I remember my first time in an ambulance when I had a bad asthma attack at 6 years old. I literally couldn't breathe and all my ambulance people could do was carry me to the ambulance and give me oxygen (which didn't do anything cos I couldn't breathe) years later when I had another bad asthma attack in the 1990s the paramedics worked on me and gave me lots of treatment before they put me in the ambulance. Such a massive difference in just a few years x
@TedHake9 жыл бұрын
Outstanding on so many levels! What a great piece of EMS history. Thank you for sharing this!
@elizabethkuchta5097 Жыл бұрын
Still dialing 3 figures ❤
@barbaraannecortina78993 жыл бұрын
This is from the days when BBC programmes were WORTH watching and a reminder of the days when the LAS was under the South West Thames RHA. At one time, I wanted to work on the ambulances but it's one of those jobs where you have to forget what you've seen and not let it affect you. Plus, it's not a job for the squeamish. If you ask me, those who work on the ambulances need fucking danger money!
@dochines1004 жыл бұрын
I am amazed I have not seen this before, a remarkable piece of history from a driving licence and a first aid certificate to a highly trained graduate paramedic service in 45 years. Well done to Dr Margaret Haig and Ted Cooke for their vision of the future. Also good to see Dr Ken Easton at work in North Yorkshire. The trained pre Hospital care doctor and a paramedic are a very skilled and powerful combination.
@stephenwilkinson20304 жыл бұрын
Wow Dr Haigh remember her so well in my training in 77 in Waterloo.
@contactacb7 жыл бұрын
It's amazing the vast difference in equipment around the country back then - the NYCC crew, whilst 'Millar' trained like the LAS staff, had a smaller vehicle with far less equipment that was a throwback to decades earlier, bandages, blankets and splints the the Oxygen cylinder the most 'modern' kit, whilst the LAS had powered suction, Entonox, Scoop stretchers, etc.
@terencefitz40143 жыл бұрын
Brings me back in time first ambulance I drove had an electric bell 1970 and two tones keep up the good work
@ambulance_boy38346 жыл бұрын
man were they were advanced compared to other ambulance systems at the time!
@saxongreen782 жыл бұрын
They were literal _hearses_ in the US...run by privateers and staffed by untrained labourers - until EMS standardisation, anyway. In Thailand to this very day the 'ambulance' is a car or van that conveys you to hospital like a bag of cement if, _and only if,_ you can produce cash. They rifle through your pockets and if there's no cash they _leave you on the pavement._
@theflaca4 күн бұрын
The english, white english, were always first country for everything. The workshop to the world.
@SuperLaverty9 жыл бұрын
That's a brilliant film. It reminds me of the base ethical values that I joined up to the service to uphold. But also, gives a fascinating insight into the ambulance service of the time, which was in transition . Absolutely brilliant film, thank you London Ambulance Service.
@kailashpatel17067 жыл бұрын
I was talking to a friend of mine whose father worked for the ambulance service in the late 1970's and through the 1980's (non essential passenger transport, transferring patients between hospitals for outpatient appoint/treatments etc) and I was interested in how the service had evolved, was the service 'better organised' and underpinned by stronger values then say in the 1990's when some of the non essential service was contracted out to private transport groups?
@direktorpresident3 жыл бұрын
@@kailashpatel1706 It had a greater "military" style ethos I think...certainly the middle management thought of themselves as sergeants or colonels, and polished shoes with hats were highly regarded as a standard turn-out. There was plenty of cover for what was then the accepted standard of response, in London a few minutes only, and the Patient Transport Service was a useful nursery for new recruits and a pasture for burnt-out QAM's. I wouldn't know if it was better organised or not; certainly in this era they had years of experience to fine-tune the system and they had it working very well. Society has changed, though, and that shade of Service would not function today, any more than the 1970's Police would.
@kailashpatel17063 жыл бұрын
@@direktorpresident I think what should have happened post 1991 (the introduction of the NHS internal markets) was that the LAS and other Ambulance regional services should have been allowed to develop their own 24hr non essential passenger services..the development of the trust system was very damaging full stop to the NHS inc the impact on Ambulance work..
@lon3don6 жыл бұрын
How Ironic to see a brand new Grenfell Tower (early in the film). I wonder how the Emergency services of that day would have dealt with such an incident. Notwithstanding that, the tower was not built with a flammable blanket.
