M62 Coach Bomb (4th Feb 1974)

Richard A Thackeray · Wed 06 Feb, 2013 10:30 am

A couple of our longer service staff were on duty at the time of the bombing.One was a new Auxillary Nurse (retired recently)Aother was a Student Nurse, now the Department Manager (ie; 'number 1 Sister')The other was a (recently retired) Charge-Nurse, but was newly qualified at that time.There was also a guy in the Path Lab, who was in the transfusion department, who spend hours & hours sorting out blood for themBefore my time though!!, I was 9 when it happenedI've mentioned this to them in the past, & they all remember it with horror - at that time, we sent out a 'flying squad' to major incidents(the last one I believe they attended, or were on stand-by to go to, was Great Heck train crash)

blackprince · Post by **blackprince** » Thu 07 Feb, 2013 6:22 pm

RichT wrote: A couple of our longer service staff were on duty at the time of the bombing.One was a new Auxillary Nurse (retired recently)Aother was a Student Nurse, now the Department Manager (ie; 'number 1 Sister')The other was a (recently retired) Charge-Nurse, but was newly qualified at that time.There was also a guy in the Path Lab, who was in the transfusion department, who spend hours & hours sorting out blood for themBefore my time though!!, I was 9 when it happenedI've mentioned this to them in the past, & they all remember it with horror - at that time, we sent out a 'flying squad' to major incidents(the last one I believe they attended, or were on stand-by to go to, was Great Heck train crash) Hi Rich, I'm guessing from your reply that the emergency response team was from Wakefield rather than Leeds. You mention that you no longer send out a flying squad to such incidents so whats the current protocol? Air Ambulance?

Richard A Thackeray · Post by **Richard A Thackeray** » Sun 10 Feb, 2013 1:53 pm

blackprince wrote: Hi Rich, I'm guessing from your reply that the emergency response team was from Wakefield rather than Leeds. You mention that you no longer send out a flying squad to such incidents so whats the current protocol? Air Ambulance? Yes, PinderfieldsIf absolutely necessary, we will send staff.Some of the Consultants are on-call, & will attend RTCs, as well as being on-call for our own Department.A crew, including friends of mine, did go to an incident in Stanley a couple of years agohttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bradford- ... e-11749889

majorhoundii · Post by **majorhoundii** » Sun 10 Feb, 2013 6:35 pm

blackprince wrote: RichT wrote: A couple of our longer service staff were on duty at the time of the bombing.One was a new Auxillary Nurse (retired recently)Aother was a Student Nurse, now the Department Manager (ie; 'number 1 Sister')The other was a (recently retired) Charge-Nurse, but was newly qualified at that time.There was also a guy in the Path Lab, who was in the transfusion department, who spend hours & hours sorting out blood for themBefore my time though!!, I was 9 when it happenedI've mentioned this to them in the past, & they all remember it with horror - at that time, we sent out a 'flying squad' to major incidents(the last one I believe they attended, or were on stand-by to go to, was Great Heck train crash) Hi Rich, I'm guessing from your reply that the emergency response team was from Wakefield rather than Leeds. You mention that you no longer send out a flying squad to such incidents so whats the current protocol? Air Ambulance? At the time the West Riding County Council still existed (just) and presumably as the incident happened in the West Riding, the West Riding Ambulance Service were in attendance, same for police and fire. Perhaps that's why it was Pinderfields. But then again the Regional Burns Unit was at Pinderfields and they were involved in the Bradford City fire.