A paramedic who boasted online that he 'saved someone's life and managed to cop a feel of some cracking jubblies' has appeared before a conduct hearing.
Mark Small allegedly posted the comment on Facebook, rounding it off with: 'Excellent shift.'
Today he is appearing before a conduct hearing of the Health Professions Council (HPC), and could be struck off from the profession if found guilty of misconduct.
Mr Small worked for Great Western Ambulance service, which provides emergency care and patient transport across Gloucestershire.
The HPC claims he posted the comments on Facebook between 28 and 29 June last year after attending a patient with breathing difficulties.
Mark, from Bristol, had worked for the ambulance service since 2004 and qualified as a paramedic in September 2009.
Mark told the panel he admitted writing the comments and accepted that by writing it his standards fell short of what was expected by the HPC.
He refused to agree the 'jubblies' comment amounted to misconduct.
The gallery at the hearing watched in amusement as at one stage the HPC panel took time out to discuss how to pronounce 'jubblies' - deciding if it should actually be 'jubi-lees'.
Sarah Jenkins, acting locality operations manager for Great Western Ambulance Service (GWAS) said she investigated an anonymous tip-off about the raunchy Facebook posting.
Mrs Jenkins said Mark had told her there had been a 'flirtatious atmosphere' at the scene of the potentially life-and-death call out.
She said: 'Mr Small had attended a patient who was suffering chest pains and a shortness of breath, he had administered an ECG.
'Mark told me he had taken a liking to one of the other ladies at the scene and this status he had posted he had imagined in relation to this other lady and not the patient.
'He posted the status at the end of a night shift when he was tired and went straight to bed.
'The next morning his flatmate told him the status was inappropriate and he (Mark) deleted it immediately.'
Nick Cox, who was a serving paramedic with Mark on the night, said there was a good atmosphere in the house when they arrived.
He said: 'Everyone was very friendly and nice, I didn't get the impression that there was any inappropriate behaviour from anything I saw.'
Emergency care assistant Michael Smart, who was also at the scene, said the atmosphere in the house was very normal.
He claimed he too did not 'experience' any inappropriate behaviour.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
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