Paramedic Technician to "undertake further training"

I'd string the fucker up....Ive applied CPR to 2 people as a memeber of the public, even if on a tea break or out shopping with his wife, the cunt should have helped imo.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-12110270

'Rest break' death ambulance technician keeps job Mandy Mathieson died after falling ill on 16 October

An ambulance technician who chose not to respond to what proved to be a fatal heart attack when he was on a tea break has been told he can keep his job.

The technician was 800 yards away when 33-year-old Mandy Mathieson had a cardiac arrest in Tomintoul, Moray.

However, the call was instead answered by paramedics based 15 miles away in Grantown-on-Spey.

The technician, who was suspended while an investigation was carried out, has been ordered to undergo training.

The 999 call had been received at about midday on 16 October.

An air ambulance helicopter was also dispatched and reached the village almost 30 minutes after the call.

However, Ms Mathieson was declared dead at the scene.

A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said it had completed its investigation.

He said: "The ambulance technician involved will undertake further training and pass an evaluation before being allowed to return to operational duties.

"The chairman and chief executive will meet with the community in Tomintoul on 28 January."

The vermin will get his karma.....everyone does.

There may be more to this story than meets the eye. Looks like the family of the deceased did not want him to lose his job.


Ms Mathieson's brother, Charles Mathieson, 40, an Aberdeen-based firefighter, stressed yesterday that the family had not been calling for Mr McLauchlan to be sacked. But the family remained concerned that Mr McLauchlan would be allowed to remain a member of the Scottish Ambulance Service in the same geographical area as Ms Mathieson's sister and brother-in-law.

He said: "It puts my sister in a very difficult position because, their paths are going to cross, and I don't think it's fair on Michelle and my brother-in-law that they will be working only 20 miles apart. I would have thought that the best thing for him (Mr McLauchlan) to do would have been to ask for a transfer out of the area."

He added: "None of us wanted him to lose his job.

But being a member of the emergency services, I will never be able to get my head round the fact that he could be in that job and refuse to go to the aid of somebody who was obviously desperately in need.

"You would have thought a bit of compassion and common sense would have come into play. I don't think he should be working in the same area where it happened. If he is in Dufftown and there is a 999 call and the Tomintoul ambulance is out on a job, it is not outwith the realms of possibility that he will be back in Tomintoul, and that's putting him (Mr McLauchlan) in an extremely awkward position."

Mr Mathieson added: "What we still want is an end to the policy of ambulance staff being allowed to opt out of calls because they are on a break. We just want to make sure that this tragedy never happens again to another family in the future."

Ms Mathieson's uncle, Charlie Skene, 52, also called for Mr McLauchlan to be posted elsewhere. He said: "He was only abiding by their rules, but what are they going to teach him? Surely they can't teach him compassion, so what will they give him lessons in?"

Volonte wrote:There may be more to this story than meets the eye. Looks like the family of the deceased did not want him to lose his job.


Ms Mathieson's brother, Charles Mathieson, 40, an Aberdeen-based firefighter, stressed yesterday that the family had not been calling for Mr McLauchlan to be sacked. But the family remained concerned that Mr McLauchlan would be allowed to remain a member of the Scottish Ambulance Service in the same geographical area as Ms Mathieson's sister and brother-in-law.

He said: "It puts my sister in a very difficult position because, their paths are going to cross, and I don't think it's fair on Michelle and my brother-in-law that they will be working only 20 miles apart. I would have thought that the best thing for him (Mr McLauchlan) to do would have been to ask for a transfer out of the area."

He added: "None of us wanted him to lose his job.

But being a member of the emergency services, I will never be able to get my head round the fact that he could be in that job and refuse to go to the aid of somebody who was obviously desperately in need.

"You would have thought a bit of compassion and common sense would have come into play. I don't think he should be working in the same area where it happened. If he is in Dufftown and there is a 999 call and the Tomintoul ambulance is out on a job, it is not outwith the realms of possibility that he will be back in Tomintoul, and that's putting him (Mr McLauchlan) in an extremely awkward position."

Mr Mathieson added: "What we still want is an end to the policy of ambulance staff being allowed to opt out of calls because they are on a break. We just want to make sure that this tragedy never happens again to another family in the future."

Ms Mathieson's uncle, Charlie Skene, 52, also called for Mr McLauchlan to be posted elsewhere. He said: "He was only abiding by their rules, but what are they going to teach him? Surely they can't teach him compassion, so what will they give him lessons in?"

Cant understand the familys reasoning tbh KK, Its like passing the problem to somebody else. Having said that he'd be a fool to do it again.