03/07/13 To Chief Executives and Medical directors of all UK NHS Ambulance Service Trusts URGENT DRUG DOSE ERROR A drug dose error within the...
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West Midlands Ambulance Service assists in major fire
Emergency resources from West Midlands Ambulance Service including ambulance vehicles, paramedic officers and the Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) were sent to the scene...
Driver First Assist programme endorsed by AACE
Driver First Assist is a not for profit organisation comprising drivers (DFAs) who have been trained to provide life saving first aid and manage the...
Report: ‘Little evidence’ to suggest merging fire services and EMS is a good idea
A third-party consultant is advising the city of Toronto against merging its fire department and paramedic service in an effort to cut costs. A...
College of Paramedics urge grave caution of over rescue services merger
The College of Paramedics is urging considerable caution over contents of yesterday’s report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Homeland Security, which recommends that...
Ambulance services: Rise in number of patients treated entirely at the scene
New figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) show in 2012-13 almost two million patients were treated at the scene by...
NARU SHOWS INTEROPERABILITY AT ITS BEST WITH SUCCESSFUL DELIVERY OF EXERCISE AMBER
Feedback from observers at the National Ambulance Resilience Unit (NARU)-organised Exercise Amber 2 has revealed it to be one of the largest and most significant ambulance-led...
RUNNING PARAMEDIC RECEIVES QUEEN’S HONOUR
Staffordshire Paramedic, Ray Edensor has been presented with a Queens Ambulance Service Medal at Buckingham Palace. Ray received the honour on Tuesday 21st May...
