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Most of the redboxes that I image these days have been converted to hold books (which may of may not get borrowed) or house the village automated defibrillator ready for use.
This one, however, remains in service as a phone box. I wonder when it was last used to make a landline phone call.
Repurposed village - the phone box as a defibrillator station, the former Punchbowl pub as a private dwelling
On July 11, 2023 more than 20 MPs and Peers attended the TOBE-Heartsafe ‘MP Drop In’ at Portcullis House, Westminster, sponsored by Carolyn Harris MP.
Guests included Deputy Speaker, Nigel Evans MP seen here with TOBE cardiac nurse Lucia Amato RCN practicing CPR and the use of an AED, as well as discussing cardiac screening for young people.
Pictured is ex-footballer Fabrice Muamba who suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch at White Hart Lane. He was a special guest of Sam Richards who inspired the creation of not-for-profit TOBE-Heartsafe in memory of her 22yr old son Toby who died in 2019 with an undiagnosed heart condition.
His death was registered as SADS – Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome. That tragedy brought together the team of expert cardiologists, cardiac physiologists and nurses who, with Sam, decided to form TOBE-Heartsafe to raise awareness, and provide cardiac screening and life-saving training services to local communities via schools and sports clubs in a bid to help save young lives and prevent the premature and sudden deaths of other young people who should still be alive, like Toby.
A K6 phone box, converted to house a defibrillator, and EiiR lamp box OX44 751. Marsh Baldon, Oxfordshire. 8th March 2018.
Article from SMH 14 Jan 2013
PORTABLE lifeguard towers will be installed at Bondi and Bronte beaches in an Australian-first measure to protect bathers.
Two white fibreglass towers, worth $25,000 each, will be installed on Monday at the northern ends of Bondi and Bronte beaches.
They will be fitted with first aid kits, oxygen and defibrillators, and can be moved according to conditions and events. Lifeguard numbers will stay the same.
About 158,000 people visited Bondi Beach in the first week of this month, including 50,000 on New Year's Day.
To date, lifeguards have kept watch over the famed one-kilometre beach from a permanent observation tower in front of the pavilion.
At Bronte, where a ridge of sand can block views of the water, lifeguards use an elevated chair in the middle of the beach and an observation room on the promenade.
Visitor numbers at Bondi have steadily increased over the past decade from 1.5 million a decade ago to 2.9 million last summer.
A Waverley Council spokeswoman said it was the first council in Australia to deploy the portable towers, which are used in Florida and California.
They will enable a quicker response to swimmers in trouble and better monitoring of water conditions and rips.
The council's head lifeguard, Bruce Hopkins, said bathers at Bondi had become less water-savvy as tourism has boomed, and lifeguards must be more alert.
"It's a different demographic now. You get a lot of tourists now because it's so accessible to get to Australia whereas in the 1950s you had to come by boat. The swimming ability was better [then] than it is now," he said.
The towers would help prevent incidents and shield lifeguards from the sun, he said.
A Mongolian man, Yondon Dungu, was the last person to drown at Bondi Beach, in January 2007.
A few weeks later, Bondi lifeguards had their busiest week on record, performing 312 rescues.
So there I was.....Man Utd had just beaten AC Milan 3-2 at Milan's Stadium (Think it's called Pizza Hut?).
Where was I?
Oh yes...........after we had put the Spaghetti eaters to the sword I switched over to another channel.
An interviewer was asking a young man questions on History.
Interviewer........"How many World Wars have there been"?.
Young man.........."Don't know"
Interviewer........."There have been 2".
Interviewer.........."Who started the Second World War"?.
Young man.........."Don't Know"
Interviewer.........."it was Hitler"
Young man..........."Oh Yeah...Hitler".
Interviewer..........."can you tell me who started the First World War"?.
there was a pause........eventually
Young Man........"was it Hitler's Dad"?.
Well I collapsed.........I was laughing that much that I needed the Paramedics to get my heart going again with the damn defibrillator........
"stand back"
Bang!!!!
"stand back"
Bang again......!!
On the third Bang I came back to life........
Ridiculous really, everyone knows Hitler's Dad had died well before the First World War......so obviously he couldn't have started it.!!.
