I've just listened to the whole debate- my goodness- the chap chairing this radio show is terrible, he is not acting as a neutral chairman, he clearly has a leaning to one 'side' of this debate- listening to his is like having to listen to the Daily Mail. Also, he keeps saying that we are not talking about this individual incident but clearly is constantly refering to it. I work for South Central Ambulance Service and totally agree with the standpoint that we should not put ourselves in a high-risk situation where we could end up being stabbed/shot/killed. A few points strike me as important: -It is NOT part of the job to put our lives at risk- that first caller is as good as saying that we are paid to sacrifice our lives for another. Would anyone sign a job contract that agreed with this?! -However, I think that most of us would take- as you pointed out Tom- reasonable risk; and indeed do so on every shift. We all risk-assess jobs whether we realise we are doing it or not and make the decision to wait based on the information we are given. -As pointed out on the show, any bystander who says they would do differently might only come across a high-risk situation like this once in a lifetime, if at all, and end up being fine-or not. If we were to enter high-risk incidents on a regular basis we would have a far higher chance of being injured or killed.