This sucks, these people are there to help you ffs.

Violence is not part of your job, brought me to tears hearing her cries for help

I’m a nurse. I’ve been assaulted many times. Kicked in the back, scratched, spat on, someone tried to bite me.
A colleague was cornered in a room and her face was smashed in from a visitor. Her eyes swollen shut and bruised. Her arm was messed up and needed surgery. Took three years to come back to nursing but she had to so nursing school courses to be able to return. All the hospital did was give nurses panic buttons.
It’s not like we can charge patients with assault. We can’t kick them out of hospital. It’s mad.

To all the paramedics and drivers out there I'd just like to say a huge thankyou cos whenever my ol' mum needs an ambulance she's treated with the utmost care and consideration.  You all do a wonderful job  ❤

Anyone who attacks these people should just be left without help

My heart breaks when they said it part off the job no one deserves to be hurt or get attacked especially when they trying to help ppl my heart goes to u all xxx

A former friend of mine was arrested and charged with assault for attacking a paramedic. He was out drinking and someone found him just passed out in a doorway and couldn’t wake him, so naturally they called an ambulance. Two paramedics arrived, one man and one woman. They woke him up, and his first instinct was to grab the woman, drag her to the floor and throw punches.

He’d always had a bit of an attitude, but no one ever thought he’d do that. Worst part is, after he’d sobered up, he seemed proud of himself. Suffice to say, a lot of people made him a former friend afterwards.

as a former paramedic, i have had crap, semen, pee thrown at me. Ive been assaulted, verbally abused, sometimes by complete bystanders who were drunk out clubbing, and even family members assaulting us whilst attempting CPR on a loved one.

Its absolutely horrific the way we get treated sometimes. One of the reasons i left the service and went down another career path.

Violence is not "part of the job" and that attitude needs to be removed from Healthcare, immediately.

Why do we have to put up with this, jail is the only answer to assaulting any emergency services provider. I've been a Pararamedic for over 30 years, it's not a part of the job it's unacceptable!!

That unfortunately is a reality both in England and across the pond. There will be plenty of people who are grateful for the help, but then you always get the ones that are belligerent. I’m glad that the people who suffered the assault are OK.

Nobody should have this as part of their job description, so sad and upsetting.

This is heartbreaking to me 💔
Out of all the professions they could choose, they choose to help!!! And they are being assaulted for it.
I feel so sorry, but so thankful for their service at the same time.

My husband is a uk paramedic and him and his crew mate got attacked on shift a few months ago by a drunk man. They were trying to help him and he went at them - tore my husbands shirt and left him bruised on his arms and chest. My husband isn’t a small bloke and he got him off and managed to lock himself in the ambulance with his crew mate. The man then began smashing the ambulance and jumping on the bonnet. It’s absolutely disgusting what they have to deal with - I worry about him all the time when he’s at work

In South Africa there are places that emergency services cannot even go into without a police escort.

Thank you Paramedics. You are appreciated by the majority - I am so sorry that your crew have had to deal with this. Sick sick people doing this and it's never okay.

THIS IS NOT PART OF THEIR JOB. They turn up and all they want to do is help. People who abuse ambulance or NHS staff deserve immediate jail time.

I just don't understand....these people are there to HELP you! Why?! Thank you to all the front line staff, keep up the amazing work!

These paramedics get paid less that I got paid to look after museum collections. It's a disgrace

Why would people want to hurt the people that are there to help them, so sad, this should NEVER happen.