@Mark_Ocain5 жыл бұрын
Gosh...Transport officers sure gold plated their service back then ...pops the silver top milk for her tablets and all that.
@terryspurr15639 жыл бұрын
Great film. Can't believe I haven't seen that before.
@catlover49717 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1943 and I'm surprised to see how advanced they were over forty years' ago. A very interesting video
@phil43509 ай бұрын
So cool to watch … I’m born and raised in Thirsk
@ScotPhelps9 жыл бұрын
This is such a great video....
@russellharris34233 жыл бұрын
What a blast from the past. I was at the old Fulham in 1975 with a certain John Oakden and did 1 O/T shift at North Ken. I thought Fulham was busy but North Ken was horrendous. Very fond memories.
@xpdnc2u2 ай бұрын
Things have not change in society, violence, drugs, etc. We just have to carry on and rely on God to get through life. Bless the emergency services and police officers.
@rileyhmt8 жыл бұрын
As an American EMT, I am so shocked at how far ahead LAS was in 1974 compared to where the US is in 2016.
@ronniemcmurray86058 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry to say mate that the USA is so far behind Britain in everything except for the military. I only realised that in the last few years and take no joy from it whatsoever. America is finished and its just a matter of time before the collapse of the dollar then the west.
@kailashpatel17067 жыл бұрын
Sorry, can you explain that statement...You think London Ambulance Service is more efficient than its US counterparts today?
@luislara84747 жыл бұрын
That's your perspective. There is American footage showing paramedics intubating and giving cardiac drugs as soon as 1970. Advanced life support techniques weren't introduced in a large scale in the British system until the mid 80s. To this day, American paramedics' scope of practice is less restrictive than British paramedics' scope of practice.
@CymruEmergencyResponder7 жыл бұрын
No it isn't.
@benmalone317 жыл бұрын
Ireland's pre-hospital care is still behind US & UK standards but we are catching up
@exlagerer4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video.
@Mark_Ocain5 жыл бұрын
Local government managing their own ambulance services back then would have seen some vast differences in service from council to council. NHS controls Ambulance services these days so I expect things are more standardised.
@aljack19793 жыл бұрын
Hems in London is pioneering, all the way back then.
@Charlzey19987 жыл бұрын
Feel privilaged to have been born in the 90's back then all an ambulance was for was for taking people to hospital, being equipped with 2 men, 2 beds and a oxygen cylinder, now theyre mini medical centres packed with state of the art equipment to take care and treat people at the scene, only disadvantage being that theres only room for 1 patient compared to 2 back then
@direktorpresident3 жыл бұрын
With the advent of self-loading stretchers, why can't we have one-man ambulances? No need for them to be Paramedics, just Drivers. Load the two patients in the back, and hey Presto...at the Hopsital
@aljack19793 жыл бұрын
The modern paramedic was born in the early 90s what are you talking about. Early 90s they had defibs with other advanced kit.
@direktorpresident3 жыл бұрын
The Ferno-Washington! The Laedell Suction Unit! God bless everyone who persisted through this miasma, not because of financial recompense, but because it was the right job to do.
@rapman5363 Жыл бұрын
Laerdal suction
@direktorpresident Жыл бұрын
@@rapman5363 Phew! Thank you Rapman! I missed an "r" out there.
@TheWeepingDalek2 жыл бұрын
just the way the guy so calmly said. "can we have an ambulance please" instead to the blind panic you might expect
@theflaca4 күн бұрын
Masters of control in the face of calamity. That is the Anglo saxons.
@gregbouchard41555 жыл бұрын
See really good to wch on here
@gregbouchard15633 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work on KZbin
@stevesmith37324 жыл бұрын
What a difference 46 years make
@sufia75 жыл бұрын
💜💜💜.
@gregbouchard79356 жыл бұрын
See good video there
@mpwheatley4 жыл бұрын
I thought the patient was going to be offered a coffee at the five minute mark. A bit unnecessary I thought, along with the hats.
@gregbouchard15633 жыл бұрын
Hi see a relly good video too which on KZbin I hop are u ok there keep up there good work on KZbin
@bluethunder68012 жыл бұрын
The old red interior
@gregbouchard414 Жыл бұрын
U do a rally good job on her keep up there good work on here mate how are u ok
@mistofoles7 жыл бұрын
I don't mean to sound insensitive, but were all these incidents genuine?
