Version 2 of the National Major Incident Action Cards for use by all NHS Ambulance Services has been launched by NARU, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit.
The Action Cards have become an extremely useful source of information, prompts and guidance for all NHS Ambulance Services since their inception two years ago.
Developed in collaboration with the national Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response Group (EPRRG) – made up of key expert EPRR staff in all UK Ambulance Services – the cards are available in two printed formats: shorter A6 versions and also full versions contained in bound A5 folders.
NARU Ambulance Advisor Robert Flute has led the development of the cards from day one and says:
“In launching version 2 of the Action Cards, NARU has worked hard with all the ambulance services and partners such as CFOA and COP (to embed JESIP doctrines and terminology within the cards) and we are proud to make them available.
Version 2 has additional sections – such as Railway Incidents where we worked closely with Network Rail and train operating companies, and Motorway Incidents – where our partner was Highways England.
By their nature, major incidents cause significant challenges and pressures for the emergency services so it is extremely valuable to have detailed aide memoires and guidelines to hand in the form of these robust Action Cards. They help ensure that ambulance services play their part as effectively as possible and save as many lives as possible during the incident response.”
Printed copies of version 2 of the Action Cards are available via the NARU Resources section.
