London | 17 May 2012 At least 150 lives could be saved under changes to the way 999 calls are received which will prioritise call outs to the most critically ill patients. The changes will mean that ambulances are saved from making over half a million wasted journeys a year. From June 2012, ambulance...
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England | HPA reports continued increase in whooping cough cases
London | 16 April 2012 665 laboratory confirmed cases of whooping cough have been reported to the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in England and Wales between January and March 2012, compared to total of 1,040 cases across the whole of 2011. The increase – continuing from the second half of 2011 – has been...
England | New figures reveal 1.5 million homes in England are without a smoke alarm
Devon | 21 March 2012 More than a million homes in England do not have a smoke alarm, fire service leaders have warned. A public opinion poll, commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA) ahead of its annual fire conference this week, revealed that seven per cent of people in England did not have...
West Midlands | The Village people are in safe hands
De Vere Village Hotel, Castlegate Park, Dudley | 17 March 2012 A hotel in the Black Country is looking after their guests and staff better than ever before thanks to West Midlands Ambulance Service. With 125 bedrooms, 4,500 leisure club members, meeting rooms, a restaurant, a coffee shop and around 200 staff, De Vere...
West Midlands | Toddler seriously injured after being kicked by horse in Kidderminster
Deansfield Lane, Blakedown | 17 March 2012 A two year old boy has been seriously injured after being kicked by a horse this morning in Kidderminster. The incident occurred near Deansfield Lane, Blakedown at around 11.20 am. An ambulance and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford with a Doctor on board attended the scene....
West Midlands | Teenaged pedestrian critically injured in RTC in Birmingham
Lakey Lane, Hall Green | 17 March 2012 A teenage boy has suffered life threatening injuries after being in collision with a car this lunchtime in Birmingham. The crash occurred on Lakey Lane, Hall Green, at around 1.05pm. An ambulance, a paramedic ambulance support officer, a senior paramedic officer, the West Midlands Care Team...
West Midlands | Three people injured, one critically, in high-impact rollover RTC with extrication on M6
Between Junctions 16 and 15, M6 | 17 March 2012 A woman has been airlifted to hospital following a serious RTC on the M6 this afternoon. The crash occurred on the M6 between junctions 16 and 15 at around 3.55pm. Two ambulances, an incident support officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Staffordshire attended...
South West England | Hazardous Area Response Team launches in the South West
Exeter | 15 March 2012 The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) will have a Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) available from Thursday 15 March 2012. The team comprises 42 ambulance paramedics who have undergone extensive, additional training and are able to triage and treat patients under hazardous and potentially contaminated conditions....
South East England | Mother performs CPR on her three-day-old baby
Little Bookham | 17 March 2012 It’s one thing to save a stranger’s life, but to save your own child’s life must be beyond the scale of comprehension. Happiness, at your youngest son being born three days earlier, turns to dread when he suffers a cardiac arrest completely unexpectedly. Anna Burse and partner David...
South East England | HART at Olympic facility
Hertfordshire | 17 March 2012 Crews from South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) were given a choppy introduction on how to rescue and treat casualties at inland water incidents during exercises at a 2012 Olympic facility. Specialist medics from SECAmb’s Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) units, based in Ashford and Gatwick,...
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