My dad is actually a 999 dispatcher and once I called him to pick me up from my friend house and the first thing he said was “ 999 can you confirm your phone number for me please” and I died of laughter and then when he picked me up he was so embarrassed
Man. I was once given too high a dose of nitrous, and while it's not remotely comparable to a heroin overdose, I experienced the panic-inducing sensation of having to manually force myself to breathe, because my body was too drowsy/out of it to do it automatically. Very scary. Wouldn't wish that on anyone.
Hello from Canada... Paramedic is no easy job. Hwever the spirit you show is exemplary. Kudos! Added ti that, this video gave e a noice linguistic experience with the Irish Brogue. why this interested me is a LONG, complex and unusual story, which, at the age o9f 72, I trell when I get the chance because I know what it could teach posterity. From time to time as my time permits, I post parts of it in various You Tube comments, but now I must go as being alone, I have a lot to do as "chief cook and bottlewasher!" Good luck and more (because what you do is a LOT more than mwre luck!.)
I have worked for 3 years in the U.S. I have had to go in for several blood tests since I started due to exposure. They were all patients turned violent and it sucks just as much every time you have to do it.
I wanted to be 1 of 3 things, a doctor, a nurse, or a highly qualified paramedic. I'd like to think I am a very competent emergency volunteer helper with deep knowledge about how to rescue an ill person. Sometimes I think I would be awesome at being a nurse.
Dear Lord, please may the message below be read by the person You know and love, so You can work through the words You have given me to write ! Bless them and keep them safe, that they may also believe and come to know You, SOMEONE out there needs to know how much You love them, regardless of who they are, where they are or what they’ve done or are doing ! Please speak to their hearts, NO ONE is beyond Your love and help ! Thankyou God xx
I've dealt with patients with a heroin overdose who are literally dying, then give them an injection to stop the effects, and then they go mad, when they come round, because I've ruined their fix. Madness.
I'm a heroin addict in recovery. I've gone through that; it's just part of addiction. As soon as I left the hospital (having been intubated and on a ventilator at that) I was already getting my next hit.
I only give enough Narcan to improve respiratory effort. I'm not going to fight some mother funker on the way to the ER. Most of the OD's I saw were of prescription drugs. Very little heroin in our area I'm not sad to say. I work on a semi-rural peninsula now. Very tranquil most of the time. A far different (more self reliant and have their shit together) demographic than the city I retired from.
You didn't ruin the high. You induced withdrawals, its shocking this isn't obvious to more providers. There is a reason your protocol also probably reads something like " give them enough to restore respiratory drive". Not wake them completely up. You make your own problems when you wake them up too. Give them 0.5mg IV titrated to effect and i promise they dont wake up to be mad at you anymore and you quietly pick them up and put them on your stretcher and transport without any problems. Yes you have the time to put on a NRB or place a BVM and assist their respiratory depression while you get an IV. Their only life threatening problem is respiratory depression, you can fix that without narcan. And before you even try the narcan, seriously try this. Its old school......PAINFUL STIMULI. If they start breathing on their own in response, why are you giving narcan?
I'm in Australia...My brother broke his leg at home and we just chucked him in the car and took him to the hospital ourselves...he sat in A and E for 4 hours before he was seen....if we had called an ambulance he would have been seen to sooner...but it wasn't life threatening and he could feel and move his toes, so a hop hop hop to the car ...he had to have a plate put in his leg and then he got a staph infection....it took loads of strong antibiotics, 3 further surgeries and 8 months to heal...but it was all free -thank fully. My point is some people need to just toughen up..you don't call an ambulance unless it is life threatening or you are incapacitated (like the elderly on the floor)... If we want free medical we need to not be abusing the system...
@@TheVeek192 Did I say toughen up? It's written all over the ambulance: the ambulance service is for EMERGENCIES - people need to use common sense and not be so selfish. While the ambos are off treating some minor shite, real life and death situations are happening.
It's a misconception that an ambulance will get you in faster. We radio in a report to the hospital and they'll triage them based on our report and more often than not, they will tell us to put them in the waiting room, if they deem it not urgent.
I think there should be an exchange program where paramedics come here to the U.S. and we send medics to other countries. Just to see how other people in other countries do it.
In Switzerland we did that with Canada for one week. It was for a TV documentary where they switch with the same or similar jobs in other countries. It was so interesting to watch. Two swiss firemen also switched with two us firemen.
You've missed the point that this man is not only homeless, but has serious issues with alcoholism, which will provoke and exacerbate his physical condition. He can't, of course, look after himself, but however many times he will be treated in hospital and receive some sort of social care, his circumstances will eventually lead to his death. Who's to say that perhaps that is what he wishes?
Can’t believe that woman called an ambulance for a tiny dog bite on the lip , that ambulance could have been needed in a proper emergency, she could have got herself to a&e for that 🙄
I’m from Australia and I’m 16 years old, I do surf lifesaving and I absolutely love the first aid and helping people aspects of it. A few people have been telling me to become a paramedic. As an Australian citizen with Irish heritage is their anyway that I could become a paramedic in Ireland? I’ve heard the pay for an Irish paramedic is not as good as the pay for a paramedic in Australia, but I don’t really care because it is such a rewarding career I would be happy to do it for absolutely nothing.
Im originally from Ireland I now live in Australia! Get your qualifications here. A friend of mine is an advanced paramedic in the uk, he wanted to train here but because of visas etc he couldnt. Train here then the world is your oyster.
Paikea Kehlani I I live in Sweden and it is NOT many girls who gets this treatment, just if you an live in the Capital for one year, and it is not free you pay...And you have to be very very lucky to have doctors who have the the connections. Most girls around in Sweden just have a online connections with questions there you can write anything!? But no face to face contact.
Sarah P the full title of the police here in ireland is an garda siochanna. It means the guardians of the peace. One member if the police force is called a garda, a group of officers of the law is called the Gardaí. Also if an irish person wants to phone the police we say ring the gardai
The Irish accent from whatever area is not always easy to understand, but frankly I wouldn't use the closed captions because there are numerous times when the translation is even more confusing.
The majority of the time closed caption is wrong regardless of what language or accent there is. I always feel sorry for the hearing impaired that need to use it. In this modern era it's pretty pathetic that they can't get closed caption to match what is said.
