I met a guy called Paul today at work.
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Marvib said:
Countdown said:
Boshly said:
OP thanks for doing the jobs 'you' do. 'You' get plenty of grief and 'you' aren't perfect but we'd be a significantly poorer society without all the good things 'you' and your ilk do for us.
Agreed.Dibble - thankyou for the post - and for what you do.
Brings it all home. I just noticed that it's a friends birthday tomorrow. She was found dead at home earlier this year, in her early 50's. Fortunately she was found the day after she died, but her family and friends were stunned at the happy go luck facebook poster being their one day and gone the next.
Brings it all home. I just noticed that it's a friends birthday tomorrow. She was found dead at home earlier this year, in her early 50's. Fortunately she was found the day after she died, but her family and friends were stunned at the happy go luck facebook poster being their one day and gone the next.
Sad story and must be terrible to deal with. A few years back we had a guy at work who was off ill for a couple of days. He was scrupulous about ringing in each day to say he wouldn't be in. One day we didn't hear from him. I rang him on his mobile and land line and there was no answer. I went round to his house and his car was there. Rang the door bell and got no answer. Talked to one of his neighbors who hadn't seen him for a couple of days.
I phoned the police on the non emergency number and they turned up pretty quickly. Didn't take much to persuade them that this was pretty unusual for him and there was a real concern for his well being. They radioed in to get permission to force entry. They found him in the lying on the bathroom floor. He was alive but delirious and didn't know what was going on.
An ambulance was called and he was taken to hospital. He spent over a week in hospital being pumped full of antibiotics and morphine. He had acute pancreatitis which had lead to an infection which had spread pretty widely. The consultant told him that left another day without treatment he probably would have died.
I phoned the police on the non emergency number and they turned up pretty quickly. Didn't take much to persuade them that this was pretty unusual for him and there was a real concern for his well being. They radioed in to get permission to force entry. They found him in the lying on the bathroom floor. He was alive but delirious and didn't know what was going on.
An ambulance was called and he was taken to hospital. He spent over a week in hospital being pumped full of antibiotics and morphine. He had acute pancreatitis which had lead to an infection which had spread pretty widely. The consultant told him that left another day without treatment he probably would have died.
Boshly said:
OP thanks for doing the jobs 'you' do. 'You' get plenty of grief and 'you' aren't perfect but we'd be a significantly poorer society without all the good things 'you' and your ilk do for us.
You have a job to do and some may not like it but without yourself and your colleagues I hate to think how society would be.In some ways you have a thankless job but I will say thanks for what you do as I couldn't do it.
Marvib said:
Couldn't have put it any better. Thanks for being there for Paul.
I'll add the same.The OP's profession gets stick for some of the things they do but I couldn't do the above in a month of Sunday's.
Edited by laters on Thursday 25th June 20:15
Most cops have a raft of these stories - most will try and trump each other with a smellier/ dirtier/bloodier story than the next.
Not at all pleasant to deal with - I went to my first as an 18yr old Cadet. Late 1974, out with a PC , sent to a flat, locked and with an awful smell from inside. Being smallest, I was shoved in head first through an open fanlight window,only to land head first on top of a body in the same state as Dibbles. Managed to get off it and work my way through the pitch black flat to let the others in - awful mess - and me landing on top hadnt helped matters. My first sudden death though i'd been to my first post mortem a few weeks before.
He'd been one of the founders of MENSA- sad state to finish up in. Went to plenty more over the years - personally other than the smell -never bothered me particularly.
Not at all pleasant to deal with - I went to my first as an 18yr old Cadet. Late 1974, out with a PC , sent to a flat, locked and with an awful smell from inside. Being smallest, I was shoved in head first through an open fanlight window,only to land head first on top of a body in the same state as Dibbles. Managed to get off it and work my way through the pitch black flat to let the others in - awful mess - and me landing on top hadnt helped matters. My first sudden death though i'd been to my first post mortem a few weeks before.
He'd been one of the founders of MENSA- sad state to finish up in. Went to plenty more over the years - personally other than the smell -never bothered me particularly.
Edited by Bigends on Thursday 25th June 20:22
plasticpig said:
Sad story and must be terrible to deal with. A few years back we had a guy at work who was off ill for a couple of days. He was scrupulous about ringing in each day to say he wouldn't be in. One day we didn't hear from him. I rang him on his mobile and land line and there was no answer. I went round to his house and his car was there. Rang the door bell and got no answer. Talked to one of his neighbors who hadn't seen him for a couple of days.
I phoned the police on the non emergency number and they turned up pretty quickly. Didn't take much to persuade them that this was pretty unusual for him and there was a real concern for his well being. They radioed in to get permission to force entry. They found him in the lying on the bathroom floor. He was alive but delirious and didn't know what was going on.
An ambulance was called and he was taken to hospital. He spent over a week in hospital being pumped full of antibiotics and morphine. He had acute pancreatitis which had lead to an infection which had spread pretty widely. The consultant told him that left another day without treatment he probably would have died.
Thats a good post. Glad somebody fI phoned the police on the non emergency number and they turned up pretty quickly. Didn't take much to persuade them that this was pretty unusual for him and there was a real concern for his well being. They radioed in to get permission to force entry. They found him in the lying on the bathroom floor. He was alive but delirious and didn't know what was going on.
An ambulance was called and he was taken to hospital. He spent over a week in hospital being pumped full of antibiotics and morphine. He had acute pancreatitis which had lead to an infection which had spread pretty widely. The consultant told him that left another day without treatment he probably would have died.
king cared. I know its a simple fact of life in a sense, but Paul's story is a sad one.An interesting but sad story, something that any one of us could be faced with considering the suddenness of death. One of my uncles died of a heart attack at home. He lived alone and it was only due to his sister going to visit him with their mum as they'd not heard from him for a few days that his body was found.
