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Thursday, 16 February 2012 20:05
Holywell paramedic thanked by Corwen crash victim for saving his life
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A PARAMEDIC has been praised for his hard work by a man whose life he saved.
Gareth Williams, a paramedic for the Mid Wales Air Ambulance, arrived at the scene of a car crash near Corwen, where he found Corwen hotelier David Cowan injured on the A5104.
Mr Cowan was on his way home from lunch with his daughter in Chester last April when a vehicle came towards him on the wrong side of the road and collided with him head on.
The driver of the other vehicle was jailed in December after admitting dangerous driving.
“We saw…
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Friday, 03 February 2012 21:17
999 patients failed by third of ambulance trusts
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The Department of Health stipulates that an ambulance should reach 95 per cent of 'Category A' cases - where a person's life is in immediate danger - within 19 minutes.
However, in December four out of England's 12 ambulance services did not manage to reach that figure - double the previous number.
Until then only two were consistently failing to do so - East Midlands and East of England ambulance trusts.
Now North West Ambulance Service and South Central Ambulance Service are on that list as well.
Nationwide, 96.1 per cent of such calls received a response within 19 minutes…
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Friday, 03 February 2012 21:11
Gwent 999 response times among Wales’ worst Featured
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EMERGENCY ambulance response times in Gwent were among the poorest in Wales in December, as a new system of measuring performance was introduced.
Four areas - Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire, Caerphilly and Torfaen - were among the five worst performing of Wales' 22 council areas in terms of responses arriving at the scene within eight minutes.
But the Welsh Government is stressing that the figures are not directly comparable with previous ambulance statistics, as the new system involves around 4,000 more calls to be classed as emergencies, with a consequent increase in category A (immediately life-threatening) calls.
The new system is…
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 02:39
999 operator sues his ambulance trust employers because he couldn't cope with the pressure of hot desking
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A 999 operator is suing his bosses after claiming he suffered panic attacks because he didn't have his own desk.
Nathan Roberts, 28, says he was forced to quit because he could not cope with sharing a desk with colleagues.
The father-of-two says he suffers from a 'social anxiety disorder' and should have had a desk specially reserved for him on his arrival at work.
Instead, he claims the ambulance service had a 'hot desking' policy in place which meant desk allocation was a free for all.
Mr Roberts has been given the go ahead by an appeal court judge…
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 02:36
Ex-paramedic's grave warning on A&E future
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A FORMER paramedic has warned there will "not be enough graves" in Llanelli if plans to close Prince Philip Hospital's A&E unit go ahead.
Robert Evans, of Felinfoel, worked as a paramedic in Llanelli for more than 20 years and can recall many incidents where patients "would have died" if they had not been able to go to the town's A&E
Proposals to further cut the current A&E service — which is not 24-hour — are included in all three options put forward by Hywel Dda Health Board as part of their clinical services strategy.
Mr Evans, 50, said:…
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Monday, 30 January 2012 21:21
Paramedics left aspiring model to die at party after he downed 14 shots of vodka telling him to 'sleep it off'
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A aspiring model who downed 14 shots of vodka at a party choked to death on his own vomit after paramedics told him to 'sleep the drink off', an inquest heard.
Daniel Cripps, 22, was told he did not need to go to hospital even though he was severely drunk at the house party in Newport, Gwent.
However, minutes later he choked and his friends had to call for a second ambulance.
His father, Michael, 44, is taking legal action and said his son would still be alive today if the emergency workers had taken his son to hospital the…
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A PARAMEDIC who was off work for six months after being attacked by a patient is suing ambulance bosses for £100,000 after claiming they did not tell her the call-out was dangerous.
Lynn Sutherland was punched and kicked by 16-year-old Grahame Donnelly after racing to his home amid fears he had taken an overdose of anti-depressants.
The 37-year-old suffered injuries to her arm, ribs, shoulder and neck while trying to restrain the teenager.
Ms Sutherland launched a legal action for damages against the Scottish Ambulance Service at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
Her lawyers argue that the service failed…
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