North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) has today launched a specialist Evacuation Team tasked with responding to patients with complex moving needs.
The Trust has invested £350,000 into a 12-month trial, which will see the team of evacuation trained staff working on two specially-adapted vehicles, tasked with responding to bariatric patients and patients who have fallen in hard to reach areas around the home or who are uninjured but require assistance from the floor.
As well as being dispatched to support ...
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