As a former Paramedic, dealing with crowds and family can be just as stressful as the injured patient. Being in touch with physicians at the trauma hospital, and the level of training I had, so long as I had that doctor directing me, I was allowed to administer medications that most EMT in the 80's couldn't do. I had also completed 2 years of Pre-Med at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. We were not only dealing with the public, but at the time, there were 3 male jails in operation, 1 minimum security, 1 medium security and 2 maximum security jails. One being a fully maximum security woman's jail. We had a lot of calls from all 4 jails for various ailments, and but most were fighting or stabbing calls. Then we got the 911 system. And my seniority and continued training allowed me to make decisions on my own, so long as I told everyone on HANDOVER. Handover is as critical as the treatment in the field. If you can't communicate it properly, then you are given 1 more chance of training and passing. If you fail that, you don't advance your rank. Best Regards and Stay Safe Everyone!! From a Paramedic (Rtd) in Ontario, Canada, Jenn. 💖 💖 🇨🇦
@@dixongecko8018 You're welcome. I did the job because I loved being of help to people at their worst times. I still have my accreditation until 2025,and even then, I will probably be renewing a few things as both my parents are now in their 80's. My father is great in an Emergency, but only if it doesn't involve family. I and my sister in law can distance ourselves and immediately take over and care for just about any situation. I say that because she is a Registered Nurse Practitioner. 💖 Stay Safe.
HEMS Dr's are not simply Dr's on call. The Dr and paramedic are highly trained. More so than the paramedics who drive the trucks ( not to take anything away from those paramedics. They are also highly trained )
As we first responders know, training is essential but it can never replicate what happens on the streets in poor lighting conditions, weather, and the scene may be temporarily secure! Our profession is intricate, delicate, and expeditious all with the utmost compassion and professionalism! ❤️🚑❤️🚒❤️🚑
When you consider that the figures for stabbing in this video are extremely disturbing and shocking it’s even more horrendous to know that in 2021 those figures are even worse, and that they are probably only going to get worse, why? I don’t know, I can only imagine that the reasons are many and varied, what can be done about it? again I don’t know, but unless something drastic happens then more and more young people and adults will die, every day probably.
Stabbing a etc are on the increase I believe because of the pandemic… people are under stress… they have hair trigger reactions… the mental health of everyone living through this pandemic will be affected for a life time…
@@kendellharris7680 They wont do a thoracotomy just to release air, They will do whats called a finger thoracostomy (note the cost and not cot) this is where they will place a small hole in the chest wall, typically down your side, between the 4th and 5th ribs, and will literally put their finger in the hole to open it up, and in hospital they would normally place a chest drain in this hole. the thoracotomy is what they showed with the manikin, a fully open chest and is only done as a last resort in cardiac arrest to get directly to the heart. (i have watched both procedures be performed on a patient who jumped from height)
@@jasonlib1996 I’m aware of the procedure. I watch a lot of these programs. I just wrote a simple quick reply as I was busy at the time of writing the comment. Anyway thanks for explaining it in more detail for those who don’t know 🙏🏾🙏🏾
What lucky people...I think everyone is in too much of a rush these days, ear pieces in listening to music, talking on the phone, driving too fast or impatiently...LACK OF CONCENTRATION!!!! Wake up people everywhere before you die or kill someone else. These first responders put their own lives on the line every day FOR YOU!! And just like Australia these services need and should be supported by the govt. The Royal Flying Doctor Service here in Aus is the same....it should be fully funded by the govt not relying on public donations.
Every single Air Ambulance in the UK 🇬🇧 is funded by the people. We don't want the government to get their hands on this wonderful life-saving service, as you could bet they would cut them saying they cost too much. We have had my local A&E shit down, and it's just not good enough. I support the air ambulance, and I pay so much each month. It's not a lot, but every penny helps.
sherry Bonneau ... It sounds a good idea BUT there is NOT always a place for the helicopters to land in towns and cities. They really need a lot of space with no trees, buildings and power cables in the area.
@@leoschmelcher4089 I chuckled at your description of your “fly car” here we call it a “ helicopter” I am fascinated by the terms other countries use to describe various items… like “Lollie” and we call them “Semi trucks” My grandfather was from England and hence my fascination with the language… But yes… I do think that big expansive cities could have this service… but in most areas it’s not practical.
Ya, They now have 16 people working for the LAA, 2 helicopters plus one spare, and more air ambulances are available from surrounding countries and cities.