@@grizzlycountry1030for me as Ukrainian, the English verb and idiom is to being the most difficult. I am to being the certain is same for the English speaker to learn the Ukrainian idiom.
any of you Irish folks watching able to inform me about your laws regarding these overdoses? The paramedic lady says most of them refuse to go to the Emergency Department. Would this be from fear of arrest, or do your laws protect those seeking medical help even if they are there for illegal activity such as taking drugs?
Hi Michelle, Irish lad here to answer your question yes many drug users who end up in ambulances often don't want to go to hospital as they are scared of arrest. However this doesn't happen. Medical staff can only inform the patient about the support services available to them and encourage them to get help but the patients do not always know this. As far as I know the only time they report it to the police is when a violent crime has occured like a shooting or if they think that the patient is a danger to themselves or others.
A schoolfriend got the tip of her finger sliced off when a door slammed on it. Her younger brother freaked out and threw the severed fingertip in the fire. Won't be getting that sewn back on again.
Awww they are all just so amazing , as like most , just love their accent , and the guy that cared fired the little girl that dislocated her knee , awwwww so adorable ,bet the young girl fall in love with him , BTW he’s much better looking than Gordon Ramsay 😉
Ahh the Grand Parade in Cork. Been there a lot myself. Most of the time I'm up there its actually all right but there is homeless either drug addicts like the lad in the video unfortunately but frequently I see more homeless alcoholics in the middle of the day walking around with cans of Carlsberg, Heineken, Woodgate and even small vodka bottles. Sad sight honestly.
*I administered Narcan to an overdosed drug addict who was close to dying...the meds worked so well that he became enraged and tried to punch me! So sorry that I saved your life...* 🤷🏻♀️
well congratulations you probably didn't follow your own protocol and gave a full 2mg instead 0.5mg titrated q 5 minutes to restore respiratory drive. Sorry you made your own problem. Also worth noting, are you sure you did not induce withdrawal in your patient? And your narcan didnt save his life. Him beginning to breathe on his own as a result of your narcan is what worked. Do you actually have in your tool kit the means to relieve respiratory depression without narcan? I think you do. I dont miss you paragods.
ElGeetaro8929 if you reckon they’ll leave, probably best to give a bit of naloxone intranasally, then two IM so that if he leaves it’ll take time to wear out, hopefully not returning their high having blocked the receptors enough so to have the Heroin leave the system
These ambulance guys are wonderful. A few years ago I had I had a special catheter that was placed through my abdomen. I was actually in the hospital and it idiot doctor exploded the bulb inside of my stomach even though I was in intense pain the hospital release me I got home before I realized what it happened I called the ambulance to my house to take me back to a different hospital I had exactly 60 minutes to get there where I would have to go to mediate surgery. I run to the ambulance tell them what happened it takes them a few minutes to understand then they go to the hospital without sirens the hospital is over 45 minutes away from my house I could not believe these people I'm on the phone with the Doctor Who is meeting me in the emergency room and yet they still don't see the urgency of the problem. I get to the hospital with a few minutes to spare unfortunately for me because the ambulance took so long and bringing me to the hospital the doctor informed me that they have no choice but to basically redo the procedure in the emergency room and they don't have time to even give me a pain shot they simply rammed the thing back into my abdomen and hold me as I'm screwing it wasn't the best time . And I didn't even get an apology from the doctor that caused it
I had Dean too talk too me the other night if Dean was not on the other end of the phone i wouldn't be getting the help I am getting now he's made a big difference too my life
I know this is going to sound awful, but when the paramedics are attending a druggie they are not available for other emergencies, the time, money and effort that is expended on druggies is ridiculous, a total waste. If they refuse to go to hospital, leave them, if they relapse and the paramedics are not able to attend or attend timely, then so be it, eventually the over dose calls will taper off and the community will be better for it. Yeah, harsh I know, my it's just my opinion. This disgusts me so much I am not going to finish watching.
Meh we like to make it seem like there are other things going on. Usually all the other calls on the board are just as dumb so its not really wasting time (doesn't mean something serious couldn't come up but most calls are not what i would define as an emergency). And its worth the time to get the dude to go the hospital the first time so you don't have to come back and deal with him a second time that shift.
They need to change the law to declare that anyone under the influence of Heroin is not competent to make medical decisions; so they can be compelled to go to the hospital. They should be declared incompetent until cleared by a rehab facility.
you really have not thought that through have you? you immediately just invalidated all murder convictions where someone was intoxicated because they cant make decisions. no thanks to your logic. Not to mention as a medic, its already a big deal as is to do things against your will and you must demonstrate inability to comprehend person, place, time, event. If you can answer "who is the president?", "how many quarters in a dollar?", "whats your name?", and "what is my name?", you're clear to make your own decisions and in America its kind of a huge deal to infringe on people's freedoms especially when they consumed their drugs and now the police have no evidence to prosecute with because they consumed the evidence.
@@ElGeetaro8929 nope. The same legal doctrine applies to criminal acts. They were sober when they decided to drink. They should have had a designated driver. Another option is to take a taxi/Uber/Lyft TO the bar, then they don't have anything to drive in drunk. Incapacity for medical decision making can and does have different standards than for legal culpability.
The man with a colostomy bag, are there care homes to look after people like this? I know in Australia we have government funded nursing homes, some attached to hospitals
There are, but I know that in the UK they're severely overcrowded, and I suspect it's the same in Ireland. By the sounds of it he would likely refuse to be admitted to one, since he has problems with alcohol, and you can't force people.
Why did the woman with the tiny dog bite need an ambulance? What a complete waste of resources. She was young, fit, healthy and had no injury whatsoever to her legs or any other part of her body which would prevent her getting to hospital under her own steam.
Same with the emergency department, people go in with such minor things they could treat at home, like a kid with a wart on his hand and someone with a tiny cut on their finger. Also drug and alcohol abuse. Really annoying waste of resources!
