.uk/2009/05/25/volunteer-medics-honoured-for-maginficent-winter-work/comment-page-1/#comment-96 paramandy Mon, 25 May 2009 19:34:27 +0000 http://www.paramedic.org.uk/?p=944#comment-96 awards??!!! wahey. cant say what i want to say as would lower the tone of this excellent site - but - a wee thank you for those that do it day in day out wouldnt be so wrong, would it?? awards??!!! wahey. cant say what i want to say as would lower the tone of this excellent site – but – a wee thank you for those that do it day in day out wouldnt be so wrong, would it??

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