So sad for me to hear a South African accent on that wonderful doctor (the one who dealt with the motorcycle accident 8:48 and then later on in the video again) who probably felt he had no option but to leave our country and seek safer & better opportunities elsewhere. The brain-drain on our country has taken a heavy toll. The UK has gained a great man there.
@@AB-cs7vm I believe so. My point exactly. South Africa has lost some wonderful talent and professionals because of the non-optimum political situation here - which is such a pity and loss for our country.
Regarding the motorcyclist ... If he had been wearing proper motorcycling trousers, which have masses of extra padding built in (around the knees, hips and upper leg area) he may not have had such bad injuries. It looked like he was wearing flimsy trousers by the way they were cut off him!!!...Oh well, live and learn. (or not)
His crash had enough force to break both his legs and his pelvis. Riding trousers really wouldn't have made a difference to those injuries. Absolutely should wear it anyway - all the gear, all the time.
Several lumps-in-throat moments in this. I was rescued by the LAA car service in Sept 2011, and was relatively lucky with 'only' a broken top jaw, cut chin, lost teeth - which will always be with me but Im physically about as good as I was before the accident.
17:56 - Does the doc herself have blue sclerae? Looks like it has a blue tint, but maybe it’s just the light or something? Or she has some condition causing it (e.g. a mild case of OI)?🤔☺️
@@doggsumodo4591 as far as I’m aware one of the helicopters was donated by the Freemasons of the city of London and the other is public donations, virginal Atlantic just used to be a large sponsor but not a whole aircraft
If any of these commercial interests had any decency they’d be willing to sponsor the service without emblazoning their logo on the aircraft or uniforms.
@@garfstiglz3981 If the "commercial interests" did it any other way they would be operating at a loss and would have less resources for ventures such as this one. It benefits both parties doing it like this and allows the British public to see what companies align with their moral values and to vote with their money and use them.
33:14 and on, LMAO ''having crossed 13 miles of densely populated city'' lol hold up, didnt know helicopters had to stop when traffic gets thickXD that really nerfed my common sense for a second thereXD
When you have to try and reduce the number of deaths from knife crimes by literally slicing a person open and manually pumping their heart thats when you know someone somewhere isn't doing enough to prevent the crime in the first place.
hannahxx ... No one will ever prevent knife crimes. Even kids can get hold of knives, screwdrivers etc. from the home. Tell me if you know of a house that doesn't have knives or a shed that doesn't have "stabbing" type tools... Even house keys can be used to stab a person in the neck... Perhaps YOU have some ideas on how to prevent it???
@@rosemarydudley9954 Houses also have spoons but you dont see a ton of spoon crimes. Most houses have acids but the number of acid attacks is relatively low in comparison to knife crimes. It isn't about access because homes all over the world have knives but knife crime rates is very different all over the world. The issue is societal perceptions. The fact that it is so normalised is the issue. Public health campaigns address all sorts of issues in an attempt to reduce the incidence of them. In Australia we had a public health campaign about one hit punches because it was seen as an impressive thing to do and became exceedingly common. Changing the way people viewed those attacks reduced them occurring. Everyone has fists but not everyone uses them. Changing the idea that you need to carry a knife to protect yourself or that having a knife in some way gives you power or status would help reduce it.
@@rosemarydudley9954 Knife crime might, be significantly reduced also, if strip searches and bag searches by parents before any child leaves home, no matter what the time of day, were legal requirements and would have to be carried out by mum, dad or other primary carers. I will be doing such searches on my own children if and when I have them at some point in the next decade or longer. Anything, found on them, will result in a year's punishment for Any child of mine, toting a sharp, corrosive substance or weapon of any kind. They would lose privileges, electronics, sleepovers or later bedtimes for 12 months... including everyone's Birthday and Christmas. 2020s Britain is very fast, too fast, becoming America in exactly, the wrong way, the free and the crazy and the mentally disturbed way. The government has made any authorities which would have dealt with such matters in the above fashion in the 60s 70s, maybe the 80s as well, powerless to lift a finger in 2020s Britain. It is so sad that too many young people won't give their elders or authority figures the respect that our Grandparents certainly had to give back, otherwise they would know about it with belts, canes, slippers, unpaid house chores, early bedtimes Etc. Well, we can still have the early bedtimes and the confiscations... but nothing more.
