One Friday night in December 2011, Paramedic Brian Hayes
used the Service’s Twitter page to
highlight his colleagues' work on the booze bus – a
specially-adapted ambulance to look after patients who have had too
much to drink.
We hope the initiative will help the Service to draw
attention to the health risks people take by overdoing it with
alcohol.
A night on the booze bus - our tweets
8.22pm - Getting ready for the
treat and tweet session tonight aboard the #boozebus . Please drink
sensibly and enjoy #alcohol safely.
8.26pm - Good evening, me and my #boozebus crew
mates are now getting ready for a busy night.
8.28pm - Last night #boozebus crew treated 14
patients who'd had too much to drink
9.07pm - We're now leaving Waterloo heading towards the
West End on #boozebus. That's John in the photo
10.07pm - You never know what you get - man
assaulted, jaw shattered, now air ambulance medics on board and
heading to a hospital #boozebus
12.07am - Just been called to our second
patient, reports of lots of vomit #boozebus
12.18am - One patient aboard and on route to
another one. It's getting busy on #boozebus
12.55am - We have just dropped 2 patients off
at st thomas #boozebus
1.05am - third patient was picked up #boozebus
by trafalgar sq, he was all suited and booted covered in vomit
1.10pm - The #boozebus can take up to 5
patients at a time , helping free up ambulances to attend other
more life-threatening calls
1.56am - 5th
patient, a 21year old girl checked over and left in the care of her
friend. Next patient already waiting
1.59am - She hadn't had any food all day.
Advice - eat loads before you hit the bars #boozebus
2.47am- #boozebus patient - a student
found lying on the street near leicester sq. Ps look after your
friends and don't leave them behind
2.55am - It's freezing and
we're seeing loads of people in summer attire. Wrap up warm!
#boozebus
3.38am - #boozebus flagged down at soho sq -
fell and hit his head. Small cut but needs gluing at hospital
4.27am - 7th #boozebus patient - a girl who
collapsed on the dance floor at her xmas do. Now in the care of St
Thomas
4.39am - I'll be at wheel of #boozebus now. Will give you
a final update in the morning. good night everyone but we'll have a
couple of hours left
For the full twitter transcript - click on the link below:
London Ambulance service #boozebus