Yes, such a waste. What really bothers me though are the people who call us because they "need" an ambulance and "need" to go to the hospital because they are out of their pain meds. Now, don't get me wrong. I suffer from chronic intractable pain for which I take opioid medications. However, most people with chronic pain do not have intractable pain. For them, opioid withdrawal is uncomfortable, but it will not kill them. For someone with intractable pain however, not having the opioids the person is used to taking can literally be a life or death kind of thing... Not because the person doesn't have the opioids per se, but because the intractable pain is untreated. Intractable pain can damage the cardiac and respiratory systems, liver, kidneys, etc...so it's a big thing for people like me/those with intractable pain. However, those of us that truly cannot ever be without our opioids are the ones that no better than to let our meds run out in the first place, We know to get our refills in the proper manner at the proper time. I'm sure there have been cases where this hasn't happened, like weather, doctor out sick, etc, but overall, the ones who really need the hospital when they don't have their meds are the ones who aren't going to run out of the meds in the first place.
Human bites are more dirty than animal bites, however considering where the dogs lick I would say the lady did the right thing. My son was attacked and lost part of his lip, he required an operation for an antibiotic wash and plastic surgeon to fix it.
In Western Australia regional areas there are people who call an ambulance to take them to the hospital - then they scarper - they only wanted to use the service as a taxi. Also in these areas most of the ambos are volunteers. We live only 50km from Perth, the capital and our local ambulance and fire brigade are manned by volunteers.
Pat Mahoney yes that happened a lot here but now if they are just drunk they don’t get a ride to a hospital! Too many abused the share, and once at hospital they hop out and go shopping and never even enter the hospital! So they stopped it. Some even came in by a helicopter ambulance! Can you say expensive?
I’m 50 percent Irish and the rest Portuguese as I was Born there by a Portuguese mum and an Irish father. I’m happy to be From Ireland and the county of Tipperary. It could be why I’m so quick in my mind and able to be so verbal with swearing and insulting someone who in the situation required it.
Melissa Kirincich well said! Here they give citizens narcan for free! FREE but an epipen costs $150 each! So to treat a good citizen we have to pay but to save druggies it’s free! It’s just not right!
depends on how your system is set up. In America we have different provider levels. If both are paramedics then we would just swap who was the lead provider from call to call. If I am working with an EMT i take all the advanced calls and they take all the basic calls. Sometimes they take all calls that day, sometimes I do. Sometimes I take calls for my partner because they just really don't like someone. And if you tell me you cant take a call because you are not comfortable dealing with pediatrics for instance, guess who is going to run that call for sure now. You're going to be able to operate without me one day. I'm not going to baby my partner when we have to baby every patient all day.
We are predominantly stick shift over here in Ireland and the public service vehicles are usually diesel and stick shift. I haven't seen an automatic ambulance ever. That doesn't mean there isn't any here now but I would be very surprised
I guess I don’t understand why someone would call the ambulance over a little dog bite to the lip? Even if it was a good full thickness bite🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️ why are they not having someone drive them to the hospital? In the USA I know we pay for our ambulance or our insurance does. 2 years ago I spent a month in the hospital and 3 ambulance rides later...... I was seriously ill and one Hospital transferred me to a larger hospital. This happened twice and I was mad i was wasting someone else’s serious medical attention. I almost died and family came in to pay final respects and I don’t remember my children or brothers even being there!!!!! I had mrsa in my heart from a surgical infection to a med port placement and once I was released home 2 days later my lung filled up and I had severe pneumonia while still trying to heal from the mrsa. I then went into renal failure because of the antibiotics. I was 41 at the time. It was just over 2 years ago!!!! Very scary!!!! I don’t even remember the ambulance rides just when they got me loaded up with the pneumonia.
There are a good few million people in Ireland and not all of us pronounce three incorrectly. I know Ireland seems very small to other countries, and of course we are, but, there are over 6 million people in the Republic and we don't all have the same accent or dialects (even people in the same family have different accents 🤷♀️)
michelle88960 And where is your compassion!! No one wakes up and days that they are go to destroy their lives by being and alcoholic or drug addict!! They do not get angry because you stopped their fix! It is a side affect and you of all people should know the psychological motor neurone biology of each and the chemical make up of the drug they took is an individual factor nothing more nothing less. If this is the way you view patients it is time YOU LEAVE your position!!
Cathy Russo 30 years as a former paramedic I have seen many calls like this and with less injured or someone has the sniffles wanting to go by ambulance..some people will use an ambulance as a taxi just to get to the other side of Town by faking a medical problem as soon as they get to the hospital they walk out and away the ambulance company loses because they will not get paid
well, the employer has an obligation to supply them with medical aide in the result of a workplace injury. its to protect them from legal action later.
I had a patient once demand an ambulance to take them to the ER because they had back pain. The ER was literally across the street and someone else had driven them to our clinic in the first place. She tried it again a second time at a later visit but thankfully the doc told the patient it wasn't gonna happen. We can't just call an ambulance to act as a transport service. The ambulance is for emergencies... Maybe the ambulances should be renamed the Trauma Service, so people stop calling for mental health and drug overdoses, too. There should be different groups to deal with that.
The issue isn't seeking medical treatment for a dog bite but taking an ambulance when you're completely fine otherwise and can take other transportation so as to not use up valuable resources.
That poor homeless older man bleeding on the streets ...so much blood and bodily fluids left on the stair way 😳I’m wondering who’s called in to clean that up hazmat., the city ?.
“I paid for that heroin and your after wearin it off” hahahaha😂 for fuck sake lad you were nearly fuckin dead and all your bothered about is your money 😂
Is it common in Ireland to call an ambulance for a tiny chunk being bitten off your lip? I mean, sure it's traumatic and all and definitely needs medical care but, seriously? That was nothing near and emergency worthy of a call to emergency services. Such a shameful waste.
There is basically the same perce tage of idiots using ambulances unnecessarily in Ireland as in a lot of other countries with subsidised/universal health care 🤷♀️
A coworker who gets the piece of your lip that was bitten off and fell on your floor had better get the biggest gift card ever for every gift giving holiday. My coworkers won't come near me if I sneeze, that woman works with angels. Also, I don't why but I think I want to insure my van. I don't even have a van. Strange...
A girl in my school had her finger literally just fall right off when it got caught in a bathroom door. I don't recall who went to fetch it to put on ice (from what I recall, you could hardly even tell it happened after it was reattached & healed for awhile) but that person is braver than I! I'd want to help, probably try to help actually, but I'd end up passing out. Ugh.