After watching this and researching London's Air Ambulance Service, I'm glad to see that the organization has doubled its fleet to *_TWO_* helicopters to cover a city of nearly ten million residents. Yes, I'm being facetious. I work for a fire department in the United States covering a metropolitan area with a population barely a third that of London, and have three medical helicopters at my disposal to transport critical patients to four L1s; additionally, a 4th bird is operated by and as a resource of our RPTC, solely for pediatric trauma cases. Furthermore, all four of those birds are certified to fly both VFR and IFR, and their pilots with NVGs in low-light conditions, so only adverse weather keeps them on the ground. And I mean *ADVERSE*--more than once I've requested and received a medivac to a scene I struggled driving to in an ambulance. It also boggles the mind that in a city as cosmopolitan as London there's but a single dispatcher screening all the calls to the ops center trying to pick out incidents where helicopter transportation might be the difference between life and death, and then second-guessing their decision once they allocate those limited resources. 26:32 "It is like looking for that needle in a haystack...Frustratingly, you've only got the one team and there is occasion, that element of, do I want to commit them to this in case of something else." Fact is, helicopters save lives--there are a couple dozen thank-you cards displayed around the firehouse from folks who might not have lived to send them without that resource at our ready disposal as proof of that--and are a key component in the continuum of care in the most urgent, critical cases, but maybe I'm spoiled to have the luxury of needing only to key my mic to request a helicopter for a patient I assess won't survive ground transport, never mind to a L1 but not even the closest hospital, and except in the worst of weather getting one. Maybe they can and it wasn't mentioned in this video, but that a London attending paramedic can't make the determination on-scene that a medivac is warranted and personally request one is bewildering. Understand, I'm not being critical of LAAS; indeed, it sounds like they punch well above their weight given limited funding and resources. Rather, I'm appalled that it isn't a government-funded entity, instead having to rely on the generous philanthropy of the community and one Sir Richard Branson. I also realize they're dauntingly expensive to operate--even *_with_* private insurance, the cost of a medivac is enough all by itself to bankrupt most Americans--and Britain's NHS has only so much money to spread around, but I'm curious whether or not the average Briton is even aware that LAAS isn't publicly funded. That said, as a staunch supporter and advocate for single-payer health care in the United States, these exact reasons do plant a seed of doubt in my head. I'm in the business of saving lives and the associated costs never enter the equation when I decide which resources to request, but also want all those resources at my disposal. In other words, I would rather keep the option of knowing I can readily get a patient on a helicopter when that's the best shot to save their life and let them worry later how to pay for it than hoping mine is in such bad shape that they win the lottery for a ride on the one available helicopter for the entire region.
@@Mike25654 And it is equally interesting that you read my screed--especially the part where I state clearly and unequivocally, "I'm not being critical of LAAS"--and still conclude that I'm "talking down" medical care *anywhere* else in the world. Neither did I contend that health outcomes in the United States are markedly better than in other first-world counties, mostly because I know from experience that isn't the case. Rather, I merely contrasted my experience with helicopter medical evacuations in my country with how they operate in another. If you read into that a claim of superiority on my part, then so be it, and I bid you good health.
Funny, isn't it, that Britain needs doctors to do what American paramedics do everyday? Train your paramedics better and your patients will get to the hospital faster and you'll have better outcomes. Medicine shouldn't be driven by finances. What's best for your patients should be your priority.
@@belmarmom With all due respect, I have to challenge your premise. First of all, nothing in this documentary supports your assertion that American paramedics are "better" trained than their British counterparts. In fact, a little research proves exactly the opposite: Whereas earning an EMT-P certification is generally a two-year, associates-degree-level education in the States, British paramedics earn a BSc over 3 years. Also, I point your attention to the fact that when the first American hospital (Montgomery County Hospital District in Texas) developed protocols for performing simple thoracostomies in the field in 2014, they consulted with, and based theirs on London Air Ambulance Service--the very same as portrayed in this documentary. (www.jems.com/training/simple-thoracostomy-moving-beyond-needle/) Secondly, unless you have data proving preclinical care in the US results in improved patient outcomes--whether that's using mortality as a baseline or more ambiguous criteria like recovery times or quality-of-life following a trauma incident; I'd look it up but I'm busy and don't know if Britain's NHS has an analogue to CDS's WISQARS--your entire point is moot; if trauma patient outcomes are similar whether preclinical care is provided by "better trained" paramedics or those merely "good enough", the benefit of the former is dubious. As for your last two comments, I couldn't agree more. I watch videos like this in case I might glean some ideas that might improve my patients' outcomes.
