That is one hell of a stressful job as a volunteer even without the unhelpful hospital staff. I admire the work you all do and long may you keep doing it safely.
I used to deliver controlled drugs to hospitals and I got mostly the same reaction of doctors/pharmacist on a daily basis I don’t know weather it’s stress Or just they think your above u Ur doing a mint job mate keep it up 👍👍
@@lizzbien4446 I can only speak for myself (I worked a very similar job while going to uni) and it was pure chance. Knowing people that did it and thus having connections. Again: It could only apply to the place I worked at, but they solely recruited people that someone they knew could vouch for.
I have to say the staff at the labs looked exceedingly underwhelmed by being at work, they obviously don't like their jobs, projecting lots of negativity, despite the high vis jacket the biker almost seemed invisible!
Yes I did the same job for years mainly clotters life saving drugs because of the cost back then not many hospitals carried stock I've del to the top of the country bottom of the country highlands islands ulster Ireland Jersey Guernsey n the isle of man n love the trip over to shetland.I have never been shown any ungratitude in any way in fact total opposite what I've seen in this vid isn't very nice toward people who give their time free Me i worked self employed made a wage love the miles driven jumped on planes when it's gone serious what a job i had serious but very nice people why no more you think well covid really made hospitals carry stock n the firm i worked for stocked the hospitals in their own vans.stay safe bikers you don't won't to be using what you del.
I knew someone at work who did this outside work hours. He said he had to pay out of his own pocket for all the LEGAL flashing lighting plus the sirens and radio gear, that he was expected to install onto his OWN motorbike (hundreds of pounds). Think it was voluntary as well (wasn’t being paid for it).
DuhDuh lol I didn’t mean it that way, I mean if there’s so much money in the medical field, how can the hospitals which earn a good bit of money, not at least sponsor these riders.
Yes plus then when you stop doing that job you have a bike covered in screw holes from fitting all the extra gear, to remove. Detrimental value on the bike. Doing this job is essentially a key task for the NHS, helping to save lives. I could justify doing it if I was getting paid to do it, otherwise “voluntarily” means I’m out doing this for free, when actually I have a family at home I should be taking care of!
This guy is saving lives every time he rides. Got a motorcycle? Enjoy riding? Why not offer to be a blood bike rider? You get to ride fast (legally with blue lights!) and you're saving lives with every journey. Without these guys, the NHS could not do any operations, they would not be able to save the lives of people with diseases like Sickle Cell Disease, Cancer, Kidney Disease etc, or save the lives of women who suffer blood loss during birth or anything. There's also an organ biker too I think, a biker who delivers human organs to where they are needed. If I could ride, I would be giving it some serious consideration!. Some super skilled riding there too, setting an example to bikers everywhere.
We’re all volunteers who give up our time to provide the service. Blood bike groups in the UK are established as charities and rely entirely on business groups and the public for our funding. Most groups require you to be an experienced motorcyclist with an advanced riding qualification as a minimum.
@@1986wake1986 From my brief research, many blood bike charities do also require car drivers as live blood cannot be transported in particularly poor weather (below 3'C I believe) on bikes. You still need to have an applicable advanced driving qualification such as IAM or RoSPA and each charity likely has its own additional criteria.
Good no GREAT!!! work for these blue light emergency dispatch riders. What motorcyle is used it sounds like a really well tuned machine. Sounds like either a BMW or HONDA 1,000 cc
All the smoke stop doors wedged open, somebody cant be arced opening the doors . Shell out some money and fit electronic holding opening devices, so when the alarm goes off they will shut😊
Sadly not. The ST1100 was an ex-PSNI bike, and had the factory-installed unit. It would’ve taken funds away from frontlline services if we’d diverted cash to pay for a better unit just to yelp; we learned to work with what we had. Each of our bikes had different blues and twos, depending on their age. One of them was newer and had LED blues, and an array of sirens, yelps, etc, as well as different light configurations.
