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Brixton news, rumours and general chat - November 2013

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se5 said:
I've never understood the value of having the air ambulance for places like Brixton which are relatively close to hospitals - with all the landing and taking off and then landing again surely it would be quicker for an ambulance to drive the 1-2 miles to King's or do the air ambulances have specialist equipment?
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wiskey is the person to ask- but I believe their response times are faster than by road- and, depending on what is the issue, you don't always go to the closest hospital, I don't think
 
se5 said:
I've never understood the value of having the air ambulance for places like Brixton which are relatively close to hospitals - with all the landing and taking off and then landing again surely it would be quicker for an ambulance to drive the 1-2 miles to King's or do the air ambulances have specialist equipment?
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HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service - London's Air Ambulance) carries a trauma Doctor and a specialist paramedic, they can get anywhere within the M25 in 12 minutes. Once on scene they have two options - package up the patient and fly to the heliport on the roof of the Royal London Hospital where a full trauma team await them, or ground assist by road to the nearest hospital/trauma centre (Kings is one) which means they go in the ambulance with the crew and get a lift back to the chopper later. Air ambulances from other services (Kent/Essex etc) can convey patients to King's by landing in Ruskin Park and then loading the patient into a London Ambulance to transfer round to the A&E.

HEMS carries advanced medical equipment for things like amputation, intubation, immobilisation etc and the staff to use them. The Doctor can also give more drugs than paramedics.

The HEMS paramedic in the control room scans incoming calls and will further interrogate callers to see if a call needs HEMS, it will be dispatched if required, or an ambulance crew will arrive at a call and then request them.

At night and on days when the chopper is offline (maintenance, bad light etc) then two cars are used with drivers. On calls the pilot always stays with the aircraft.

ETA: One of the main procedures HEMS Dr's perform is Rapid Sequence Induction for badly injured patients which involves administering a general anaesthetic.

As well as HEMS there are also BASICS Doctors around London (it's a nationwide scheme), these are Doctors with advanced life support/trauma training (some are Casualty Consultants, some are GP's) who are willing to come to the scene of an accident to administer drugs or perform specialist procedures (mostly it's nasty trauma where more pain relief is needed) from their work or home address. If HEMS is busy or a BASICS Dr is closer then if a crew requests a Dr the nearest one will be rung to see if they are able to attend.

HTH.
 
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I've watched the air ambulance rescue a woman who'd been driven to jump out of her sixth floor window onto hard standing. I watched it from my bedroom window - she survived - nuff said? If not how about the the coppers who were puking after they'd seen the body?
 
Gramsci said:
As Brixton is in Standard today: SW9 as an "extremist enclave" I looked around and found this book on squatting that I have online for free.
It gives better picture than that in ES. Its also detailed. There is a chapter on Villa Road.
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Thank you for that, it's very interesting. I missed out (was a student in Manchester during that time) but had a lodger some years ago who had been in the Railton Road gay squat.

What intrigues me in the Standard article is the obsession with Primal Screaming. As you will recall I posted a link to WR Mysteries of the Organism on the sticky film thread, so I have peripheral knowledge of the technique. Do these people still exist in Brixton - or have they moved to Hampstead/gone out of fashion?
 
CH1 said:
Thank you for that, it's very interesting. I missed out (was a student in Manchester during that time) but had a lodger some years ago who had been in the Railton Road gay squat.

What intrigues me in the Standard article is the obsession with Primal Screaming. As you will recall I posted a link to WR Mysteries of the Organism on the sticky film thread, so I have peripheral knowledge of the technique. Do these people still exist in Brixton - or have they moved to Hampstead/gone out of fashion?
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They fucked off to Atlantis in Ireland then bought a boat and hired a pro captain to take them to South America.Two days out the Captain called them a "bunch of crazy cunts" and turned the boat around.Some of them I believe have made it to S.A.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...tist-meets-grisly-end-in-columbia-634935.html
 
editor said:
I did a little piece on BBuzz about their launch which I think is pretty fair - and acknowledges the price-reducing power of urban75!
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Hopefully the Express Cafe will do alright out of it as well so that it can keep on doing what it does for it's clientele once the hot doggers move on.
 
cuppa tee said:
Hopefully the Express Cafe will do alright out of it as well so that it can keep on doing what it does for it's clientele once the hot doggers move on.
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Lucky there are posts here telling us where to currently find them, as I can't imagine asking someone on the street where the hot doggers are ending well.
 
Lots of community police and a few real ones around the junctions in Brixton nr. Traffic lights handing out leaflets to drivers requesting 'Leave Rooom at Traffic Lights'.. not a bad thing i suppose... I note a few cyclists being pulled up though...

btw: Are there any internet cafes open in Brixton after 8.30-9pm.... Most annoying not being able to find one yet that may open later...
 
I've had 4 run ins this week with CSOs at Stockwell running Operation KnobJockey or whatever it's called.

I've rarely met a less educated, ill informed and prejudiced set of people. And I hang out with cyclists.

I had to point out to a CSO this morning that having a child seat on a bike wasn't illegal, nor was riding without high vis or a helmet as he'd been suggesting to the woman in front of me. He then said it was his job as cyclists were getting themselves killed, rather than drivers were killing cyclists.

At least I've got better - I started the week responding to their idiocy with 'fuck off'. I've now progressed to asking their names and badge numbers and have been pointing out their incorrect knowledge of the highway code to their bosses.
 
snowy_again said:
Is the internet shop under the Rec also not open lateish?
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Doubtful... I have checked all round that area.. the latest one I have been in ( closes at 9 but earlier if quiet) is the Glass-fronted one adjacent to hairdressers nr Coldharbour Lane, a stones throw from the Dogstar.. will check later as it goes... Cheers
 
A story from tonight. My friend was waiting by the corner of Somerleyton/Coldharbour Lane when he noticed someone in Brixton Square holding a smartphone out of the window and then checking the screen. After a while some woman comes out into the street, moans about the noise and demands to know how long the electricity works will be going on for.

It's almost like she has no fucking perception that the reason the works are taking place is so that the local area - including her her shiny new block - can have a safe, regular supply.

Anyway, the workman wasn't impressed.
 
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