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There are eleven radio channels for communicating across London that the ambulance service uses, we in EC sector uses channel 11 while NE uses channel 9. I think that almost all radios were tuned to channel 9, that of the major incident to listen in to what was happening.
It has since become clear that it was a fairground ride that collapsed - sixteen people were transported to hospital after being cleared by HEMS (the helicopter service). From the radio chatter it appears that the most serious injury was a broken leg, most other injuries were fairly minor. Camden ambulance station was commandeered as a refreshment and "debriefing" centre. All injured were out of the scene by five minutes past six.
In London this seems to be fairly minor news, securing just a 20 second spot on the local news.

Today my patients included a baby who decided to catapult itself out of it's mother's birth canal - "bungee-jumping" using the umbilical cord and landing on the floor.
Luckily mother and baby were both fine.
I missed Notcon due to work, so I'm hopeful that they will make good their threat so release MP3s and video of the various talks. I did manage to catch some of the IRC via my sexy new Smartphone.
Tomorrow I start working some 1800-0100 shifts (nine of hem to be exact) which is basically a series of "drunk runs".
I love it...
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We've just heard on the radio that a stand has collapsed at Alexandra Palace. Loads of ambulances are on the way there, and it's been declared a Major Incident. It's on the other side of London from where I am at the moment. So far the numbers of injured are unknown.
More on this when I find out about it.
Welcome to Random Acts Of Reality, a Blog based in London, England, written by an E.M.T working for the London Ambulance Service. Also, number one search result for "Womble porn". All names have be changed to protect the guilty. This Blog was previously known as "Why I Hate Humanity" but the antipsychotic medication seems to have kicked in.

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