@dan999uk6 жыл бұрын
The reporter states at the beginning that all the incidents were genuine, it's up to you whether you think that's true.
@beetleypeteYT3 жыл бұрын
Yes, they were.
@direktorpresident3 жыл бұрын
And a few more besides which they could not show! People under trains, hanging for three weeks, etc etc
@gerrykeoghan3448 жыл бұрын
Curious to know where the 2 crew members are now ?
@Doc_Rainbow7 жыл бұрын
here in germany we use the 2 crews ^^
@mistofoles7 жыл бұрын
Probably retired.
@joshuafleming62066 жыл бұрын
Dead
@chanchito44018 жыл бұрын
"They'll think I'm a fairy", fucking hell. Well, it was 1974.
@dylanzander32963 жыл бұрын
See my question is with all the ambulance services back then is why didnt they raise the stretcher when its kind of made to do that. Like it makes it easier on your back so your not bent over half of your shift. Like for christ sake they even did that in the tv series, Emergency, that 1970s show about firkin L.A paramedics and the Rampart (name of the hospital) ambulances. Like come on man
@direktorpresident3 жыл бұрын
It was a disciplinary offence to transport the stretcher in the raised position...this put the CG very high and likely to tip over. The stretcher raised up at bedside to make the transfer lift easier.
@dylanzander32963 жыл бұрын
@@direktorpresident well yeah.......
@Box500spooks3 жыл бұрын
Some of the stretchers didn’t elevate. The Ferno York 4 did, but the York 2 didn’t, for example; these were the most commonly used in UK. They weren’t designed to be rolled in the elevated position, unlike the ones used in ‘Emergency’.
@direktorpresident3 жыл бұрын
And, a few practical considerations....the York series had telescopic "steering" handles which made it entirely comfortable to push/pull from a full standing posture....and with I.V. stands attached, the whole unit was compact and manageable without crashing into overhead equipment (as in MRI, Catscan units , well-equipped ER's etc). Of course, effective CPR was nigh impossible on a raised stretcher. For a conscious patient, being hoisted up and down on a trolley is to be minimised; it is not a comfortable feeling.
@rapman5363 Жыл бұрын
Pip Pip Cheerio Bob’s your Uncle
@MichaelOKeefe20095 жыл бұрын
Is this BBC material? Yes it is BBC Material.
@wiggerjones75375 жыл бұрын
Bro In The U.S.A. We Have Firefighter's & E.M.T.'s & Paramedic's
@CymruEmergencyResponder3 жыл бұрын
Fire Service & Ambulance Service are entirely separate in the U.K.
@theflaca4 күн бұрын
Where are all the muslims?
@mistofoles3 жыл бұрын
>EMERGENCY PHONE RINGS< "Hang on one minute, can't you ? I'm lining up to pot the black !"
@direktorpresident3 жыл бұрын
The Emergency Phone was in the Smoking Lounge, not the Snooker Room
@mistofoles3 жыл бұрын
@@direktorpresident What I am saying is, the guy at the start of the clip was playing snooker/pool when the emergency phone rang :D
@direktorpresident3 жыл бұрын
@@mistofoles Yes quite :-) (actually he was sweeping or mopping the floor). The major stations had to have some facility as they were manned 24/7. On the other hand, if you were in, say, Barnard Castle, your Ambulance crew would be flat out asleep at home in bed for your 3am emergency call; they would dress, go the the Station, get the Ambulance out, and head to your location. That's how it was.
@mistofoles3 жыл бұрын
@@direktorpresident DF ?? It wouldn't be your fault, but the patient could be dead by the time you'd woken, dressed, and got out there !
@direktorpresident3 жыл бұрын
@@mistofoles Yes, sometimes was. Response times were occasionally 20 minutes, in bad weather or if the call was ten miles away; and that was for our own "patch". When cover in nearby towns (say, Darlington or Bishop Auckland) was stretched....and they would sometimes have only one or two ambulances each...we had to respond to emergencies even further than that.
@rapman5363 Жыл бұрын
Glorified taxi drivers. Like the narrator said, luck and location had a lot to do with survival outcomes.
@noongourfain Жыл бұрын
The comparison to today's EMS is incredible!
@noongourfain Жыл бұрын
26 pounds a week in 1974! Seems a bit low? My first summer job in 1980, at 16, I made $165 a week. I felt rich! Let me tell you!