Plea to tackle 'systemic problems' in Welsh Ambulance Service after it misses every internal target
Report shows nearly all the Welsh Ambulance Service's internal targets have been missed as AMs are...
East of England Ambulances: New chief on £98k salary
An ambulance trust criticised for poor response times has hired a private company chief to boost its...
Hundreds attend funeral of ambulance driver
Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of a Hampshire ambulance driver who was killed in a...
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Plea to tackle 'systemic problems' in Welsh Ambulance Service after it misses every internal target
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East of England Ambulances: New chief on £98k salary
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Hundreds attend funeral of ambulance driver
Thursday, 16 May 2013 21:07
General News
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Ambulance staff increase after ‘meal break’ death
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AN EXTRA 150 ambulance technicians will be starting work across Scotland as a result of a recruitment drive introduced after a trainee chose not to respond to an emergency because he was on a meal break. The increase in staff will allow a change in working hours to ensure ambulance…
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Ambulance crews taking too long to hand over patients
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AMBULANCE crews are losing vital minutes on 999 calls by spending too long handing over patients to doctors at Nottingham's hospitals. Figures released by East Midlands Ambulance Service show that for 22 months – from April 2011 to January 2013 – the service's average handover time had consistently missed a…
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West Midlands Ambulance Service loses patient transport contract
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West Midlands Ambulance Service has lost the contract to transport patients for routine hospital appointments in North Staffordshire. NSL, formerly the car park operator NCP, is to take over the £3m contract for the next three years. The North Staffordshire clinical commissioning group said it had chosen the firm because…
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Paramedic: Ambulance delays 'causing harm and deaths'
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Patients are coming to serious harm and even dying because of ambulance delays, a paramedic whistle-blower has warned. He says 'lone-response' paramedics at emergencies in the east of England can be stranded for several hours while they wait for fully crewed ambulances. The ambulance trust serving the region is investigating…
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Medical News
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UK groups research transport for head injuries
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Opinion has been divided on issue of trauma, including serious head injuries, and benefits of traveling longer distances to specialist hospital UNITED KINGDOM — A pioneering research trial has been launched in the North-East to investigate whether serious head injury patients should be taken to the nearest hospital or a…
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What Is Mental Health? What Is Mental Disorder?
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Mental health refers to our cognitive, and/or emotional wellbeing - it is all about how we think, feel and behave. Mental health, if somebody has it, can also mean an absence of a mental disorder. Approximately 25% of people in the UK have a mental health problem during their…
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Ambulance staff 'can speed up stroke treatment'
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Treating stroke in specialised ambulances en route to hospital is feasible and could boost the number of patients who receive life-saving therapy, experts believe. Mobile stroke units can halve the time it takes a patient to get clot-busting drugs, a small German trial found. The drugs only work if…
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Features
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Cartoon depicts man making love to an Ambulance Barnstable Bus Station
A STORY about how a man attempted to make love to an ambulance in Barnstaple bus station has been turned into a cartoon which has gone viral. The cartoon was posted on Jim’ll Paint It’s Facebook page. It was drawn by the artist behind Jim’ll Paint It, a Facebook…
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iPads could help Essex Air Ambulance save more lives
ESSEX Air Ambulance have received a cheque for £500 from transport and bus operator, FirstGroup. The cheque was presented to air ambulance crew last week as part of FirstGroup’s Charity and Sponsorship scheme. The money will go towards buying two new iPads which will be used by air crew doctors…
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TV donation brings Christmas spirit to ransacked Dereham ambulance station
A generous donation from a family electronics shop has helped to restore the Christmas spirit to the ambulance station that was ransacked while paramedics answered emergency 999 calls. Burglars stole a television set given by grateful patients, as well as breaking into personal lockers, kicking in doors and…
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World News
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Six ambulance paramedics assaulted by patients
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A PARAMEDIC was assaulted by a patient in Coffs Harbour on Monday night in an incident that's angered the NSW Ambulance Service. The paramedic was attacked as he treated a man en-route to hospital. The attack was said to be so violent the ambulance driver was forced to pull over near…
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Prosecutor Who Assaulted Ambulance Worker Avoids Jail Sentence
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Before a courtroom filled with dozens of emergency medical workers, a prosecutor in the Brooklyn district attorney’s office was sentenced to 10 days of community service on Wednesday after pleading guilty to assaulting an ambulance worker as the prosecutor was being taken to a hospital. The prosecutor, Michael Jaccarino, had…
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Humour
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65 RULES YOU SHOULD KNOW IN EMS..
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1. Skin sign tells all.2. Truly sick people don't complain.3. Air goes in and out, blood goes round and round;…
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Education
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Calling For Change To Improve In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Care, Survival
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Policy and practice changes by healthcare institutions, providers and others could greatly improve medical care and improve survival for people…
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UK faces new generation of synthetic drugs
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New synthetic drugs, dubbed ‘legal highs’, are appearing at the rate of more than one a week, according to a…
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Despite the excellent ambulance services; you never want to end up in one. If you've woken up in a hospital bed, had a bad knock, or anything inbetween it may be worth looking into personal injury compensation claims to see if you claim anything for your accident.
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