@@AntonyLoveless That's not uncommon - we had a batch of riot vans that they never wired the horn ring in to change the tones so you were either on with wail or off - I wonder if the same specialist vehicle convertor was used. Crazy really as every electronic siren has at least wail & yelp, it saved them about half an hours wiring work and a few quids worth of cable and connectors, that was all.
😂Tell me about it! The only flaw in an otherwise perfect bike. Much like the Ducati 998, for me, it was so much better than the model that replaced it 🤷🏻♂️
I've had 3 st11s since I did my "big bike" test and Id have another in a heart beat if it wasn't for the swing arm made of chocolate. After many many rides on my dad's st13 I can say theyre not as good as the 11 😂
Hello I am a teacher from Bradford. I am creating an educational video for young people teaching them about the importance of our amazing emergency services and why they must be respected. Please could I use some of this footage with crediting of course?
Hello Alastair, thanks for getting in touch. Yes, you’re very welcome to use my footage with a credit. I would also be happy to answer any questions you or your pupils may have.
Seems like a lot of effort strapping it dow. All he had to do was strap it once, double pat it, and say "thats not going anywhere" and the gods take over 😂
I don’t think that these BLOOD vehicles should be using orange and yellow Battenburg markings, that are normally associated with airfield airside operations vehicles. I would suggest red and orange, which is not in use by any other agency. It is more appropriate, as there is red for blood and orange for plasma.
Well tough. Orange and yellow are approved livery for National Blood Service Vehicles, allied charities and Highways Incident Response Units & similar. It's hardly if someone is going to mistake any of these with a vehicle that is exclusively airside on an airport and nor will they ever cross paths
@@AntonyLoveless if they keep it up then the building needs closed down for violating the fire safety codes , those fire doors are what prevents the entire building from burning down in the event of a structure fire , i guess the people working there don't understand that their lives are in danger. If that was me doing your job and i walked in and seen that i would yell a bad at them and throw all of the stuff across the room then tell them if they did it anymore then they won't no longer have a job due to putting them and everybody else's lives in danger.
That one at 7:25 raised the bar a bit of urgency. Glad you stayed with the task. This one was getting tense where I was wondering if you would request a police escort.
Rushed there n guy he was giving it to was like, 'check phone, pick nose, oooooh pretty butterfly outside, what's this your giving me. Poison....money....tnt....chocolate?'
Lot's of ignorant drivers not letting him turn right into the first hospital and self funding explains the retro strobe set up that looks like a police motorcycle from the late 1980's! (But hey - it gets the job done!) Similar groups on the mainland too, which beggars the point what on earth are the National Blood Service doing these days, they don't run bikes anymore (they used to a very long time ago) and we shouldn't need volunteers to pick up the slack (but it's bloody good that we have them or we would be sunk!)
Thank you, and no, very rarely, but we didn’t do it for the kudos or thanks. It angered all of us that central government relied on charities like ours to provide a service that should’ve been funded by the treasury.
@@AntonyLoveless it is a shame to be honest you are right it should be government funded. so many peoples lives are saved due the amazing work the blood runner performe day in day out without question honestly so thankfull for work and lives saved 👏👏👏
@@el-yorko-bar3734 I think about this funding question a lot. The whole system needs rejigged. Motability (the government funded charity providing disability vehicles to the disabled who are in receipt of suitable DWP benefit🙄) *made* just over *2 BILLION* in *profit* a couple years back, for that year. Should I repeat that? 🤔 A not for profit charity (Motability) funded by tax payers, made 2 BILLION pounds PROFIT for the year. The company that own/run Motability (nfp charity), are a regular for profit company, and sell the cars after three years useage, and keep the proceeds as profit. The government then pay for the new vehicles via the disabled persons disability benefit. It's basically glorified vehicle contract leasing. If it was fully in-house not for profit run by a government department, that 2 billion would be available for the likes of blood bikes etc. Doesn't that smack you as quite odd, when there are blood bike charities having to rely on volunteers with their own bikes literally relying on public charity to provide an essential service.
