After 12 years in the Royal Air Force, including multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, London Ambulance Service paramedic Pete McCarthy knows what it...
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LAS paramedics remember the Croydon tram disaster 10 years on
Paramedics from London Ambulance Service who responded to the Croydon tram disaster attended a moving ceremony to mark its 10th anniversary yesterday, paying tribute...
London Ambulance Service remembers those who lost their lives at war
London Ambulance Service Chief Executive Jason Killens KAM laid a wreath at City Hall in memory of ambulance workers who have lost their lives...
London’s only known surviving wartime ambulance to star on ITV this Remembrance Sunday
The only known surviving London ambulance used during the Blitz will feature on ITV this Remembrance Sunday. The 1935 Clements Talbot, part of the...
“We come to work to help people; we don’t expect to be assaulted” – LAS paramedic on shocking levels of abuse
A London Ambulance Service paramedic has spoken about the lasting impact of being sexually assaulted by patients while trying to help them. Lauren Gunyon,...
Cardiac arrest survivor heads community partnership with London Ambulance Service to raise £21,000 and train 400 residents in lifesaving skills
Residents from a north-west London neighbourhood have rallied together and partnered with London Ambulance Service to raise over £21,000 to install ten defibrillators across...
Abuse on the line: London Ambulance Service reveals shocking sexual harassment of 999 and 111 staff
New recordings released today reveal that 999 call handlers and 111 health advisers at London Ambulance Service are being subjected to explicit language, sexual...
Paramedics urge Londoners to learn life-saving skills ahead of winter months when cardiac arrests surge
Paramedics at London Ambulance Service are urging Londoners to learn life-saving skills and how to use a defibrillator as the number of cardiac arrests...
London Ambulance Service prepares for winter as first wave of cold, flu and respiratory illness hits the capital
London Ambulance Service is making final preparations for winter as the changing season brings an early surge in calls from very sick patients and...
Blitz diary reveals life behind the wheel of a wartime London ambulance
“I could hear the scream of the bombs. Some in the distance, others close by.” That was how volunteer ambulance driver June Spencer described...
LAS midwife and paramedic return from treating patients in earthquake-hit Venezuela
A midwife and a paramedic from London Ambulance Service have returned to work after responding in Venezuela where they cared for people injured or...
Father of three reunites with LAS paramedics who saved his life after Lime bike knocked him into path of a coach
A father of three who went into cardiac arrest after a Lime bike knocked him into the path of a coach has reunited with...