Sigh...just let the druggies go... I don't care if they're someone's son or father or mom or whatever. They did this to themselves and they apparently care less about the consequences and risks than the rest of us should. Let them reap what they sow.
Good thing I've never once had the interest in being one because I know better than to put myself into situations that I'm already aware will make me angry, like that would. Same goes for being a 911 operator, a cop, or a politician.
Do you want the same standard to apply to YOU? I understand the thought, but consider this: "druggies" can get clean and sober and be productive. Recovering addicts have knowledge and experience about addiction that you and I will never have. Everyone makes bad choices in life, including YOU. Making bad choices doesn't make people worthless.
I am one of them!! I kicked a 9 year addiction. You have no idea what happen to these people or why they are addicted. Guess what i am a semester away from a law degree!! So be kind
By that logic, we shouldn't treat anyone that gets themselves into a situation. People who crash their car, people who fall down the stairs. It's their fault, so let them die apparently.
Don’t send an ambulance to any OD ! My eldest son OD’d twice when he was a student nurse ! He then got married and after a couple of years they were expecting their first baby ! He was ‘clean’ for a year, then went to see a GP in another town, who not knowing him gave him a whole load of opioids and Benzodiazepines ! He tried to dissolve and inject very strong opioids and died from an air embolus ! 5 days later his wife gave birth to a baby boy ! 5 months later I found my husband dead on the bedroom floor from an asthma attack ! So I lot both my eldest son and my husband in under 6 months ! I was 49, my husband 50, my son 25 ! The baby was dedicated (christened) at his father’s funereal ! My daughter in law stayed living with me for the next 20 years ! I tried to be a father, grandfather and grandmother as I supported both mother and child ! That baby boy is now 23 and has just made me a great grandma 👵 which is wonderful ! But my daughter in law (the only relative who lives locally ) she wants nothing to do with me (she has also disowned her birth mother, who was my friend ) I’m now disabled and live alone ! I’m blessed to have 2 other sons and their wives and children, but they all live away ! Both sons are ordained Baptist ministers and so is one daughter in law ! I have 4 grandchildren, as well as my great granddaughter ! I’m here for some reason known only by God, and by His gift of grace I depend on Christ and the Holy Spirit within ! Without Jesus Christ, crucified and risen, life would not be worth living ! This is my testimony to you all ! My prayer as (if) is if you’re not a believer you have a choice, Heaven or Hell when you die (as we all must one day ) so if you’ve read this far, I beg you at least to think about it ! Ask questions and get someone you can trust, ask them to help ! Blessings to you all xx 😘
We should let people die just because they are addicts? I couldn't disagree more. We have absolutely no right as human beings to decide who lives or who dies. You wanting ambulances to let addicts die is almost as bad as murder. Keep that in mind when you reach the pearly gates.
He’s actually the Irish Gordon Ramsey lol 😂
Nice one haha 😂
@@hollysarah4762 Gordon Ramsay is not from England love, he's from Scotland
@@hollysarah4762 I'm Scottish, think he's a great guy and will surely claim him as one of ours ;-)
He was born in Scotland but raised in England
"These people are people and you have to treat them as people"
Yes ! Amen and God bless to you all and your patients
I came here mostly to hear their accents. I love an Irish accent and the words they use ...! No one will ever ask or want to hear mine :(
elle415 Reminds me of my grandparents. Both sets.
elle, what is your accent?
elle415 I have that accent cause I’m from there hehehe
@@mia44022 LoL..really? That is fabulous! I'd love to hear you teehee
@@katkilla666 Oh Lord... The Bronx NYC
"I don't know everyone in Wicklow just because I live in Wicklow!" LMAO!!!!
You people do a wonderful job thankyou you for all your kindness😊😊😊😇😇😇😊😊😆😆
Irish accents are eargasmic - so lovely
this is the worst irish accent. culchies
Worst? You mean in your opinion, obviously.
There's no such thing as an Irish accent! There are regional dialects however. That's why they vary.
Why thankyou
@@kw6217 well the Irish have their own language, so there is actually an accent.
My dad is actually a 999 dispatcher and once I called him to pick me up from my friend house and the first thing he said was “ 999 can you confirm your phone number for me please” and I died of laughter and then when he picked me up he was so embarrassed
Those jobs take a toll on you.
I love ambulance videos. You are very special people. May God Bless you All
All medics are earth Angels Thank You for your compassion and attention to detail. God bless you all
Man. I was once given too high a dose of nitrous, and while it's not remotely comparable to a heroin overdose, I experienced the panic-inducing sensation of having to manually force myself to breathe, because my body was too drowsy/out of it to do it automatically. Very scary. Wouldn't wish that on anyone.
Hello from Canada...
Paramedic is no easy job. Hwever the spirit you show is exemplary. Kudos!
Added ti that, this video gave e a noice linguistic experience with the Irish Brogue.
why this interested me is a LONG, complex and unusual story, which, at the age o9f 72, I trell when I get the chance because I know what it could teach posterity.
From time to time as my time permits, I post parts of it in various You Tube comments, but now I must go as being alone, I have a lot to do as "chief cook and bottlewasher!"
Good luck and more (because what you do is a LOT more than mwre luck!.)
This is so much better than a British accent
I have worked for 3 years in the U.S. I have had to go in for several blood tests since I started due to exposure. They were all patients turned violent and it sucks just as much every time you have to do it.
I wanted to be 1 of 3 things, a doctor, a nurse, or a highly qualified paramedic. I'd like to think I am a very competent emergency volunteer helper with deep knowledge about how to rescue an ill person. Sometimes I think I would be awesome at being a nurse.
Dear Lord, please may the message below be read by the person You know and love, so You can work through the words You have given me to write ! Bless them and keep them safe, that they may also believe and come to know You, SOMEONE out there needs to know how much You love them, regardless of who they are, where they are or what they’ve done or are doing ! Please speak to their hearts, NO ONE is beyond Your love and help ! Thankyou God xx
I've dealt with patients with a heroin overdose who are literally dying, then give them an injection to stop the effects, and then they go mad, when they come round, because I've ruined their fix. Madness.
