Drink sensibly plea to Scunthorpe area Christmas revellers after record 999 calls to regional ambulance service
The ambulance service - providing emergency cover to the Scunthorpe area - says the run up to Christmas has already produced its highest ever 999 call demand.
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides emergency 999 and urgent care for 4.8 million people within Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire (including North and North East Lincolnshire), Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire.
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East Midlands Ambulance Service is finding this to be a very busy festive season
The festive season got off to a busy start for EMAS and its frontline crews on Friday (21 December) when it dealt with 2,384 emergency calls.
That’s 457 more than would normally be received on a typical Friday.
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And record call volumes continued into the early hours of Saturday morning.
As in previous years, people drinking to excess were the main reason for the increase.
Crews dealt with callers who had injured themselves or were so ill they needed hospital treatment.
A spokesperson for EMAS said: “We geared up for a very busy night because the last Friday before Christmas is traditionally a time of high demand as people finish work and start to party.
"Sadly, many of the patients we dealt with had their night out spoilt and some will even be spending Christmas in hospital rather than with their family and friends. We expect the increase in demand to continue over
Christmas and into the New Year and whilst we don’t want to be killjoys, we’d urge people to drink sensibly to avoid the same problems happening to them.”
The service is also asking the public to call 999 only in cases of genuine life-threatening emergencies.
Comments
by englander61
Thursday, December 27 2012, 12:13PM
“Drunks that have to be taken to hospital should be charged cost of any treatment , Also landlords should be fined .special offers that encourage over drinking should be banned . few years back when i went out drinking special offers were on sale you saw people with five or more bottles open coming from the bar they would drink these fast as you cannot leave open bottles on table and leave them as the date drug could be slipped into your drink , So to get onto the dance floor people drank fast and before they knew it they had lost control ,Who,s fault is this the landlords legalized dealers who pray on the young and un experienced youth of today.”
by dellboy1959
Wednesday, December 26 2012, 1:00PM
“Just an update for you all.
I was about to jump in the car this morning but thought I'd better breathalyze myself first (even though i felt fine) and guess what........OVER THE LIMIT so think on people,even if you feel OK to drive you may NOT be.”
by scunny22
Monday, December 24 2012, 3:30PM
“Mondo you`re not drunk by any chance are you ?”
by mondo51
Monday, December 24 2012, 1:28PM
“Shame, they souldmake the pay for any medical treatment due to drug and or booze they can buy the booze and drugs they can pay for any treatment recived same with drink driving. and let EMAS go where i t is realy wanted i could be your house.........................”
by dellboy1959
Monday, December 24 2012, 1:14PM
“I always drink sensibly,my motto is if you can lay on the floor without holding on you ain't had enough lol.”