@@aarondonally8153 well no, because its for volunteers 😊 The only thing you have to do to become a blood bikes rider. You need to have held your full motorcycle licence for 2 years since the date of passing or more. Then you need to have completed an advanced Riding instruction such as Dragon Rider Course (in Wales = free) or you have other choices such as IAM, Rospa etc. My experience: I'm a blood Bike member for SW Wales.
This was a pathology run? And a blood transfusion? I'm a courier in Australia. We do this "urgently" without sirens and lights. UK takes things seriously hu lol
Green lights are courtesy lights (bit like UK blood service blues) only for doctors but not used very often (or now for diggers to show seat belt connected!)
That is one hell of a stressful job as a volunteer even without the unhelpful hospital staff. I admire the work you all do and long may you keep doing it safely.
But the staff did have the fire doors held open with plastic bins for him.???
I have a whole new respect for the blue light emergency riders. 'Thanks for all that you do'.
That guy at 4:22 is clearly in the wrong job... Good job by you Antony.
I thought that, didnt even look at the rider, ignorant fecker
To be fair, he could have be having a bad day. Overworked, long shift, bad news etc.
And what's he doing picking his nose !! To busy with his phone.. zzz
Likely the building is so hot inside
how do u know this not his work phone?
I used to deliver controlled drugs to hospitals and I got mostly the same reaction of doctors/pharmacist on a daily basis
I don’t know weather it’s stress
Or just they think your above u
Ur doing a mint job mate keep it up 👍👍
Can I ask how you got into it? Was it a job role advertised or they are frequently looking for individuals to assist like this?
I would like to think they all been working 12 hour shifts with irregular hours solong they just got no life in em
@@lizzbien4446 I can only speak for myself (I worked a very similar job while going to uni) and it was pure chance. Knowing people that did it and thus having connections. Again: It could only apply to the place I worked at, but they solely recruited people that someone they knew could vouch for.
I have to say the staff at the labs looked exceedingly underwhelmed by being at work, they obviously don't like their jobs, projecting lots of negativity, despite the high vis jacket the biker almost seemed invisible!
Yes I did the same job for years mainly clotters life saving drugs because of the cost back then not many hospitals carried stock I've del to the top of the country bottom of the country highlands islands ulster Ireland Jersey Guernsey n the isle of man n love the trip over to shetland.I have never been shown any ungratitude in any way in fact total opposite what I've seen in this vid isn't very nice toward people who give their time free Me i worked self employed made a wage love the miles driven jumped on planes when it's gone serious what a job i had serious but very nice people why no more you think well covid really made hospitals carry stock n the firm i worked for stocked the hospitals in their own vans.stay safe bikers you don't won't to be using what you del.
Man you need a quick snap on/off release for those boxes, I was getting stressed just watching lol.
Then don't watch you stupid
I feel you. Mee too😅
@@dumbfvck2028 youre a toxic little fucker arent you
Tell me about it! Sadly, we had what we had, and as a new charity, we had to marshall whatever funds we had just on operating the service.
@@dumbfvck2028 wow what a deeply unhappy resentful person, lot of pain their.
Love how fire doors are just propped open everywhere
Thank you for the experience of what blood bikes do as well like in a delivery of blood
Pedestrians crossing road in front of emergency vehicle: "One day, you'll be coming for me!"
I knew someone at work who did this outside work hours. He said he had to pay out of his own pocket for all the LEGAL flashing lighting plus the sirens and radio gear, that he was expected to install onto his OWN motorbike (hundreds of pounds). Think it was voluntary as well (wasn’t being paid for it).
Ye all blood bikers are volunteers, and also yes you do have to convert your own motorcycle and out of your own pocket
Then why would ppl do it?
@@nebojsakukic8824 out of the goodness of their hearts. That's what most volunteers do.
DuhDuh lol I didn’t mean it that way, I mean if there’s so much money in the medical field, how can the hospitals which earn a good bit of money, not at least sponsor these riders.
