The harsh reality of verbal abuse on 999 call handlers comes under the spotlight when a man bombards staff with dozens of sexually suggestive...
Category: AACE
Explore the Reframe Image Library – a vital new resource to improve representation in healthcare images
With over 3,000 images showcasing both the healthcare workforce and conditions on different skin tones, the Reframe image library is a free NHS-backed resource...
Life-saving defibrillator initiative saves hundreds of lives across Sunderland
Community defibrillators have been deployed by North East Ambulance Service health advisors to over 800 patients across Sunderland in 2024...
National ambulance volunteering survey results 2025
This represents greater national collaboration between trusts, and provides us with important insights into the volunteering experience across the UK ambulance service. There are...
Cardiac arrest survivor signs up for London Ambulance Charity walk
A man who beat the odds to survive a cardiac arrest is the first person to sign up for this year’s London Ambulance Charity...
Yorkshire Ambulance Service awarded funding to improve care for patients with incidental findings
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) has received funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) for a new research project...
“It’s so strange appearing dead on national TV’: Breath-taking moment when LAS crew restart a man’s heart shown in BBC ‘Ambulance’ documentary
The dramatic moment ambulance clinicians revive a man whose heart has stopped beating as he is taken to hospital is captured on camera in...
North East Ambulance Service commends brave 8-year-old girl for making life-saving emergency call
On Wednesday 14 May 2025, an ambulance crew from the North East Ambulance Service reunited with 8-year-old Bella who called 999 when her mam...
Proposals to transfer police powers to ‘authorised’ healthcare professionals under mental health bill reform – AACE statement
There are several reasons why extending police powers of detention to medical professionals, including key frontline ambulance clinicians, could be unwelcome...
Kent heart attack survivor thanks SECAmb teamwork for saving his life
A father from Swanley who’s heart is now only working at 15 per cent capacity following a heart attack has thanked the teamwork of...
Video captures moment brazen thief steals LAS paramedics’ belongings as they treat a patient
A video showing a man smashing the window of an ambulance in broad daylight has been released by London Ambulance Service. The locked ambulance...
SECAmb pays tribute to “father of the paramedic profession” Professor Douglas Chamberlain
SECAmb is very proud and is fortunate to have had an extremely close working relationship with Professor Chamberlain for many years and he will...
