12 First Aid Myths Debunked! – Being confident in your first aid knowledge is essential for knowing how to help in a medical emergency and avoiding unnecessary trips to the hospital. However, information on the internet and hearsay advice can be misleading and can lead to many first aid myths. In this article we discuss […]
One in four ambulance workers has witnessed a death due to delays in the past three years, a mass GMB survey has found. The poll of almost 3,000 ambulance workers across the UK found that: 24.4 per cent of ambulance workers had witnessed a death due to delays during the past three years A further […]
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Understanding when to phone an ambulance, take someone to A&E, or to their GP is a critical decision. Particularly when the NHS is in overwhelm! Ambulances may struggle to get to you as the A&E departments are gridlocked and ambulances are therefore queuing for hours to deliver patients to A&E. Patients are spending many hours […]
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Responding to a Liberal Democrat analysis showing almost every area in England is missing the 18-minute ambulance response target Rory Deighton, Director of the NHS Confederation’s Acute Network, said: “Health leaders know that ambulance services are under a huge amount of pressure. Call handlers are receiving an increasing number of calls, including those that are […]
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If you are first on the scene and find someone who has collapsed or had an accident, what you do in those first minutes is critical. Ambulances aim to get to a life-threatening emergency within eight minutes. However, in the current climate, this is just not happening and even with life-threatening emergencies you may be […]
Make a first aid course one of your resolutions: As the new year begins, everyone is once again talking about new year resolutions. This year more than ever before, it is vital to know how to help yourself and others in a medical emergency. You could be waiting quite some time for an ambulance and […]
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If you are first on the scene and find someone who has collapsed or had an accident, what you do in those first minutes is critical. Most ambulances aim to get to a life-threatening emergency within eight minutes. However, a lot can happen in 8 minutes and the first aid you give whilst waiting for […]
999 – when to call for an ambulance and when not to: Would you know when to call an ambulance, when you don’t need an ambulance and when it is more appropriate to drive yourself to A&E or visit your GP instead? Our emergency services are there for when we are at our most vulnerable, to […]
Nearly two thirds of A&Es across the UK had ambulances waiting to transfer patients every day in the past week, according to a new survey from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. The latest RCEM survey covers the period 8 November to 14 November 2021 and was sent to Clinical Leads in Emergency Departments across […]
GMB Union is calling for urgent supply of PPE and testing for all staff GMB Union says the lack of PPE and testing for frontline workers ‘a national crisis’ as the number of self-isolating ambulance workers hits 4,100 – across just eight trusts. London, Yorkshire, North East, Wales, East Midlands, South Central, South East Coast and North West ambulance services have reported hundreds of cases of self-isolation each. GMB ambulance workers report […]
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