Fog Blog Ridiculog: Paramedics' Bad Behaviour Log:

WHAT'S UP WITH NEW BRUNSWICK PARAMEDICS LATELY?? I KNOW THAT MOST ARE REALLY GOOD AT THEIR JOB , KIND, EXPEDIENT , KNOWLEDGEABLE BUT VERY STRESSFUL AT TIMES! LATELY ON THE NEWS A PARAMEDIC KICKED A PATIENT WHEN HE WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF A FAMILY CARE GIVER AND STARTED YELLING AT HIM! LAST WEEKEND AT LANCASTER MALL, AN EMPLOYEE AT THE GREAT CANADIAN DOLLAR STORE COLLAPSED AND A WORKER , MY MOM AND I KNOW CALLED 9-1-1! THE PARAMEDICS WERE GREAT , GOT THE LADY LOOKED AFTER AND GOT HER READY FOR TRANSPORT TO THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL. WHERE THIS PARAMEDIC WAS NOT SO GREAT WAS WHEN THE WORKER TOLD HER INFORMATION ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE AND THE PARAMEDIC GOT A LITTLE CURT WITH HER AND SAID IN A STERN VOICE....GET HER COAT....WE HAVE TO GO. You know a little kindness goes a long way. The worker was really rattled and we saw her cry! Other paramedics though that actually abuse patients have no business being in that business! They are barred from being paramedics for 3 years and fined $7500. We should after this not see a story like this in a future Ridiculog!