I can’t believe that you only have one team and believe me I know it’s not easy and it’s all about funding my God you need at least 34 teams but thank God you at least have the one
@@primaveraitaly5002 r the family is my hero for the family I have a good friend who was a good friend of God and your family and friends are we all the time and the family are we all happy and happy for him
W for a good friend to be the best of God for the sake you are going out to love it all the way they have been working with them in the past couple and your friends are in 7th position and I love you etc so much we 654k so much so I can do it but she has a new look 3AM in your face that I am happy for her because she doesn't want to do it again and you will be happy to be in a relationship that is a good friend to her and her husband has the power and you are going out to be the one that is your best and you
@@primaveraitaly5002 They have 3 teams on during a shift now, this is a old doc. Its better for the service to be charity funded and not govt funded - means they have more control of their spending and the finances is not the limiting factor for the service. Theres now dozens of doctors and paramedics for the team. Being a charity means they can spend 100% of their money 100% how they want, not constrained by govt civil servants and the treasury to squeeze every penny out of it
I agree with another poster more should be done to fund this service I know I'm in the USA but if there's a way I could I would also help support it we have Life flight and other services here and they are irreplaceable when needed
Wow 1/2 mile ... how far would an ambulance have transported victim in the time from helo scramble till actual arrival on scene???? In a city the size of London this strikes me as a waste of money and assets.
Weight restrictions. The few pounds that might account for might mean less life-saving equipment or restrictions on the size of the patient you can carry.
Good post. Great work by all involved. What a fabulous charity they are. I was injured before air ambulance’s existed in North Wales. I had a police escort from Rhyl to Liverpool in 1985.
Makes me sick London gets so many air ambulances when there are hospitals literally a few miles apart when places like Cornwall are getting people dying because they cannot get to the next county to the nearest hospital. They have a few poxy minor injury units around but what the NHS needs is a proper hospital central Cornwall and to close the poxy MIUs. So many dying bcs they cannot even get a road ambulance let alone the air ambulance and that takes 30 mins to get to plymouth from the area i lived in. Longer for other parts. But hey ho, they are now building a nice Morrisons instead.. Dont retire to that cess pit Cornwall, if you get real sick you will die. Triage when you get to the hospital is 5 hr wait and up to a 20 hr wait for a doctor to see you after. Seems so unfair the rural areas get Forgotten. 😅
Nothing wrong with this upload. Very clear. Thank You. Unlike some uploads with background crap they call music drowning out the narration and sounds like it was done inside a tin can.
I think the National Lottery should fund the Air Ambulance service throughout the UK
That is a brilliant idea!!!
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I’m sure nowadays lots of air ambulance charities are
I totally agree not just the lottery.but the government and for all HEMS.
Military - we want more helicopters - no problem, how many? EHS - we need more helicopters - go raise your own money
Insane that the woman under the bus thinks about the worry she put on others by being under a bus BEFORE thinking of herself.
These guys are the true hero's along with all the medical team at the hospitals.
As a former Paramedic, dealing with crowds and family can be just as stressful as the injured patient. Being in touch with physicians at the trauma hospital, and the level of training I had, so long as I had that doctor directing me, I was allowed to administer medications that most EMT in the 80's couldn't do. I had also completed 2 years of Pre-Med at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. We were not only dealing with the public, but at the time, there were 3 male jails in operation, 1 minimum security, 1 medium security and 2 maximum security jails. One being a fully maximum security woman's jail. We had a lot of calls from all 4 jails for various ailments, and but most were fighting or stabbing calls. Then we got the 911 system. And my seniority and continued training allowed me to make decisions on my own, so long as I told everyone on HANDOVER. Handover is as critical as the treatment in the field. If you can't communicate it properly, then you are given 1 more chance of training and passing. If you fail that, you don't advance your rank. Best Regards and Stay Safe Everyone!! From a Paramedic (Rtd) in Ontario, Canada, Jenn. 💖 💖 🇨🇦
Thank you for all you did.
@@dixongecko8018 You're welcome. I did the job because I loved being of help to people at their worst times. I still have my accreditation until 2025,and even then, I will probably be renewing a few things as both my parents are now in their 80's. My father is great in an Emergency, but only if it doesn't involve family. I and my sister in law can distance ourselves and immediately take over and care for just about any situation. I say that because she is a Registered Nurse Practitioner. 💖 Stay Safe.
@@jenniferlehman2464 3 to love his wife and my daughter
must be nice to do a job that actually means something, not like just working to make money for someone else
And whats that got to do with anything???? We know all this dearie
HEMS Dr's are not simply Dr's on call. The Dr and paramedic are highly trained. More so than the paramedics who drive the trucks ( not to take anything away from those paramedics. They are also highly trained )
As we first responders know, training is essential but it can never replicate what happens on the streets in poor lighting conditions, weather, and the scene may be temporarily secure! Our profession is intricate, delicate, and expeditious all with the utmost compassion and professionalism! ❤️🚑❤️🚒❤️🚑
Bless you and thank you.
