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Category: Ambulance Life

Finalists revealed for prestigious Control Room Awards 2022
The finalists in the Control Room Awards 2022 have been announced, as the community prepares to celebrate the hidden heroes of the emergency services.The...

Maternity training for ambulance crews
NWAS have introduced special maternity training and equipment for its ambulance crews to enhance emergency care given to pregnant women in the North West.Last...

NHS chief joins LAS mental health team
The London Director of NHS England joined a specialist team from London Ambulance Service (LAS) for a shift on the frontline of physical and...

Smart goggles to give nurses more time with patients
High tech goggles will be worn by community nurses on home visits to free up time with patients, as part of a cutting-edge NHS...

SCAS first to introduce 'dementia button' on patient records
Paramedics at South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) are set to become the first to be able to alert other healthcare providers...

EXCELERATE ENTERS INTO APPROVED SUPPLIERS WITH PIONEERS OF THE WORLD’S MOST FUTURISTIC AMBULANCE
Cardiff-based connectivity specialist Excelerate Technology has, this week, been appointed to provide the optional state-of-the-art satellite and hybrid connectivity systems on the world’s most...

Successful final tests for pilot phase of Horizon 2020 Broadway project
Frequentis concludes pilot phase tests in Malaga for a pan-European safety-critical, interoperable, mobile broadband networkAfter several years of development work, the Frequentis-led BroadPort consortium...

Inspirational stories from the North East
Prime-time documentary series ‘Ambulance’, following frontline staff at North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) as they provide vital urgent and emergency pre-hospital care in the...

Cup of cha-cha-cha?
Strictly and Love Island stars AJ and Curtis Pritchard paid a surprise visit to the London Ambulance Service's 999 control room at Waterloo and...

Student paramedics learn from blue light responders on first International Paramedics Day
Student paramedics at the University of Huddersfield have taken part in a realistic mock-up of a traffic accident in a unique event on campus...

New health app CAREFUL helps clinical teams reduce the dangers of handover
Thousands of patients are dying every year and hospitals are wasting up to 15% of their entire budget as a result of poor handover....