Ambulance Service

I'd advise going onto the original page as there are factfiles about roles etc at the bottom: click! Good little video showing the different people involved after a 999 call to ambulance, would be good if police forces did a similar one showing everyone involved & that your call could result in a call back or a PCSO etc, not always a police car with blue lights!

hey can any one help me if they know what assesments are involved to do for the role of A and E support with the london ambulance service

I have been watching these over a couple of days and they really send a shiver down my spine. The commitment these guys show is unreal. I really enjoy them so thought I would share. PS I didn't really know which section to put it in so feel free to move. http://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2TYO1UEC1Yp-7e-ygW31oB_-ceTI3rDb

This is going to sound really stupid, and it's something I've always wondered. Do ambulances patrol and have a specific area to cover? When I'm on duty and posted to a car, I have a beat to drive around and generally I will be tasked to jobs on that beat before any other unit. Are ambulances the same? Do they patrol (so to speak) or do they sit at the local stations until they are called out to a job? When speaking to Ambo staff at jobs, they tend to be from all over and don't seem to come from one hospital in my area, but are a from a mixture of A&E depts. across the city. I find it very confusing!

Hi all im just wondering if there are any EMT with an NHS ambulance service and Special cons how you balance doing both I am a Special and just awaiting on my driving assessment date for EMT and wondering how well you can balance the shifts?

Any experiences? I've just applied for a job as a call handler for the service

It was the emergency callout every paramedic dreads – a child in danger. As they raced to a house where a five-year-old had gone into cardiac arrest, they feared for the worst ... until they arrived to discover the youngster was actually a cat. A fast-response car and an ambulance were scrambled at 6.45am after a desperate couple dialled 999 and pleaded with the emergency operator to revive their 'five-year-old'. But when the teams arrived at the home in Ware, Hertfordshire, they found a tearful couple clutching their five year-old pet, which later died. An ambulance spokesman said the call could have meant the difference between life and death for a genuine patient. …

I heard a discussion on Jeremy Vine's Radio 2 programme yesterday when a Fire Officer, an Ambulance Paramedic and a Police Officer were asked for their opinions on which 999 service is held in the highest esteem by the public and why. During the discussion, there seemed to be some suggestion that there was serious rivalry between the services in some parts and a bit of name-calling too. The discussion concluded with the result that Joe Public would probably favour the Fire service mostly. Apart from a 'bit of banter' between us, I have never experienced anything quite so serious as this during my service. Have any of you? Which service do you think would be favourite?

My apologies if this has been posted before but it's something I spotted on another forum. If you link to Amazon via the RNLI website http://www.rnli.org/howtosupportus/otherwaystohelp/Pages/Amazon.aspx they will donate a minimum of 5% of the value of all orders to the RNLI. It seems to be a 'no-brainer' to help to support an excellent voluntary organisation.

Harlem Shake Manchester Fire Style Bless them!

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Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere - I did a search but didn't find anything. Seen an interesting article on BBC News today about a bloke who volunteers as a casualty for emergency service exercises etc. He gets done up in make up as a casualty and then they 'treat' him to give the personnel experience of working on real human casualties in various situations. The article says he volunteers for the charity Casualties Union. I've never heard of this charity before, but apparently they were set up after the war to provide casualties for emergency services to practice on. Their website says this :- All the casualties are volunteers but are paid expenses. I was…

Hi all, I have searched for the information on this forum and can’t quite find what I’m looking for, so I thought I’d ask for some advice directly. My girlfriend has always wanted to be a Paramedic. When she was 16 she was offered a hairdressing apprenticeship in her local salon which she accepted. She has been a hairdresser for around 5 or 6 years now and she really loves doing it. However, she has begun to think that she should have stayed with the dream of being a Paramedic, and now she wants to look into it again. We have spent a few hours online looking at the process of becoming a Paramedic; and have found that the process has changed in recent years. Would we b…

This story made me chuckle! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-20942801 Fire crews rescue grey squirrel from Watford pond A firefighter coaxed the stranded squirrel on to a ladder being used as a makeshift bridge Three fire crews were called in to rescue a marooned squirrel after it got stuck on an island in a pond. The grey squirrel was coaxed from the pond in Watford High Street, on a ladder used as a makeshift bridge. Fire crews were sent because it was believed that members of the public had been trying to rescue the animal. Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue insisted its response, on Sunday, was "appropriate" as it initially thought people could …

Was waiting for a bus this afternoon when I heard sirens. Turned to see a rather nice E Class Merc with various fancy covert blue lights. I expected it to be some senior Police Officer's car, but as it went past noticed magnetic door signs saying 'Ambulance First Responder'. I didn't think First Responders were allowed blues (except in Staffs is it? and this is Manchester), and anyway I didn't think Manchester used First Responders being such an urban area. Can anyone explain?