Yes plus then when you stop doing that job you have a bike covered in screw holes from fitting all the extra gear, to remove. Detrimental value on the bike. Doing this job is essentially a key task for the NHS, helping to save lives. I could justify doing it if I was getting paid to do it, otherwise “voluntarily” means I’m out doing this for free, when actually I have a family at home I should be taking care of!
Great riding skills, but the staff in the blood bank didn't seem to be in great rush.
Not even a thank you from the guy in the lab!😳
Thanks for the insight what a hero you are what a great job .👏🏾
Very kind mate, but we’re just a bunch of everyday gals and guys who want to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem.
@@AntonyLoveless clever spoken, its so true
Still respect for the everyday work :D
good old guy taking RVH to a specal hospital in belfast blue lighting it all the way good on the blood bikers ?
Have you secured the load? Couple of elasticated straps seem a bit feeble.
This guy is saving lives every time he rides. Got a motorcycle? Enjoy riding? Why not offer to be a blood bike rider? You get to ride fast (legally with blue lights!) and you're saving lives with every journey. Without these guys, the NHS could not do any operations, they would not be able to save the lives of people with diseases like Sickle Cell Disease, Cancer, Kidney Disease etc, or save the lives of women who suffer blood loss during birth or anything. There's also an organ biker too I think, a biker who delivers human organs to where they are needed. If I could ride, I would be giving it some serious consideration!. Some super skilled riding there too, setting an example to bikers everywhere.
You do realise 90% of blood runner groups legally cannot use blue lights on calls
I always wondered what are you guys paid and what qualifications do you need
We’re all volunteers who give up our time to provide the service. Blood bike groups in the UK are established as charities and rely entirely on business groups and the public for our funding. Most groups require you to be an experienced motorcyclist with an advanced riding qualification as a minimum.
@@AntonyLoveless do you have to have a motorbike?!! id be interested in helping but i have a car.
@@1986wake1986 to be a blood biker yes
@@c21bbr97 i know its in the name lol. just thought id ask haha
@@1986wake1986 From my brief research, many blood bike charities do also require car drivers as live blood cannot be transported in particularly poor weather (below 3'C I believe) on bikes. You still need to have an applicable advanced driving qualification such as IAM or RoSPA and each charity likely has its own additional criteria.
This is in Northern Ireland for sure , in Scotland Wales or England we don’t have the police white 4x4s
Says Belfast in the description!
Why don't you have a box on the motorcycle so you can put another box in?
I'd imagine it's something to do with hygiene can't have different blood in the same box
Good no GREAT!!! work for these blue light emergency dispatch riders. What motorcyle is used it sounds like a really well tuned machine. Sounds like either a BMW or HONDA 1,000 cc
All the smoke stop doors wedged open, somebody cant be arced opening the doors . Shell out some money and fit electronic holding opening devices, so when the alarm goes off they will shut😊
May i know why the road white line in some part not a straight line? Is that mean anything?
Nice video! Don't you have a yelp siren?
Sadly not. The ST1100 was an ex-PSNI bike, and had the factory-installed unit. It would’ve taken funds away from frontlline services if we’d diverted cash to pay for a better unit just to yelp; we learned to work with what we had. Each of our bikes had different blues and twos, depending on their age. One of them was newer and had LED blues, and an array of sirens, yelps, etc, as well as different light configurations.
@@AntonyLoveless That's not uncommon - we had a batch of riot vans that they never wired the horn ring in to change the tones so you were either on with wail or off - I wonder if the same specialist vehicle convertor was used. Crazy really as every electronic siren has at least wail & yelp, it saved them about half an hours wiring work and a few quids worth of cable and connectors, that was all.
I'd love to do something like this
Ah yes,the telltale pan 1100 gear clatter as it doesn't hit the gear
😂Tell me about it! The only flaw in an otherwise perfect bike. Much like the Ducati 998, for me, it was so much better than the model that replaced it 🤷🏻♂️
I've had 3 st11s since I did my "big bike" test and Id have another in a heart beat if it wasn't for the swing arm made of chocolate. After many many rides on my dad's st13 I can say theyre not as good as the 11 😂
Hello I am a teacher from Bradford. I am creating an educational video for young people teaching them about the importance of our amazing emergency services and why they must be respected. Please could I use some of this footage with crediting of course?