Thank you so much for your service ❤️ 🙏 ♥️ your absolutely brilliant human beings ❤️
When you consider that the figures for stabbing in this video are extremely disturbing and shocking it’s even more horrendous to know that in 2021 those figures are even worse, and that they are probably only going to get worse, why? I don’t know, I can only imagine that the reasons are many and varied, what can be done about it? again I don’t know, but unless something drastic happens then more and more young people and adults will die, every day probably.
Stabbing a etc are on the increase I believe because of the pandemic… people are under stress… they have hair trigger reactions… the mental health of everyone living through this pandemic will be affected for a life time…
I would say the suits take more then their share and the rest fight over the crumbs.
My jaw nearly fell off when we saw poor David's legs after his smash 😱😭 Poor fella!
A Police Helicopter can fly an land anytime, so y different rules for Air Ambulance?
Never heard of a thoracotemy before! Fascinating!
It’s when they have to cut the chest open to allow air too escape. Sometimes they cut the chest to massage the heart as well.
@@kendellharris7680 After watching this I'm thinking of giving it a go this weekend...whether someone needs it or not!
@@kendellharris7680 They wont do a thoracotomy just to release air, They will do whats called a finger thoracostomy (note the cost and not cot) this is where they will place a small hole in the chest wall, typically down your side, between the 4th and 5th ribs, and will literally put their finger in the hole to open it up, and in hospital they would normally place a chest drain in this hole.
the thoracotomy is what they showed with the manikin, a fully open chest and is only done as a last resort in cardiac arrest to get directly to the heart.
(i have watched both procedures be performed on a patient who jumped from height)
@@jasonlib1996 I’m aware of the procedure. I watch a lot of these programs. I just wrote a simple quick reply as I was busy at the time of writing the comment. Anyway thanks for explaining it in more detail for those who don’t know 🙏🏾🙏🏾
@@kendellharris7680 You were the one that didn't know as you described it wrong. Two totally different procedures as j.a.cole pointed out.
In the US, that air ambulance ride is $21k. Not covered in the least by insurance. It sucks to live in a country that doesn’t support you being alive.
That’s America for you.
Too bad music overpowered talking. Otherwise, amazing work by these crews!
I AGREE WITH YOU CATHY.
@@trixiepettman-south8500 WHY ARE WE YELLING?
What lucky people...I think everyone is in too much of a rush these days, ear pieces in listening to music, talking on the phone, driving too fast or impatiently...LACK OF CONCENTRATION!!!! Wake up people everywhere before you die or kill someone else.
These first responders put their own lives on the line every day FOR YOU!! And just like Australia these services need and should be supported by the govt. The Royal Flying Doctor Service here in Aus is the same....it should be fully funded by the govt not relying on public donations.
Every single Air Ambulance in the UK 🇬🇧 is funded by the people. We don't want the government to get their hands on this wonderful life-saving service, as you could bet they would cut them saying they cost too much. We have had my local A&E shit down, and it's just not good enough. I support the air ambulance, and I pay so much each month. It's not a lot, but every penny helps.
that side dive of the helicopter was brilliant
There is a HEMS video where a doctor performs a REBOA roadside - is that one uploaded anywhere?
It would be wonderful if all big cities around the world could have this service… the lives saved…
sherry Bonneau ... It sounds a good idea BUT there is NOT always a place for the helicopters to land in towns and cities. They really need a lot of space with no trees, buildings and power cables in the area.
@@rosemarydudley9954 I agree Rosemary… but it would be sweet
Sometimes a fly Car with a doctor and a paramedic would be the better option
@@leoschmelcher4089 I chuckled at your description of your “fly car” here we call it a “ helicopter” I am fascinated by the terms other countries use to describe various items… like “Lollie” and we call them “Semi trucks”
My grandfather was from England and hence my fascination with the language…
But yes… I do think that big expansive cities could have this service… but in most areas it’s not practical.
@@luvtocook6881 I may remember you that the word fly car is also used for non transporting ems vehicles.
Such incredible heros. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Agree 👍
I really hope to see more of these uploads from you.
They are brilliant.
Thank you 😊
1 team for 10 million people it has to off changed now
Ya, They now have 16 people working for the LAA, 2 helicopters plus one spare, and more air ambulances are available from surrounding countries and cities.
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They'll have alot more care aswell now
@@Ferreira0504 No, they have one active helicopter and 1 spare heli.
