More and More Paramdedics Being Attacked

Attacks on paramedics are becoming more and more frequent when answering emergency calls.

As shown in the table in Wales alone there were 290 attacks in the last year alone, 123 of which resulted in injury to the paramedic.

Paramedics in London have also become frequent victims of attacks with statistics showing one in 10 paramedics get attacked.

"Safe"

Although attacks are increasing it doesn't seem to be affecting the paramedics who are on duty, paramedic Simon Froggatt said "Although attacks on paramedics are increasing it isn't something i worry about when i am on the job as my main concern is my patient".

However Mr Froggatt did say "I am aware of the attacks increasing and if they continue to increase it would be something i would be worried about".

"An Issue"

As attacks on paramedics are increasing it is becoming more of a concern to them on the job, Mr Froggatt said "although the police are usually on scene with you if the patient is intoxicated or has taken illegal substances safety can then become an issue".

"Over Dramatised"

The media has recently picked up on the frequent attacks, however Mr Froggatt said the media can "over dramatise" the stories, he said "although paramedics getting attacked is a serious crime and has to be reported by the media I personally feel the media often over dramatises the attack and can make it sound worse than it actually is"

He went on to add how paramedics go through sufficient training in order to deal with situations such as being attacked.

http://www.nwas.nhs.uk/internet/

Alcohol Consumption

So within today's society there is a major problem with the consumption of alcohol.

I thought it was a problem just in the UK but whilst i have been traveling around i have realised it is a worldwide problem.

So i thought it would be interesting to look at a few countries and see how it compares to the UK.

the table shows the amount of pure alcohol consumption in litres for people 15 and over:

SOURCE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION
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DATALINK
http://www.who.int/whosis/en/

So my predictions were not completely wrong as although Ireland does drink more it is close enouhg to the UK, whom drink more than the United States and Australia.

Wrexham beat Ebbsfleet for vital away win!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not being an "armchair" fan i went to watch Wrexham away against Ebbsfleet United on Saturday. Ok it isn't Manchester United or Liverpool but it is more than exciting enough for me.

Ebbsfleet's ground isn't the biggest in the world but it is at least clean,unlike some of the grounds i have been too in the past.

The game wasn't thrilling and wasn't end to end in goal mouth action,but then again i can't remember the last Wrexham match that was.

One of our newer signings Lamine Sakho scored the only goal in a goalmouth scramble,which kind of summarised the game if i am honest.

Ebbsfleet will feel a little hard done by as they had 2 players sent off in the second half,which prevented any serious attempt to claim anything from the match.

Although Wrexham still sit 16Th in the Blue Square Premier i am confident we can still mount a serious push for the playoffs if we can keep picking up the scrappy wins that are needed.