I'm a heroin addict in recovery. I've gone through that; it's just part of addiction. As soon as I left the hospital (having been intubated and on a ventilator at that) I was already getting my next hit.
michelle88960
been there done that was a first responder for 30 years
pcp is another one that is bad too
@@kw6217 That's great news, KW..Are you goiNg to NA ? Don't give up....keep going...you can do it
I only give enough Narcan to improve respiratory effort. I'm not going to fight some mother funker on the way to the ER. Most of the OD's I saw were of prescription drugs. Very little heroin in our area I'm not sad to say. I work on a semi-rural peninsula now. Very tranquil most of the time. A far different (more self reliant and have their shit together) demographic than the city I retired from.
You didn't ruin the high. You induced withdrawals, its shocking this isn't obvious to more providers. There is a reason your protocol also probably reads something like " give them enough to restore respiratory drive". Not wake them completely up. You make your own problems when you wake them up too. Give them 0.5mg IV titrated to effect and i promise they dont wake up to be mad at you anymore and you quietly pick them up and put them on your stretcher and transport without any problems. Yes you have the time to put on a NRB or place a BVM and assist their respiratory depression while you get an IV. Their only life threatening problem is respiratory depression, you can fix that without narcan. And before you even try the narcan, seriously try this. Its old school......PAINFUL STIMULI. If they start breathing on their own in response, why are you giving narcan?
I'm in Australia...My brother broke his leg at home and we just chucked him in the car and took him to the hospital ourselves...he sat in A and E for 4 hours before he was seen....if we had called an ambulance he would have been seen to sooner...but it wasn't life threatening and he could feel and move his toes, so a hop hop hop to the car ...he had to have a plate put in his leg and then he got a staph infection....it took loads of strong antibiotics, 3 further surgeries and 8 months to heal...but it was all free -thank fully.
My point is some people need to just toughen up..you don't call an ambulance unless it is life threatening or you are incapacitated (like the elderly on the floor)... If we want free medical we need to not be abusing the system...
Melody Munro, IN YOUR OPINION people need to toughen up. They're not going to. People are going to be who and how they are.
@@TheVeek192 Did I say toughen up? It's written all over the ambulance: the ambulance service is for EMERGENCIES - people need to use common sense and not be so selfish. While the ambos are off treating some minor shite, real life and death situations are happening.
It's a misconception that an ambulance will get you in faster. We radio in a report to the hospital and they'll triage them based on our report and more often than not, they will tell us to put them in the waiting room, if they deem it not urgent.
MELODYMUNRO, As a fellow Aussie, I totally agree with you, what happened to people using common sense to help themselves initially.
I think there should be an exchange program where paramedics come here to the U.S. and we send medics to other countries. Just to see how other people in other countries do it.
In Switzerland we did that with Canada for one week. It was for a TV documentary where they switch with the same or similar jobs in other countries. It was so interesting to watch. Two swiss firemen also switched with two us firemen.
@@ramonaamerzin1940 I would do that in a heart beat. Wouldn't have to ask me twice
What's the first thing you do after you give narcan?
Duck.
OMGOODNESS!
If someone is homeless, and living on the streets, how on earth can they deal with wound hygiene! ?
You've missed the point that this man is not only homeless, but has serious issues with alcoholism, which will provoke and exacerbate his physical condition. He can't, of course, look after himself, but however many times he will be treated in hospital and receive some sort of social care, his circumstances will eventually lead to his death. Who's to say that perhaps that is what he wishes?
Makes me realise just how important the Eircode is.
Can’t believe that woman called an ambulance for a tiny dog bite on the lip , that ambulance could have been needed in a proper emergency, she could have got herself to a&e for that 🙄
I’m from Australia and I’m 16 years old, I do surf lifesaving and I absolutely love the first aid and helping people aspects of it. A few people have been telling me to become a paramedic. As an Australian citizen with Irish heritage is their anyway that I could become a paramedic in Ireland? I’ve heard the pay for an Irish paramedic is not as good as the pay for a paramedic in Australia, but I don’t really care because it is such a rewarding career I would be happy to do it for absolutely nothing.
Eibhlín Murphy yeah do your degree in Australia and you can apply to the National Ambulance Service in Ireland
Good luck, I am sure you will be a great paramedic 💖
Why not be a medic in Australia?
Im originally from Ireland I now live in Australia! Get your qualifications here. A friend of mine is an advanced paramedic in the uk, he wanted to train here but because of visas etc he couldnt. Train here then the world is your oyster.
Paikea Kehlani I
I live in Sweden and it is NOT many girls who gets this treatment, just if you an live in the Capital for one year, and it is not free you pay...And you have to be very very lucky to have doctors who have the the connections. Most girls around in Sweden just have a online connections with questions there you can write anything!? But no face to face contact.
I love hearing the accent from my family heritage
Нелли Никифорова may i have the links of the other episodes please
So police in Ireland are called guards
I love Service dogs - yes, the Irish call them Gardaí (which is just the Irish word for guards).
Sarah P guardians of the peace, babyyyy
I love Service dogs I guess so, yeah
Sarah P the full title of the police here in ireland is an garda siochanna. It means the guardians of the peace. One member if the police force is called a garda, a group of officers of the law is called the Gardaí. Also if an irish person wants to phone the police we say ring the gardai
1 Garda 2 nGardaiiiiiii
i want to be a paramedic
Go for it!
Good for you! Keep your eye on the prize. Serving others, when they need it the most. Good luck!
PHECC
once you are in you will like it
Deirdre Brennan same
Those people really work hard doing their jobs.
The Irish accent from whatever area is not always easy to understand, but frankly I wouldn't use the closed captions because there are numerous times when the translation is even more confusing.
The majority of the time closed caption is wrong regardless of what language or accent there is. I always feel sorry for the hearing impaired that need to use it. In this modern era it's pretty pathetic that they can't get closed caption to match what is said.
@@grizzlycountry1030for me as Ukrainian, the English verb and idiom is to being the most difficult. I am to being the certain is same for the English speaker to learn the Ukrainian idiom.
i cant wait for season 3
any of you Irish folks watching able to inform me about your laws regarding these overdoses? The paramedic lady says most of them refuse to go to the Emergency Department. Would this be from fear of arrest, or do your laws protect those seeking medical help even if they are there for illegal activity such as taking drugs?
