Paramedic thanks two of his own for helping elderly mum

A paramedic has praised fellow workers from the North East Ambulance Service who cared for his elderly mum after she fractured her ankle in a fall. Dave McFarlane works as a paramedic in Lincoln and was shocked when he phoned his 84-year-old mum to hear she was lying on the floor waiting for an ambulance to arrive after falling in the shower. Dave immediately drove from Lincoln to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead where his mum was taken following her accident. Dave said: “My mum is fiercely ...