tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post5694382238169244133..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: There’s A Bit Of A Difference, To Be Fair…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-5464118640421120322011-05-22T06:58:45.317+01:002011-05-22T06:58:45.317+01:00"I have some sympathy with the paramedic in t...<i>"I have some sympathy with the paramedic in this case. "</i> <br /><br />I'd have a bit too, but for his insistence that driving a car should qualify him for driving an ambulance...<br /><br /><i>"I take it he's a white, nominally Christian male? If not it wouldn't be an issue as they'd just keep lowering the standards until he met the requirements."</i> <br /><br />Tut! How cynical! ;)<br /><br /><i>"Its probably all just 'health and safety' ie his employers or their insurance doesn't want to take the risk of being sued."</i> <br /><br />There's probably a lot to that - not sure how they are covered by insurance, but I'd expect it to be much, much stricter than normal drivers insurance.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-65140205511320201442011-05-21T15:50:12.400+01:002011-05-21T15:50:12.400+01:00" If not, he shouldn't be in the job in t..." If not, he shouldn't be in the job in the first place."<br /><br />If not he shouldn't have a driving licence in the first place. But the fact that he does would seem to my mind to indicate that he is also 'fit' to drive an ambulance.<br /><br />Its probably all just 'health and safety' ie his employers or their insurance doesn't want to take the risk of being sued.<br /><br />As someone else aptly remarked, his main 'disability' is no doubt the fact that he is a white non-muslim heterosexual.<br /><br />I would have no problem being in the back of an ambulance driven by a diabetic. There is always a possibility that anyone can pass out at the wheel at anytime for any number of reasons and Type 1 diabetics usually get some 'warning' of an approaching attack and would pull over.Shinar's Basket Casehttp://shinarbasketcase.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-72528540873242671842011-05-21T12:57:34.888+01:002011-05-21T12:57:34.888+01:00Without knowing specific details of his condition ...Without knowing specific details of his condition ie whether or not his condition is under control with medication or if he's prone to any shall we say losses of concentration under stress.<br /><br />If his condition is under control, I don't see a problem. If not, he shouldn't be in the job in the first place.<br /><br />I take it he's a white, nominally Christian male? If not it wouldn't be an issue as they'd just keep lowering the standards until he met the requirements.Budvarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01411709142357622721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-85824982801227236172011-05-21T12:49:48.819+01:002011-05-21T12:49:48.819+01:00I'm not diabetic but one of my supposedly adul...I'm not diabetic but one of my supposedly adult kids has type 1 so I know a little about it. <br /><br />I have some sympathy with the paramedic in this case. As a diabetic you are treated as disabled almost everywhere but its almost impossible to get disability benefits for it.<br /><br />Try looking for gainful employment with diabetes. It ain't easy, employers can't take the risk.<br /><br />Of course, IF in this case, there is a risk of the paramedic going into a shock/fit then he shouldn't be driving.Shinar's Basket Casehttp://shinarbasketcase.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-72560976615412502562011-05-21T12:31:48.800+01:002011-05-21T12:31:48.800+01:00Your employers takes steps to ensure your working ...Your employers takes steps to ensure your working conditions are as safe as possible for you and those you work with and you whine about it ? Bizarre.Tattyfalarrnoreply@blogger.com