The Trust has recently sought an economical and sustainable solution for decommissioning ambulances, thanks to a recent partnership with De Lage Landen (DLL). With...
Category: West Midlands Ambulance Service
Researching a fast new way to identify a stroke at WMAS
West Midlands Ambulance Service is undertaking new research aimed at designing a lateral flow test which can quickly tell whether someone is having a...
WMAS delivers life-saving skills to BCFC Academy
Claire Brown – Wednesday 6th November 2024 – 9.00am. A team of WMAS staff volunteered their spare time recently to teach life-saving skills to...
Future Paramedics Jump Into the Virtual Driving Seat to Save Lives
Future Paramedics at West Midlands Ambulance Service are jumping into the virtual driving seat with a state-of-the-art virtual reality driving simulator to enhance their...
Your chance to learn a lifesaving skill with WMAS
It isn’t just our paramedics who have the ability to save a life – everybody does, with the help of some simple training. This...
WMAS prepares to transfer 600 patients
Jamie Arrowsmith – Wednesday 2nd October 2024 – 1pm West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) is set to transfer approximately 600 patients to the new...
WMAS 999 Dispatchers set to release “Stand Together” song for charity
Claire Brown – Wednesday 25th September 2024 – 2.00pm. A West Midlands Ambulance Service control room dispatcher with a passion for music is set...
Help WMAS to save lives this World Patient Safety Day
Saving lives and providing care in a patient’s hour of need is key to what ambulance staff do, but did you realise just...
Eli reunites with ‘right place’ paramedics at WMAS
The phrase ‘divine intervention’ could not have been truer for a family in Warwick earlier this year. Back in May, 10-year-old Eli Welton had...
Stop The Bleed Training Day at WMAS
Would you know what to do if someone was bleeding severely? In the last 12-months, West Midlands Ambulance Service have attended to...
89% increase in assaults on ambulance staff
“Given our staff are there to help people in their hour of need, it is appalling that there has been an 89% increase in...
WMAS HART responds to Lodge Farm Reservoir incident
We remain at the scene of Lodge Farm Reservoir on Highbridge Road, Netherton this morning after responding to reports of a teenage boy in...