Armed officers at London Luton Airport
Firearms Support is a collaborated unit incorporating Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and now Cambridgeshire. The unit patrols the county 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A patrol is permanently based at London Luton airport to provide enhanced security in the main terminal and other areas of the airport.
To work on Firearms Support Unit (FSU), an officer must have completed his probation period. After an initial selection process, the officers then have to complete the basic firearms training course that lasts several weeks. Ofiicers then undertake further training such as advanced driving, close protection, dynamic entry, etc.
Each officer patrols predominantly within the boundaries of their own force, but key areas close to the county borders, such as London Luton airport, officers from both Beds & Herts will patrol.
Recently, two members of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire Armed Policing Unit (BHCAPU) were praised after they saved the life of a man who suffered a heart attack at the Airport. At around 5.15am on Tuesday June 12, the officers were on patrol at the airport when a 65-year-old man collapsed at the check-in desk and then went into cardiac arrest.
As the check-in staff called an ambulance, the officers gave emergency first aid which included CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation). The man’s condition deteriorated and the officers used a defibrillator twice to restart his heart. The officers continued to provide emergency first aid until paramedics arrived and took the man to hospital for treatment at the Coronary Care Unit where his condition is described as stable.
Inspector Peter Knight of the BHCAPU said: “The quick response, skill and training of the officers proved invaluable last Tuesday in saving the life of a passenger at Luton Airport and I cannot praise the pair enough for their actions. All officers are trained in first aid techniques and this incident proves just how vital knowledge of CPR can be in saving someone’s life.”
For more information about first aid courses visit the St Johns Ambulance website www.sja.org.uk/ or for information about heart attack prevention visit the British Heart Foundation website www.bhf.org.uk/.
At Bedfordshire Police our aim is "fighting crime, protecting the public."
We cover 477 square miles, serve a population of around 550,000 and employ in the region of 1,260 Police Officers, 950 police staff and 120 Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs). For more details about the force, visit our website www.bedfordshire.police.uk
This is Derek Blalock. He is biking across America to raise money and awareness for Thomas Smith Memorial Foundation. Thomas Smith was Derek's best friend from High School. Who passed away from an undiagnosed enlarged heart. This foundation would use the money to arrange free heart screen (EKG) to catch this disease early in young adults.
According to the American Heart Association, 2,000 under 25 years of age will die every year due to Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Having an automated external defibrillator, or AED, is not always enough. Within minutes, a person who has suffered SCA will die, unless treated immediately. “For every minute that elapses after sudden cardiac arrest, the chances of survival diminish 10 percent,” according to Medtronic.
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A K6 telephone kiosk at Ewshot, Hampshire. A defibrillator has been fitted but not yet ready for use. A King George V wall box is next to it.
A very interesting car I saw at Jacksonville International Airport before departing for NYC. The cars have AED defibrillators inside, which leads me to believe the officers may be dual-certified in EMS and law enforcement duties, but i've never known about this agency until now. The black graphic on the side also resembles a private jet, which was really cool (after I took a couple hours to notice it.)
Doune, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
April 2024
Please see my album "Old Phone Boxes, New Uses" for other examples.
That is: "Automated External Defibrillator"
If you are going to have a heart attack, have it near one of these!
Domenica 21 settembre 2008 - Palio di Asti
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Today two are the super-car in equipment to the Italian State Police (Polizia di Stato - Polizia Stradale). Both of them have been donated by Automobili Lamborghini SpA. to the Italian State Police. The first in 2004 and the second one in 2005. (Polizia di Stato) .
The V10, 500 bhp 190 mph performance car has been liveried in the colours of the state police and includes a siren and flashing lights on the roof.
The Gallardo police car is used by the traffic police (Polizia Stradale) during emergency situations. It is equipped with apparatus to transmit and receive information and images in critical situations such as road traffic accidents, fires and other disaster situations.
It will also be fitted with the Italian police’s Provida system which records traffic violations and sends images in real-time, and has a direct connection to the police database as well as the Elsag ‘Autodetector’ system for number plate recognition.
In addition, the Gallardo is equipped with first aid equipment including defibrillator apparatus with the capability to perform electrocardiograms, and automatic diagnosis of arterial pressure and the presence of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood. The car will also be used for the transportation of plasma and human organs for transplant.
