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Should the ambulance service be called out for drunks lying in the kerb or should someone just pour a bucket of cold water over them?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Drunks do not belong in ambulances.We had an understanding with the LAS. They called us out to a collapse and if the medics ascertained they were not ill or dying we put them in the black Maria.A drunk puking up in an ambulance takes that emergency vehicle out of action for hours whilst the crew have to sanitise the vehicle for real emergencys.Always easier to hose down the police van and throw them in the drunk cell.
When I ran a railway station, we had plenty of people arrive on the last trains on Friday and Saturday nights who were either semi-conscious or totally unconscious through drink. It would have been ridiculous to call an ambulance to every one of them.
All I did was to drag them along the platform, through the booking hall and out onto the paved area outside. I'd then place them into the recovery position, ensuring that they were in an area covered by a security camera. Having then locked the station up, I'd call the police non-emergency number to let them know that I'd just left an unconscious person outside the station. It was a regular occurrence!
Ambulances are for 'accidents' and 'emergencies'
No one old enough to drink alcohol should be entertained in an emergency vehicle.They should no better. Getting possed is irresponsible and they shouldn't rely on transport to an A&E bed for the night.If they are possed then a police cell will suffice. They are even given a effing breakfast for christ sake
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