Hello Alastair, thanks for getting in touch. Yes, you’re very welcome to use my footage with a credit. I would also be happy to answer any questions you or your pupils may have.
@@AntonyLoveless thanks so much. Do you have an email address I could use to send you some questions. Thanks so much
Bobby sands Muriel... RIP
😂😂😂
Good job!
Christ those are old bikes from the RUC days if I remember correctly they had them in the late 90s early 2000s.
Realy interesting
Seems like a lot of effort strapping it dow. All he had to do was strap it once, double pat it, and say "thats not going anywhere" and the gods take over 😂
Lol that strap system is just ridiculous
What Honda model it is?
ST1100 Pan European
Can't comment on your job, but you should avoid showing your iphone code on video footage you plan to upload to youtube.
Your phone's unlock code: 8268
Might wanna blur that in the future lol
Like whos even going to get hold of his phone anyway out of the billions of phones in this word and see this exact video to know his pin...
It's a 10 year old footage ahah
This where the Google "Wing" drones would be a winner,.
leave bike running here in cardiff some fucker nick it...they dont care....good job fella doing top job saving lives.
playing on his phone when he gets bloods delivered should be sacked
You left the specimen / sample loose on the bike UNATTENDED????? Big FAIL
I don’t think that these BLOOD vehicles should be using orange and yellow Battenburg markings, that are normally associated with airfield airside operations vehicles.
I would suggest red and orange, which is not in use by any other agency. It is more appropriate, as there is red for blood and orange for plasma.
Well tough. Orange and yellow are approved livery for National Blood Service Vehicles, allied charities and Highways Incident Response Units & similar. It's hardly if someone is going to mistake any of these with a vehicle that is exclusively airside on an airport and nor will they ever cross paths
You'd think you would look up any road closures before your shift started!
Somebody tell me this is a joke
What a mess
Epic guy playing on phone lol
No blood or running the fuck
A
Anyone one else just wanna go there and drink all the blood ?
5:35 8268 ;D
I hope he changed it, should have reviewed his footage before upload and blur it
Idk what it is but I always get a buzz when you go into the lab
Great video, but multiple fire doors held open with boxes? 09:20
Yeah, it’s not a good look, is it? We did report it on numerous occasions, but nothing was ever done about it. 🤷🏻♂️
@@AntonyLoveless if they keep it up then the building needs closed down for violating the fire safety codes , those fire doors are what prevents the entire building from burning down in the event of a structure fire , i guess the people working there don't understand that their lives are in danger.
If that was me doing your job and i walked in and seen that i would yell a bad at them and throw all of the stuff across the room then tell them if they did it anymore then they won't no longer have a job due to putting them and everybody else's lives in danger.
@@AntonyLoveless which hospital is it? I will follow it up
Thank you for your life saving work Anthony! Mad respect
I knew it was belfast just by the Buildings then I saw a riot Landy. Then read your description lol.
That one at 7:25 raised the bar a bit of urgency. Glad you stayed with the task. This one was getting tense where I was wondering if you would request a police escort.
Did you get your box back?
Yes, we visit the blood bank several times each shift, so it was lifted the following day by one of my colleagues.
Rushed there n guy he was giving it to was like, 'check phone, pick nose, oooooh pretty butterfly outside, what's this your giving me. Poison....money....tnt....chocolate?'
Doing my IAM tomorrow with the hope of becoming a Blood Biker - your footage is awesome! I'm also from NI
Wonderful to hear mate, best of luck
Are you still producing videos?
oh i thought it said bloody run as in the police are here lmao
🤣
Great job well done!!
Blue lights to deliver samples (first delivery) is that really necessary?
Lot's of ignorant drivers not letting him turn right into the first hospital and self funding explains the retro strobe set up that looks like a police motorcycle from the late 1980's! (But hey - it gets the job done!)