Hi Michelle, Irish lad here to answer your question yes many drug users who end up in ambulances often don't want to go to hospital as they are scared of arrest. However this doesn't happen. Medical staff can only inform the patient about the support services available to them and encourage them to get help but the patients do not always know this. As far as I know the only time they report it to the police is when a violent crime has occured like a shooting or if they think that the patient is a danger to themselves or others.
where i live that wouldn't happen. Taking drugs isn't illegal here but posession is. And ofcourse if you're selling m, you're going down.
anyone know where you can watch season 3 online outside of ireland the i player isnt working
Nooooooo! No no! Just as I saw the lip piece I was taking a bite of my Spanish rice; throw that thing away.
A schoolfriend got the tip of her finger sliced off when a door slammed on it. Her younger brother freaked out and threw the severed fingertip in the fire. Won't be getting that sewn back on again.
thank you
Awww they are all just so amazing , as like most , just love their accent , and the guy that cared fired the little girl that dislocated her knee , awwwww so adorable ,bet the young girl fall in love with him , BTW he’s much better looking than Gordon Ramsay 😉
BTW it's the opposite it's because of the increase cutting with Fentanyl....not purer heroin
In Canada there is very little actual heroin now its almost all fent.
I think You should get a hold of Gordon Ramsey as a surprise and bring him to the emergency station to make ratatouille for him
Yhank you, yhank you, yhank you.
I think I'll try that one next time I'm at work -- 'colostomy bags are out of my perimeter'. That sounds good to me.
That's not how it was said at all... 😒
It's parAmeter
Ahh the Grand Parade in Cork. Been there a lot myself. Most of the time I'm up there its actually all right but there is homeless either drug addicts like the lad in the video unfortunately but frequently I see more homeless alcoholics in the middle of the day walking around with cans of Carlsberg, Heineken, Woodgate and even small vodka bottles. Sad sight honestly.
*I administered Narcan to an overdosed drug addict who was close to dying...the meds worked so well that he became enraged and tried to punch me! So sorry that I saved your life...* 🤷🏻♀️
well congratulations you probably didn't follow your own protocol and gave a full 2mg instead 0.5mg titrated q 5 minutes to restore respiratory drive. Sorry you made your own problem. Also worth noting, are you sure you did not induce withdrawal in your patient? And your narcan didnt save his life. Him beginning to breathe on his own as a result of your narcan is what worked. Do you actually have in your tool kit the means to relieve respiratory depression without narcan? I think you do. I dont miss you paragods.
ElGeetaro8929 if you reckon they’ll leave, probably best to give a bit of naloxone intranasally, then two IM so that if he leaves it’ll take time to wear out, hopefully not returning their high having blocked the receptors enough so to have the Heroin leave the system
@@ElGeetaro8929 What?
For people who don’t know the guards (Gardaí) are the police in Ireland
are there any other episodes?
Yeah there’s 3 full series.
@@reececawley1456 where can I watch please
These ambulance guys are wonderful. A few years ago I had I had a special catheter that was placed through my abdomen. I was actually in the hospital and it idiot doctor exploded the bulb inside of my stomach even though I was in intense pain the hospital release me I got home before I realized what it happened I called the ambulance to my house to take me back to a different hospital I had exactly 60 minutes to get there where I would have to go to mediate surgery. I run to the ambulance tell them what happened it takes them a few minutes to understand then they go to the hospital without sirens the hospital is over 45 minutes away from my house I could not believe these people I'm on the phone with the Doctor Who is meeting me in the emergency room and yet they still don't see the urgency of the problem. I get to the hospital with a few minutes to spare unfortunately for me because the ambulance took so long and bringing me to the hospital the doctor informed me that they have no choice but to basically redo the procedure in the emergency room and they don't have time to even give me a pain shot they simply rammed the thing back into my abdomen and hold me as I'm screwing it wasn't the best time . And I didn't even get an apology from the doctor that caused it
I love Service dogs sounds like you just have a feeding tube. Why would you need surgery to change the catheter?
Narcan blocks the opioid receptors. This allows the breathing to resume given that no other drug is repressing the breathing.
2 heroin ODs in a hour n a half in bray wow
Is this in a Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland.
Joshua Foster The Republic only
James Halford Thank you
I had Dean too talk too me the other night if Dean was not on the other end of the phone i wouldn't be getting the help I am getting now he's made a big difference too my life
I know this is going to sound awful, but when the paramedics are attending a druggie they are not available for other emergencies, the time, money and effort that is expended on druggies is ridiculous, a total waste. If they refuse to go to hospital, leave them, if they relapse and the paramedics are not able to attend or attend timely, then so be it, eventually the over dose calls will taper off and the community will be better for it. Yeah, harsh I know, my it's just my opinion. This disgusts me so much I am not going to finish watching.
Meh we like to make it seem like there are other things going on. Usually all the other calls on the board are just as dumb so its not really wasting time (doesn't mean something serious couldn't come up but most calls are not what i would define as an emergency). And its worth the time to get the dude to go the hospital the first time so you don't have to come back and deal with him a second time that shift.
They need to change the law to declare that anyone under the influence of Heroin is not competent to make medical decisions; so they can be compelled to go to the hospital. They should be declared incompetent until cleared by a rehab facility.
Thats how it is in us
you really have not thought that through have you? you immediately just invalidated all murder convictions where someone was intoxicated because they cant make decisions. no thanks to your logic. Not to mention as a medic, its already a big deal as is to do things against your will and you must demonstrate inability to comprehend person, place, time, event. If you can answer "who is the president?", "how many quarters in a dollar?", "whats your name?", and "what is my name?", you're clear to make your own decisions and in America its kind of a huge deal to infringe on people's freedoms especially when they consumed their drugs and now the police have no evidence to prosecute with because they consumed the evidence.
@@ElGeetaro8929 nope. The same legal doctrine applies to criminal acts. They were sober when they decided to drink. They should have had a designated driver. Another option is to take a taxi/Uber/Lyft TO the bar, then they don't have anything to drive in drunk. Incapacity for medical decision making can and does have different standards than for legal culpability.
That would be extremely dangerous for paramedics as a patient could potentially become violent.
Forgotten people😓😭
The poor man with the colostomy must have serious mental health issues. I felt horrible but glad the medics were so kind.