So sad for me to hear a South African accent on that wonderful doctor (the one who dealt with the motorcycle accident 8:48 and then later on in the video again) who probably felt he had no option but to leave our country and seek safer & better opportunities elsewhere. The brain-drain on our country has taken a heavy toll. The UK has gained a great man there.
In all fairness, there are alot of south africans in the ambulance service in the yk
@@AB-cs7vm I believe so. My point exactly. South Africa has lost some wonderful talent and professionals because of the non-optimum political situation here - which is such a pity and loss for our country.
Only 6 mins in & the overpowering music stops me going any further. Great work though from the medical responders, thanks guys
Big Up Dr Anne Weaver Soldier 100%
terrible resolution, i just can't
Don’t think the loud music is needed.
Love 💕 HEMS
Regarding the motorcyclist ... If he had been wearing proper motorcycling trousers, which have masses of extra padding built in (around the knees, hips and upper leg area) he may not have had such bad injuries. It looked like he was wearing flimsy trousers by the way they were cut off him!!!...Oh well, live and learn. (or not)
His crash had enough force to break both his legs and his pelvis. Riding trousers really wouldn't have made a difference to those injuries. Absolutely should wear it anyway - all the gear, all the time.
Background music is much too loud can't hear the narrator or anyone else
PLS MORE
Tanks from Germany
Why are all of these fortune 500 ceo's getting stabbed?
Bless you
Several lumps-in-throat moments in this. I was rescued by the LAA car service in Sept 2011, and was relatively lucky with 'only' a broken top jaw, cut chin, lost teeth - which will always be with me but Im physically about as good as I was before the accident.
17:56 - Does the doc herself have blue sclerae? Looks like it has a blue tint, but maybe it’s just the light or something? Or she has some condition causing it (e.g. a mild case of OI)?🤔☺️
So glad to see Virgin Airlines are involved here
They sponsor London Air Ambulance and Donate a few helicopters
@@doggsumodo4591 as far as I’m aware one of the helicopters was donated by the Freemasons of the city of London and the other is public donations, virginal Atlantic just used to be a large sponsor but not a whole aircraft
If any of these commercial interests had any decency they’d be willing to sponsor the service without emblazoning their logo on the aircraft or uniforms.
@@garfstiglz3981 If the "commercial interests" did it any other way they would be operating at a loss and would have less resources for ventures such as this one. It benefits both parties doing it like this and allows the British public to see what companies align with their moral values and to vote with their money and use them.
33:14 and on, LMAO ''having crossed 13 miles of densely populated city'' lol hold up, didnt know helicopters had to stop when traffic gets thickXD that really nerfed my common sense for a second thereXD
When you have to try and reduce the number of deaths from knife crimes by literally slicing a person open and manually pumping their heart thats when you know someone somewhere isn't doing enough to prevent the crime in the first place.
hannahxx ... No one will ever prevent knife crimes. Even kids can get hold of knives, screwdrivers etc. from the home. Tell me if you know of a house that doesn't have knives or a shed that doesn't have "stabbing" type tools... Even house keys can be used to stab a person in the neck...
Perhaps YOU have some ideas on how to prevent it???
@@rosemarydudley9954 Houses also have spoons but you dont see a ton of spoon crimes. Most houses have acids but the number of acid attacks is relatively low in comparison to knife crimes. It isn't about access because homes all over the world have knives but knife crime rates is very different all over the world. The issue is societal perceptions. The fact that it is so normalised is the issue. Public health campaigns address all sorts of issues in an attempt to reduce the incidence of them. In Australia we had a public health campaign about one hit punches because it was seen as an impressive thing to do and became exceedingly common. Changing the way people viewed those attacks reduced them occurring. Everyone has fists but not everyone uses them. Changing the idea that you need to carry a knife to protect yourself or that having a knife in some way gives you power or status would help reduce it.
@@rosemarydudley9954 Knife crime might, be significantly reduced also, if strip searches and bag searches by parents before any child leaves home, no matter what the time of day, were legal requirements and would have to be carried out by mum, dad or other primary carers. I will be doing such searches on my own children if and when I have them at some point in the next decade or longer. Anything, found on them, will result in a year's punishment for Any child of mine, toting a sharp, corrosive substance or weapon of any kind. They would lose privileges, electronics, sleepovers or later bedtimes for 12 months... including everyone's Birthday and Christmas. 2020s Britain is very fast, too fast, becoming America in exactly, the wrong way, the free and the crazy and the mentally disturbed way. The government has made any authorities which would have dealt with such matters in the above fashion in the 60s 70s, maybe the 80s as well, powerless to lift a finger in 2020s Britain. It is so sad that too many young people won't give their elders or authority figures the respect that our Grandparents certainly had to give back, otherwise they would know about it with belts, canes, slippers, unpaid house chores, early bedtimes Etc. Well, we can still have the early bedtimes and the confiscations... but nothing more.
