Burns victim airlifted from Newbury park Options

[Good Boy Racer]

You have got to be joking?

Respect to the man that sustained injury but for god sake, a burn to the hand which caused an air ambulance to arrive to pick him up and to fly him to hospital is a joke! A waste of time and money if you ask me, im still shocked now as im writing. Hopefuly i'm right in saying it was just a burn to the hand, yeah it could of been very serious but an ambulance would of done the job...

Does everyone agree with me?

[GMR]

I poured burning hot kettle water over my hand and just suffered in silence.... never thought of calling out the air ambulance though

[Darren]

Totally disagree.

The casualty wound not have sat there demanding to be flown to hospital. The decision would have been made by the senior paramedic attending, in consultation with a burns specialist. It would have been based on a clinical need and nothing else.

[Good Boy Racer]

Totally disagree.

The casualty wound not have sat there demanding to be flown to hospital. The decision would have been made by the senior paramedic attending, in consultation with a burns specialist. It would have been based on a clinical need and nothing else.

I disagree, i think the casualty was sat there with a cup of tea in one hand, a wet towel in the other laughing and joking with paramedics and asking if he could be flown to hospital.

[Iommi]

I disagree, i think the casualty was sat there with a cup of tea in one hand, a wet towel in the other laughing and joking with paramedics and asking if he could be flown to hospital.

I still don't see this proof that services were misused. We don't know the circumstances in the matter, so I think it inappropriate to judge - I do see that he was flown to Salisbury, suggesting special care needs were required. I'd like to think that perhaps one day I might celebrate the special care my family or myself might receive in similar circumstances, rather than throw scorn on someone else's misfortune.

I do agree though. On first impressions, it does seem rather over the top, but I would like to think it was for good reason.

[Good Boy Racer]

I still don't see this proof that services were misused. We don't know the circumstances in the matter, so I think it inappropriate to judge

Don't be such a spoils sport

[Darren]

Being taken to Odstock is usually a sign of full-thickness burns as there is one of the UK's top burns and reconstructive surgery teams based there.

[JeffG]

It was probably a case of needing to get him into surgery as quickly as possible - imagine how long a road journey would have taken in comparison.

[Strafin]

It seems very OTT, but I don't know all the details

[Guest_Bill1_*]

I just hope it works out as well as possible for him.