He was sat on the sofa, his dinner on a tray in his lap, TV on. He'd just sat down to eat when he had a massive heart attack and died almost instantly.
Very sad and so sudden, and I hope to never have to come across such a scene myself.
He was sat on the sofa, his dinner on a tray in his lap, TV on. He'd just sat down to eat when he had a massive heart attack and died almost instantly.
Very sad and so sudden, and I hope to never have to come across such a scene myself.
I once had a job clearing out council voids propertys where occupiers had died, been jailed or had skipped
that smell lingers even after the property has been cleaned
My worst job though was a banardos lad who got jailed for 8 months for a trivial offence we removed and destroyed his entire life (birth certs photo,s etc)that job made me leave and do other things and I still wonder how things turned out for him.
that smell lingers even after the property has been cleaned
My worst job though was a banardos lad who got jailed for 8 months for a trivial offence we removed and destroyed his entire life (birth certs photo,s etc)that job made me leave and do other things and I still wonder how things turned out for him.
Interesting story - thanks for posting it.
I sometimes wonder if I'd be quite suited to a role like that as what you've typed doesn't really bother me at all except in two ways:
1. Interest that the death was suspicious in some way
And on reading it wasn't
2. Logistical interest in what you do next and how you pick up a liquefying body
I'm sorry to say I never really gave Paul the person a second thought. My mate is a Dr and always says I'd make a good surgeon due to my lack of ability to humanise things like that. I'd be very sad if people close to me died but don't really think about strangers much. I guess that might make a tough job slightly easier?
Anyway, interesting story, thanks.
I sometimes wonder if I'd be quite suited to a role like that as what you've typed doesn't really bother me at all except in two ways:
1. Interest that the death was suspicious in some way
And on reading it wasn't
2. Logistical interest in what you do next and how you pick up a liquefying body
I'm sorry to say I never really gave Paul the person a second thought. My mate is a Dr and always says I'd make a good surgeon due to my lack of ability to humanise things like that. I'd be very sad if people close to me died but don't really think about strangers much. I guess that might make a tough job slightly easier?
Anyway, interesting story, thanks.
mph1977 said:
so you'd rather be blissful in the ignorance of what the police, Ambulance ( and other health service) personnel see and smell every day ...
What like get struck off for being a bad boy mph1977?I swapped my clinical uniform for a green uniform and like then as now, I couldn't give a stuff if people know or care about what I do in the name of public service. OP's dit is interesting enough but I imagine he probably doesn't care what anyone thinks either.
Osinjak said:
mph1977 said:
so you'd rather be blissful in the ignorance of what the police, Ambulance ( and other health service) personnel see and smell every day ...
What like get struck off for being a bad boy mph1977?Osinjak said:
I swapped my clinical uniform for a green uniform and like then as now, I couldn't give a stuff if people know or care about what I do in the name of public service. OP's dit is interesting enough but I imagine he probably doesn't care what anyone thinks either.
fortunately, most people in the emergency services and the health service don;t take pleasure from other's misfortune ( unless the their Dogma got run down by Karma) ....Edited by mph1977 on Thursday 25th June 21:03
Is it okay to post this on social media?
Presumably there's no risk of jeopardising an investigation ( although could the Coroner object?) but I don't imagine a family member would be too impressed, or has it been anonymised with some key fictionalised elements?
Not getting at you, but can't help wondering.
Presumably there's no risk of jeopardising an investigation ( although could the Coroner object?) but I don't imagine a family member would be too impressed, or has it been anonymised with some key fictionalised elements?
Not getting at you, but can't help wondering.
I'm a volunteer crew member for the RNLI. While out on exercise on Sunday we had a call from the coastguard that they'd had a report of a body floating in the sea defences a few miles from where we were. We set off towards the area they wanted us to serach. all the way I was bricking myself at what I was about to see. While this is would not have been my first time seing a body it would have been the first time it was not fresh. Luckily it turned out to be a piece of drift wood with a load of fish netting wrapped around one end of it. We all breathed a sigh of relief at the momment. I'm not looking forward to the day it doesn't turn out to be a piece of wood.
My partner is also a police officer and has told me of some truely horrific sights she has come accross during her time on the force.
My partner is also a police officer and has told me of some truely horrific sights she has come accross during her time on the force.
Above the row of shops joined to mine are maisonettes and in March the ladies in the shop next door complained of smells which they thought were coming from the drains.
So the next day I pop in and the smell is getting stronger, as I go outside I look up and there are lots of bluebottles on the window which means that there is probably something dead in the flat
Turns out when they break in after waiting for over 90 minutes for the police to turn up they find their tenant dead on the sofa, poor bloke had had a heart attack and had been dead about a week.
The sergeant who eventually turned up gave the business owner a right bking for entering the flat but shut up when the owner pointed out he was probably more experienced than most policemen at dealing with this sort of thing as the shop next to mine is a funeral directors.
So the next day I pop in and the smell is getting stronger, as I go outside I look up and there are lots of bluebottles on the window which means that there is probably something dead in the flat
Turns out when they break in after waiting for over 90 minutes for the police to turn up they find their tenant dead on the sofa, poor bloke had had a heart attack and had been dead about a week.
The sergeant who eventually turned up gave the business owner a right b
king for entering the flat but shut up when the owner pointed out he was probably more experienced than most policemen at dealing with this sort of thing as the shop next to mine is a funeral directors.Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff