A drink-related injury could lead to a serious incident not getting an ambulance fast enough, a paramedic says.

Alcohol-related falls and minor injuries are one of the most common reasons for paramedics to be called out at weekends – and sometimes an ambulance is not needed.

Alnwick ambulance station team leader Lee Collins said that most weekends his team is called out to an alcohol-related incident.

He added that in some cases an ambulance is not needed and could potentially be taken away from a more serious injury, especially as only one ambulance is based at the Alnwick station.

via Northumberland Today.