Brilliant People on 🌎
great video
good memories from past
The man with a colostomy bag, are there care homes to look after people like this? I know in Australia we have government funded nursing homes, some attached to hospitals
There are, but I know that in the UK they're severely overcrowded, and I suspect it's the same in Ireland. By the sounds of it he would likely refuse to be admitted to one, since he has problems with alcohol, and you can't force people.
does any one have the links of the other episodes
I love ambulances....
Trying to reason with a junkie is like herding cats!! And my mom drank herself to death, it’s gruesome way to die!
Why did the woman with the tiny dog bite need an ambulance? What a complete waste of resources. She was young, fit, healthy and had no injury whatsoever to her legs or any other part of her body which would prevent her getting to hospital under her own steam.
It may have been a workplace requirement - not her choice. Health and safety can have bizarre regulations
Same with the emergency department, people go in with such minor things they could treat at home, like a kid with a wart on his hand and someone with a tiny cut on their finger. Also drug and alcohol abuse. Really annoying waste of resources!
kirked007 The most predominant thought of any Medic, Doctor, Nurse or Health Care Professional.... People are idiots
Yes, such a waste. What really bothers me though are the people who call us because they "need" an ambulance and "need" to go to the hospital because they are out of their pain meds. Now, don't get me wrong. I suffer from chronic intractable pain for which I take opioid medications. However, most people with chronic pain do not have intractable pain. For them, opioid withdrawal is uncomfortable, but it will not kill them. For someone with intractable pain however, not having the opioids the person is used to taking can literally be a life or death kind of thing... Not because the person doesn't have the opioids per se, but because the intractable pain is untreated. Intractable pain can damage the cardiac and respiratory systems, liver, kidneys, etc...so it's a big thing for people like me/those with intractable pain. However, those of us that truly cannot ever be without our opioids are the ones that no better than to let our meds run out in the first place, We know to get our refills in the proper manner at the proper time. I'm sure there have been cases where this hasn't happened, like weather, doctor out sick, etc, but overall, the ones who really need the hospital when they don't have their meds are the ones who aren't going to run out of the meds in the first place.
Human bites are more dirty than animal bites, however considering where the dogs lick I would say the lady did the right thing. My son was attacked and lost part of his lip, he required an operation for an antibiotic wash and plastic surgeon to fix it.
Referring to them as ambulance drivers with that accent might actually sound cool.
In Western Australia regional areas there are people who call an ambulance to take them to the hospital - then they scarper - they only wanted to use the service as a taxi. Also in these areas most of the ambos are volunteers. We live only 50km from Perth, the capital and our local ambulance and fire brigade are manned by volunteers.
Pat Mahoney yes that happened a lot here but now if they are just drunk they don’t get a ride to a hospital! Too many abused the share, and once at hospital they hop out and go shopping and never even enter the hospital! So they stopped it. Some even came in by a helicopter ambulance! Can you say expensive?
Who cleans up the blood etc. from public area like in front of the elderly man’s steps?
I’m 50 percent Irish and the rest Portuguese as I was Born there by a Portuguese mum and an Irish father. I’m happy to be From Ireland and the county of Tipperary. It could be why I’m so quick in my mind and able to be so verbal with swearing and insulting someone who in the situation required it.
We have a way with words alright 😉
@@lellyt2372 aye that's the truth
I want to be a paramedic ...already know More than i should know
Save drugged out people with narcan but cost people an arm and a leg for an epi pen for someone having any allergic reaction.
Melissa Kirincich well said! Here they give citizens narcan for free! FREE but an epipen costs $150 each! So to treat a good citizen we have to pay but to save druggies it’s free! It’s just not right!
And a lot of times they get made because you “ruined” their high
It's actually sickening. I'm not saying that drug users don't need help but why penalise people for an allergy 😐
Free in Ireland
Why does the fire department not attend these overdoses? They can give Noloxone!
NorthWest Firefighter not sure if that’s the same in other countries I know Australia that ambos give naloxone. Not sure the fairies do
If I become a paramedic do I get to pick if I drive?
Page Molly Polly MilquetoastMeow I think they all drive and swap during shifts depending on who wants to drive from what I've seen!
depends on how your system is set up. In America we have different provider levels. If both are paramedics then we would just swap who was the lead provider from call to call. If I am working with an EMT i take all the advanced calls and they take all the basic calls. Sometimes they take all calls that day, sometimes I do. Sometimes I take calls for my partner because they just really don't like someone. And if you tell me you cant take a call because you are not comfortable dealing with pediatrics for instance, guess who is going to run that call for sure now. You're going to be able to operate without me one day. I'm not going to baby my partner when we have to baby every patient all day.
Anymore episoded
Was that a fucking stickshift ambulance at the beginning? Damnit Im jealous...
We are predominantly stick shift over here in Ireland and the public service vehicles are usually diesel and stick shift. I haven't seen an automatic ambulance ever. That doesn't mean there isn't any here now but I would be very surprised
@@lellyt2372 There's a few now! But it's still majority stick-shift.
What are tge qualification to be a paramedic in ireland?
Attend training or college and pass the exam. Usually takes 2-3 years.
I guess I don’t understand why someone would call the ambulance over a little dog bite to the lip? Even if it was a good full thickness bite🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️ why are they not having someone drive them to the hospital? In the USA I know we pay for our ambulance or our insurance does. 2 years ago I spent a month in the hospital and 3 ambulance rides later...... I was seriously ill and one Hospital transferred me to a larger hospital. This happened twice and I was mad i was wasting someone else’s serious medical attention. I almost died and family came in to pay final respects and I don’t remember my children or brothers even being there!!!!! I had mrsa in my heart from a surgical infection to a med port placement and once I was released home 2 days later my lung filled up and I had severe pneumonia while still trying to heal from the mrsa. I then went into renal failure because of the antibiotics. I was 41 at the time. It was just over 2 years ago!!!! Very scary!!!! I don’t even remember the ambulance rides just when they got me loaded up with the pneumonia.
could you upload more episodes
still watching 2022
Hello I am Turkish paramedic I want to working in ireland What can I do for working ?