Maybe your team could straighten out the terrible 911 call center in Washington, DC?
so...look before you cross the road....
God bless you all our heroes.
After watching this and researching London's Air Ambulance Service, I'm glad to see that the organization has doubled its fleet to *_TWO_* helicopters to cover a city of nearly ten million residents.
Yes, I'm being facetious. I work for a fire department in the United States covering a metropolitan area with a population barely a third that of London, and have three medical helicopters at my disposal to transport critical patients to four L1s; additionally, a 4th bird is operated by and as a resource of our RPTC, solely for pediatric trauma cases. Furthermore, all four of those birds are certified to fly both VFR and IFR, and their pilots with NVGs in low-light conditions, so only adverse weather keeps them on the ground. And I mean *ADVERSE*--more than once I've requested and received a medivac to a scene I struggled driving to in an ambulance.
It also boggles the mind that in a city as cosmopolitan as London there's but a single dispatcher screening all the calls to the ops center trying to pick out incidents where helicopter transportation might be the difference between life and death, and then second-guessing their decision once they allocate those limited resources. 26:32 "It is like looking for that needle in a haystack...Frustratingly, you've only got the one team and there is occasion, that element of, do I want to commit them to this in case of something else." Fact is, helicopters save lives--there are a couple dozen thank-you cards displayed around the firehouse from folks who might not have lived to send them without that resource at our ready disposal as proof of that--and are a key component in the continuum of care in the most urgent, critical cases, but maybe I'm spoiled to have the luxury of needing only to key my mic to request a helicopter for a patient I assess won't survive ground transport, never mind to a L1 but not even the closest hospital, and except in the worst of weather getting one. Maybe they can and it wasn't mentioned in this video, but that a London attending paramedic can't make the determination on-scene that a medivac is warranted and personally request one is bewildering.
Understand, I'm not being critical of LAAS; indeed, it sounds like they punch well above their weight given limited funding and resources. Rather, I'm appalled that it isn't a government-funded entity, instead having to rely on the generous philanthropy of the community and one Sir Richard Branson. I also realize they're dauntingly expensive to operate--even *_with_* private insurance, the cost of a medivac is enough all by itself to bankrupt most Americans--and Britain's NHS has only so much money to spread around, but I'm curious whether or not the average Briton is even aware that LAAS isn't publicly funded. That said, as a staunch supporter and advocate for single-payer health care in the United States, these exact reasons do plant a seed of doubt in my head. I'm in the business of saving lives and the associated costs never enter the equation when I decide which resources to request, but also want all those resources at my disposal. In other words, I would rather keep the option of knowing I can readily get a patient on a helicopter when that's the best shot to save their life and let them worry later how to pay for it than hoping mine is in such bad shape that they win the lottery for a ride on the one available helicopter for the entire region.
It is, to say the very least, very interesting to see a member of US EMS "talking down" on the medical care of any other part of the first world.
@@Mike25654 And it is equally interesting that you read my screed--especially the part where I state clearly and unequivocally, "I'm not being critical of LAAS"--and still conclude that I'm "talking down" medical care *anywhere* else in the world. Neither did I contend that health outcomes in the United States are markedly better than in other first-world counties, mostly because I know from experience that isn't the case. Rather, I merely contrasted my experience with helicopter medical evacuations in my country with how they operate in another. If you read into that a claim of superiority on my part, then so be it, and I bid you good health.
Funny, isn't it, that Britain needs doctors to do what American paramedics do everyday? Train your paramedics better and your patients will get to the hospital faster and you'll have better outcomes. Medicine shouldn't be driven by finances. What's best for your patients should be your priority.
@@belmarmom With all due respect, I have to challenge your premise. First of all, nothing in this documentary supports your assertion that American paramedics are "better" trained than their British counterparts. In fact, a little research proves exactly the opposite: Whereas earning an EMT-P certification is generally a two-year, associates-degree-level education in the States, British paramedics earn a BSc over 3 years. Also, I point your attention to the fact that when the first American hospital (Montgomery County Hospital District in Texas) developed protocols for performing simple thoracostomies in the field in 2014, they consulted with, and based theirs on London Air Ambulance Service--the very same as portrayed in this documentary. (www.jems.com/training/simple-thoracostomy-moving-beyond-needle/)
Secondly, unless you have data proving preclinical care in the US results in improved patient outcomes--whether that's using mortality as a baseline or more ambiguous criteria like recovery times or quality-of-life following a trauma incident; I'd look it up but I'm busy and don't know if Britain's NHS has an analogue to CDS's WISQARS--your entire point is moot; if trauma patient outcomes are similar whether preclinical care is provided by "better trained" paramedics or those merely "good enough", the benefit of the former is dubious.
