minim

Anyone use homeopathic stuff? Do you think it works?

What about other alternative treatments, like reflexology or acupuncture. Anyone have any experiences with anything like that? Also chinese medicine shops seem to be springing up in all the main shopping centres, has anyone tried any of their remedies?

Try live yoghurt :D

When you take any antibiotic, it destroys all the friendly bacteria too, generally. I agree to have heavier doses for less time is a good idea, but there are a lot of bugs that are now resistant to antibiotics like amoxicillin.

It wouldn’t matter how much amoxicillin you were given, if the bacteria was resistant, it wouldn’t have any effect on…[Read more]

Brilliant thread. Love the links.

He couldn’t act though. Anyone remember Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence?

@Slayer wrote:

Sorry Pats and Minim but you’re simply wrong on this one

No Fast response staff will go into a situation which is unsafe or potentially unsafe- it is their safety which takes primacy

That is what the rule book says.

His response is probably too rapid to be worthy of comment.

I know I am side tracking a little here, but when a friend’s very elderly mother went into hospital, one of the first questions they were asked was, should we try and resuscitate her. Of course they said they wanted her to be resuscitated and were shocked that they had been asked. This is not euthanasia, they are not ending lives deliberately,…[Read more]

He just asks the question.

He has a point…. in cases where the child is suffering so badly, at what point would a Court of Law decide to do something to end that suffering?

in Donny

I went to school with someone who looked like you Pats… did you used to play Hockey for South Yorks?

Is he usually with another person pats? I wonder if they normally work in pairs, and on this occasion the paramedic was alone, and therefore it would have been against regulations to have left the car. But if that is the case, the rules are an ass!

Sounded like a good game though…wish i’d been there.

I didn’t know you could lag your behind, I’ve only ever lagged my pipes.

If I lived in London, I would vote for the jellied eel….. I mean Boris.

Stop being a drama queen PB!

The fact is that if the paramedic had left the safety of their car, they may have been able to save a life. That is what they are trained to do.

It is however a sad indictment of our society that we are having this discussion at all.

She may be, but i’m not :(

And.. on the subject of supporting your local team, I lived outside Liverpool when i was a nipper and have supported them since I was 5.

There is a saying that rules are made to be broken. The paramedic may have been given instructions to wait for backup, but every human being is born with freedom of choice.

I don’t know if anyone watched the Shawshank Redemption recently. Love that film. And Porridge is also being re-run at the moment. I think that prisoners will always find ways to get access to luxuries, there will always be a demand and people will always be willing to barter. Maybe it is now too easy inside now, but you will always get repeat…[Read more]

I know I couldn’t make a decision like that. To end a child’s life.

I assume they are giving him drugs to try and control some of his symptoms, but they must be walking a tightrope as he must need large doses and he is so tiny. It is just so very sad.

Thank you for posting that Bat. What a heart rending account from a very brave woman.