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Nee Naw - Never Judge a Call by its Cover
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Never Judge a Call by its Cover. Joe likes to phone us on the desk for a good-natured whinge about most of his calls. He knows all our names, and we recognise his voice instantly. Usually he calls after he’s finished with the patient – “You’ll never guess what – she’d had the rash for six years and decided to call 999 now, at 11pm on Saturday night! 8221; – but occasionally he can’t contain himself and calls on the radio whilst speeding to the call. Saturday was one such occasion. 8221; he complained.
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Nee Naw - True Story
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We received a call to a male who was suffering from amnesia…. 8230; when the crew arrived, no one could remember making the 999 call…. Published Oct 30, 2009 - 13 Comments and counting. 13 Comments on “True Story”. October 30th, 2009 at 4:09 pm. October 30th, 2009 at 4:30 pm. That reminds me of this story…. October 30th, 2009 at 4:38 pm. October 30th, 2009 at 6:31 pm. Did anyone remember who the patient was? October 30th, 2009 at 11:43 pm. October 31st, 2009 at 8:22 am. November 9th, 2009 at 1:36 pm.
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Nee Naw - Dear Hoaxer
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You called 999 and told us that your friend had been attacked by a group of ten or more youths. He’d been stabbed, you told the call taker, come quickly. He’s lying unconscious in a pool of blood. You weren’t sure if he was breathing, you said. HEMS, the air ambulance, was dispatched, with a doctor and a paramedic on board. Did you know it costs HEMS an average of one thousand pounds every time it takes off? HEMS is a charity, so that’s money people have collected in jars, doing bungee jumps, shavi...
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Nee Naw - Observations From Nee Naw Control
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It’s five years since I began the Nee Naw blog. Back then, I thought that few people beyond my real life friends would be interested. I was delighted when it started getting over fifty readers per day. Four years later, that became in excess of three thousand readers and, beyond my wildest dreams, a book deal! Some days I think of starting a new blog, about one of my other passions Leyton Orient? I can’t imagine many people would want to read that, let alone publish it, and maybe that’s the whole point.
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Nee Naw - Atchoo
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I’m on nights this week and it has been CRAZILY busy. Usually, the East Central is dead by 2am on a week night. This week, I’ve still been juggling a screen full of calls at 5am. So what do you think is responsible for the increase in call rate? Drunken people enjoying the good weather? Published Jun 17, 2009 - 16 Comments and counting. 16 Comments on “Atchoo”. June 17th, 2009 at 4:34 pm. June 17th, 2009 at 4:56 pm. June 17th, 2009 at 8:21 pm. June 17th, 2009 at 11:23 pm. June 18th, 2009 at 12:27 am.
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Nee Naw - Swine Flu
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8220;Call a hambulance! I’ve eaten too many Percy Pigs and now I think I’ve got swine flu! As usual, we are not allowed to refuse anyone an ambulance, so the crews have no option but to mask up and go in. Once they arrive and confirm that the situation is a non life threatening case of suspected swine flu, the crews just have to arrange a GP for the patients like they should have done themselves in the first place. Published Jul 12, 2009 - 116 Comments and counting. 116 Comments on “Swine Flu”. Meningiti...
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Nee Naw - A Visit to Heathrow
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A Visit to Heathrow. Last week, work arranged for a bunch of us from Control to go to Heathrow Airport to meet the Heathrow Nee Naws and have a behind-the-scenes tour. As a big fan of the TV programme Airline and a total spotter, I jumped at the chance. It was a really, really interesting day. Next we went inside the airport and had a drive round the airfield, getting a good look at all the planes and posh lounges for rich people (Jordan? Our final stop was the Star Centre, which is the central control r...
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Nee Naw - Granny From Hell!
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I like old people, so I have a tendency to think they are all sweet and nice and try to send ambulances to them as quickly as possible. The ECP had been at the old lady’s house no longer than a couple of minutes when he rang me. I’ve had to leave! He puffed. I thought she was going to attack me? The seventy two year old with a nosebleed? I said, confused. She told me to Foxtrot Oscar, and when I tried to explain, she came at me! So I ran away and locked myself in the car! Said one of them. At the hospita...