As for your last two comments, I couldn't agree more. I watch videos like this in case I might glean some ideas that might improve my patients' outcomes.
@@Mike25654 You have made a complete fool of yourself with that comment! Frank was not making any disparaging remarks at all.
I would say the only Doctors with more experience are the one in the war zones
Sounds like he needs a tracheal airway very quickly I was a CLS combat lifesaver in the army national guard
I can’t believe that you only have one team and believe me I know it’s not easy and it’s all about funding my God you need at least 34 teams but thank God you at least have the one
Why is there only one team? Not right in such a big city. More money should be invested as the drs and paramedics do such a fantastic job.
Just realised the service is run by charity contributions. Why can’t the government find the resources to cover the costs?
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@@primaveraitaly5002 They have 3 teams on during a shift now, this is a old doc. Its better for the service to be charity funded and not govt funded - means they have more control of their spending and the finances is not the limiting factor for the service. Theres now dozens of doctors and paramedics for the team. Being a charity means they can spend 100% of their money 100% how they want, not constrained by govt civil servants and the treasury to squeeze every penny out of it
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Government waste millions in foreign aid but can't fund the Flying Ambulance in this country or the RNLI
2008 ain't got nothing on 2021
I agree with another poster more should be done to fund this service I know I'm in the USA but if there's a way I could I would also help support it we have Life flight and other services here and they are irreplaceable when needed
The US Lottery should also fund the Emits andtrai ing and Advanced Training. No one person needs to win $100000000.
Here’s a couple of hints. Don’t look at your phone as you cross the road. And don’t wear headphones either so you can hear the traffic around you.
Wow 1/2 mile ... how far would an ambulance have transported victim in the time from helo scramble till actual arrival on scene???? In a city the size of London this strikes me as a waste of money and assets.
I wonder why they don't have a helicopter und medics to put a line out and drop from the flying helicopter.
It is an essential service which should be funded by the government. Come on Boris get the cheque book and pen out!
hope everything turned out perfect again for you luella (sorry if i misspronounce your name)
Good practice to see default to use bougee with nearly every intubation on these NHS videos.
Jesus Christ 🙏, she just said "I thought I was fine, I just needed the bus off me" like it was just another day, lol!
Her boyfriend took it worse than she did.
Dog 🐶 nose 👃🏻 bus 🚌
what a sweet lassie she is too be so concerned with everyone else, including the bus driver even though she nearly died under that bus
Boombaye Ali
It’s amazing how different the practices are today
Yeah those big red busses with all their lights are pretty easy to miss.
Bravo Zulu
Zazur marnie
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!!
Why don’t they carry a motorized scooter on the helicopter?
Weight restrictions. The few pounds that might account for might mean less life-saving equipment or restrictions on the size of the patient you can carry.
Good post. Great work by all involved. What a fabulous charity they are. I was injured before air ambulance’s existed in North Wales. I had a police escort from Rhyl to Liverpool in 1985.
Makes me sick London gets so many air ambulances when there are hospitals literally a few miles apart when places like Cornwall are getting people dying because they cannot get to the next county to the nearest hospital. They have a few poxy minor injury units around but what the NHS needs is a proper hospital central Cornwall and to close the poxy MIUs. So many dying bcs they cannot even get a road ambulance let alone the air ambulance and that takes 30 mins to get to plymouth from the area i lived in. Longer for other parts. But hey ho, they are now building a nice Morrisons instead.. Dont retire to that cess pit Cornwall, if you get real sick you will die. Triage when you get to the hospital is 5 hr wait and up to a 20 hr wait for a doctor to see you after. Seems so unfair the rural areas get
Forgotten. 😅
The music is awful.
Aussie doctor a bit much - mayte, mayte.
R.I.p Mohammed
Mohammad is alive!
He isn’t dead. Watch 26.00
Bro im alive lol
Filmee on a potato??
Well it was 08
Nothing wrong with this upload. Very clear. Thank You. Unlike some uploads with background crap they call music drowning out the narration and sounds like it was done inside a tin can.
@@iizombie1665 they had 1080p in 2008
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