Similar groups on the mainland too, which beggars the point what on earth are the National Blood Service doing these days, they don't run bikes anymore (they used to a very long time ago) and we shouldn't need volunteers to pick up the slack (but it's bloody good that we have them or we would be sunk!)
Good work keep it up and did you even get a thanks for your work
Thank you, and no, very rarely, but we didn’t do it for the kudos or thanks. It angered all of us that central government relied on charities like ours to provide a service that should’ve been funded by the treasury.
@@AntonyLoveless it is a shame to be honest you are right it should be government funded. so many peoples lives are saved due the amazing work the blood runner performe day in day out without question honestly so thankfull for work and lives saved 👏👏👏
@@el-yorko-bar3734
I think about this funding question a lot.
The whole system needs rejigged.
Motability (the government funded charity providing disability vehicles to the disabled who are in receipt of suitable DWP benefit🙄) *made* just over *2 BILLION* in *profit* a couple years back, for that year.
Should I repeat that? 🤔
A not for profit charity (Motability) funded by tax payers, made 2 BILLION pounds PROFIT for the year.
The company that own/run Motability (nfp charity), are a regular for profit company, and sell the cars after three years useage, and keep the proceeds as profit.
The government then pay for the new vehicles via the disabled persons disability benefit.
It's basically glorified vehicle contract leasing.
If it was fully in-house not for profit run by a government department, that 2 billion would be available for the likes of blood bikes etc.
Doesn't that smack you as quite odd, when there are blood bike charities having to rely on volunteers with their own bikes literally relying on public charity to provide an essential service.
didn't realise they could ride on blue lights for blood! How do you get into this sort of thing?
title: blood run. starts video by walking. I CALL CLICK BAIT!!!!!!!!!!!
Good on ya!
dream job, save human life on a motorcycle
It's voluntary
@@dumdumdimdimdemdimdum9143 so you don't get paid?
@@aarondonally8153 well no, because its for volunteers 😊
The only thing you have to do to become a blood bikes rider. You need to have held your full motorcycle licence for 2 years since the date of passing or more.
Then you need to have completed an advanced Riding instruction such as Dragon Rider Course (in Wales = free) or you have other choices such as IAM, Rospa etc.
My experience: I'm a blood Bike member for SW Wales.
I did that for 5 years for NorthWest Lancs n Lakes Bloodbikes.
first minute or so, no siren. is this policy? I would of thought siren going from second one of getting on bike.
The man picked his nose then picked the bag of blood up
Which hospital was that?
Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
"blood runs they all run"
Check out Mogadon man lol
Mans on iOS 6
I mean it is 2013 in this video
@@edeuss “uploaded one year ago” that’s what I was going off
@@EpicboydoesET first saw that too but if you check the description it says 2013
@@edeuss oh shit yeah
Is this a rapid response unit or delivering some needs of doctors to hospital?
We provide an emergency response service transporting blood from bank to operating theatre, milk bank to maternity units, surgical instruments etc.
Nice ride. What type of motorcycle is this?
Honda ST1100 Pan European, same as mine 😁
Totally off topic but what’s the name of the mirror under the windscreen? I want one 🙂
Wide view mirrors. Used by driving instructors. Just Google search to find the correct terminology & then put it on ebay, sorted.
Riderscan
This was a pathology run? And a blood transfusion? I'm a courier in Australia. We do this "urgently" without sirens and lights. UK takes things seriously hu lol
We do path runs in Wales, without sirens and lights. There's just a few in England that use them.
These guys do a vital terrific service, in my opinion those bikes should be fitted out with green flasher light like doctors use, 👍
They use blue lights instead of green as green have no power to run lights and speed.
Never seen a green light vehicle ever in Northern Ireland, everything under an emergency category is blue as far as I know here.
Green lights are courtesy lights (bit like UK blood service blues) only for doctors but not used very often (or now for diggers to show seat belt connected!)
@@OhNoYouDidnt Almost never see them in England.
Gary Edwards..is blue not enough? You must be dense if you think green is better.
Look at those beautiful Union Flags.