Naki Kaya you need to meet all the requirements for Ireland as I don't know how it works in turkey
RepellentBat 102 okey thank you so much
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Serious question: if the Irish pronounce 'three' as "tree", how do they pronounce 'tree' ???
ali xena we don’t pronounce “three” as “tree” some people no matter where they From pronounce it like that
The same way 😂
There are a good few million people in Ireland and not all of us pronounce three incorrectly. I know Ireland seems very small to other countries, and of course we are, but, there are over 6 million people in the Republic and we don't all have the same accent or dialects (even people in the same family have different accents 🤷♀️)
We just say tree and tree.
cool
michelle88960 And where is your compassion!! No one wakes up and days that they are go to destroy their lives by being and alcoholic or drug addict!! They do not get angry because you stopped their fix! It is a side affect and you of all people should know the psychological motor neurone biology of each and the chemical make up of the drug they took is an individual factor nothing more nothing less. If this is the way you view patients it is time YOU LEAVE your position!!
Seriously an ambulance for a minor dog bite? What a waste of time, shame on that person!
Cathy Russo 30 years as a former paramedic I have seen many calls like this and with less injured or someone has the sniffles wanting to go by ambulance..some people will use an ambulance as a taxi just to get to the other side of Town by faking a medical problem as soon as they get to the hospital they walk out and away the ambulance company loses because they will not get paid
well, the employer has an obligation to supply them with medical aide in the result of a workplace injury. its to protect them from legal action later.
I had a patient once demand an ambulance to take them to the ER because they had back pain. The ER was literally across the street and someone else had driven them to our clinic in the first place. She tried it again a second time at a later visit but thankfully the doc told the patient it wasn't gonna happen. We can't just call an ambulance to act as a transport service. The ambulance is for emergencies... Maybe the ambulances should be renamed the Trauma Service, so people stop calling for mental health and drug overdoses, too. There should be different groups to deal with that.
Rabies this is Ireland not America...
The issue isn't seeking medical treatment for a dog bite but taking an ambulance when you're completely fine otherwise and can take other transportation so as to not use up valuable resources.
that guy do NOT look like GOrdan Ramsey
Westminster
That poor homeless older man bleeding on the streets ...so much blood and bodily fluids left on the stair way 😳I’m wondering who’s called in to clean that up hazmat., the city ?.
If they refuse to come to hospital after a second time (like this) they should tell them that the ambulance won’t come back to them
I figured that God only has so many patterns when they made man so that’s why we have look-alikes ha ha
“I paid for that heroin and your after wearin it off” hahahaha😂 for fuck sake lad you were nearly fuckin dead and all your bothered about is your money 😂
Is it common in Ireland to call an ambulance for a tiny chunk being bitten off your lip? I mean, sure it's traumatic and all and definitely needs medical care but, seriously? That was nothing near and emergency worthy of a call to emergency services.
Such a shameful waste.
There is basically the same perce tage of idiots using ambulances unnecessarily in Ireland as in a lot of other countries with subsidised/universal health care 🤷♀️
A coworker who gets the piece of your lip that was bitten off and fell on your floor had better get the biggest gift card ever for every gift giving holiday. My coworkers won't come near me if I sneeze, that woman works with angels.
Also, I don't why but I think I want to insure my van. I don't even have a van. Strange...
A girl in my school had her finger literally just fall right off when it got caught in a bathroom door. I don't recall who went to fetch it to put on ice (from what I recall, you could hardly even tell it happened after it was reattached & healed for awhile) but that person is braver than I! I'd want to help, probably try to help actually, but I'd end up passing out. Ugh.
Sigh...just let the druggies go... I don't care if they're someone's son or father or mom or whatever. They did this to themselves and they apparently care less about the consequences and risks than the rest of us should. Let them reap what they sow.
Reaching Higher you wouldn’t make a good paramedic with that attitude.
Good thing I've never once had the interest in being one because I know better than to put myself into situations that I'm already aware will make me angry, like that would. Same goes for being a 911 operator, a cop, or a politician.
Do you want the same standard to apply to YOU? I understand the thought, but consider this: "druggies" can get clean and sober and be productive. Recovering addicts have knowledge and experience about addiction that you and I will never have. Everyone makes bad choices in life, including YOU. Making bad choices doesn't make people worthless.
I am one of them!! I kicked a 9 year addiction. You have no idea what happen to these people or why they are addicted. Guess what i am a semester away from a law degree!! So be kind
By that logic, we shouldn't treat anyone that gets themselves into a situation. People who crash their car, people who fall down the stairs. It's their fault, so let them die apparently.
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Don’t send an ambulance to any OD ! My eldest son OD’d twice when he was a student nurse ! He then got married and after a couple of years they were expecting their first baby ! He was ‘clean’ for a year, then went to see a GP in another town, who not knowing him gave him a whole load of opioids and Benzodiazepines ! He tried to dissolve and inject very strong opioids and died from an air embolus ! 5 days later his wife gave birth to a baby boy ! 5 months later I found my husband dead on the bedroom floor from an asthma attack ! So I lot both my eldest son and my husband in under 6 months ! I was 49, my husband 50, my son 25 ! The baby was dedicated (christened) at his father’s funereal ! My daughter in law stayed living with me for the next 20 years ! I tried to be a father, grandfather and grandmother as I supported both mother and child ! That baby boy is now 23 and has just made me a great grandma 👵 which is wonderful ! But my daughter in law (the only relative who lives locally ) she wants nothing to do with me (she has also disowned her birth mother, who was my friend ) I’m now disabled and live alone ! I’m blessed to have 2 other sons and their wives and children, but they all live away ! Both sons are ordained Baptist ministers and so is one daughter in law ! I have 4 grandchildren, as well as my great granddaughter ! I’m here for some reason known only by God, and by His gift of grace I depend on Christ and the Holy Spirit within ! Without Jesus Christ, crucified and risen, life would not be worth living ! This is my testimony to you all ! My prayer as (if) is if you’re not a believer you have a choice, Heaven or Hell when you die (as we all must one day ) so if you’ve read this far, I beg you at least to think about it ! Ask questions and get someone you can trust, ask them to help ! Blessings to you all xx 😘
what the hell
We should let people die just because they are addicts? I couldn't disagree more. We have absolutely no right as human beings to decide who lives or who dies. You wanting ambulances to let addicts die is almost as bad as murder. Keep that in mind when you reach the pearly gates.
i want to be a paramedic
i want to be a paramedic