Just five months after his cardiac arrest at a local supermarket, a Surrey man was reunited with the two paramedics from SECAmb who saved...
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LAS paramedic who apprehended violent criminal is awarded police commendation
A paramedic working in Whipps Cross has received a police commendation after apprehending a suspect who assaulted a police officer and then tried to...
National threat level raised to ‘critical’ following Manchester attack
This week the independent Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre has taken the decision to raise the terror threat level in the UK to "critical" ...
Association of Ambulance Chief Executives unites against dementia for Dementia Awareness Week
AACE is one of three national organisations representing all emergency services across the UK this Dementia Awareness Week (14-20 May) ...
New Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) Signs are launched
Both the British Heart Foundation and Resuscitation Council are committed to saving lives by ensuring more people survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest...
New Chief Executive joins London Ambulance Service
Today (30 May) London Ambulance Service's new Chief Executive, Garrett Emmerson, takes up his role...
SECAmb invites schools and community groups to sign up for ‘Restart a Heart’
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is inviting schools and community groups to register their interest...
London Ambulance Service medic honoured at Buckingham Palace
Tooting born medic Paul Smith, who has dedicated more than forty years of his life to saving Londoners, has been honoured by HM The...
Report sets out progress on race equality standards for all NHS trusts in England
A second annual report into race equality across the NHS has been published today (19 April). The Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) report...
Public nominations invited for ambulance service staff who go ‘Beyond the Call of Duty’
Every year, North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS) holds the Beyond the Call of Duty Awards...
First response: how paramedics are transforming care
Samantha Jones, NHS England’s Director for New Models of Care, looks at the role of paramedics in transforming care...
Major Trauma In Older People: new report from TARN is published
Falls now the most common type of major trauma in England and Wales, study reveals...