The police’s use of their Lamborghini Gallardo won’t be limited to fair-weather driving: as well as the benefits of the Gallardo’s permanent four-wheel drive, during winter months it will also sport special ‘Sottozero’ snow tyres developed by Pirelli for Lamborghini.
Red phone box and red post box outside of Waterperry Gardens.
These are a combination of two photos taken out of the car window after we left the gardens, just as it started to rain. I only wanted to take one photo of them.
The phone box is now used as a Defibrillator.
The red post box is OX33 28.
Had to go out after work today as the sun was shining for the first time in ages. I liked this telephone kiosk in Castleton, which now houses a defibrillator. I don't think there's a telephone in there anymore.
Sunday the 5th of July 2020 is the 72nd anniversary celebrating the creation of the National Health Service (NHS).
The NHS was founded on the principles that it meet the needs of everyone, be free at the point of delivery, and be based on clinical need - not ability to pay.
This model photoshoot is therefore a small tribute to 72 years of the NHS, and the incredible care given by its staff.
Depicted here are a selection of 1/76 scale (OO Gauge) Ambulance vehicles, a mixture of official Oxford Diecast and Code 3 adaptions. These represent the vehicles of the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS), and it’s Accident and Emergency division.
The models shown are (L-R)
Driver Training Unit,
x2 Mercedes Sprinter standard A&E units. Urgent Tier Ambulance.
Front - Paramedic Response Unit (PRU).
The Scottish Ambulance Service is a special NHS Health Board, more specifically under NHS Scotland. It is made up of a number of different service aspects which include;
A&E Service -
Staffed primarily by Paramedic, Ambulance Technician and emergency response driving trained Ambulance Care Assistant staff. A&E crews respond to 999 calls from the public, in addition to assistance requests from the other 999 services, General Practice and Hospital staff, Community Alarm companies and others.
The A&E service itself has a further aspect, which is the Urgent Tier (U/T) service. Whereas traditional A&E vehicles are staffed by either two Paramedics, two Technicians, or a combination of the two, the Urgent Tier service is traditionally staffed by a blue light trained ACA, with the Technician providing clinical care. U/T resources respond to calls from community practice staff who require patients to be admitted to hospital but who do not require an emergency response. Such calls are generally requested within a 1 to 4 hour timeframe. U/T may also be sent to inter-hospital transfer calls based on the same time requests.
Because the U/T vehicles carry the same emergency equipment such as manual defibrillator, suction, airway adjuncts, oxygen etc and have a clinically trained Technician on board, they can also be used to respond to “Red” calls (Immediately Life Threatening) where they will be backed up by a further A&E crew who would then convey the patient.
Paramedic Response Units (PRU) are the other main aspect of the standard A&E service. These are single crewed Paramedics in cars or on motorbikes. They are sent to calls as a first response, on request to assist double Technician crews, or to certain calls which require emergency intervention but may not require hospital attendance (known epileptic seizures, diabetic hypoglycaemia).
Community First Responders -
These are volunteers who have been trained by the service to respond to certain categories of emergency calls and who are equipped with Automated External Defibrillators (AED) and oxygen. They are especially useful in rural areas where they are likely to arrive before an Ambulance, and can be vital in the chain of survival. Some groups have marked vehicles, however they are not blue light authorised and cannot claim any exemptions while responding.
Air Ambulance -
The Scottish Ambulance Service is the only UK service with its own fully funded Air Ambulances. These include two fixed wing aircraft and two helicopters. These are additionally supplemented by a further two helicopters of the Scottish Charity Air Ambulance, which are staffed by SAS Paramedics.
The Air service is a combination of emergency and non-emergency, with both helicopters and fixed wing aircraft transferring emergency patients to mainland hospitals for ongoing care, in addition to providing longer distance transfers for island communities outpatients to mainland clinics and hospitals for appointments.
Patient Transport Service -
This is the non-emergency aspect of the service, however is still incredibly busy. Staffed by Ambulance Care Assistants (ACA), these staff drive minibus derived ambulances, people carriers and cars. They are used for transporting patients to outpatient clinics, for regular dialysis treatment and for hospital discharge transport. There are strict requirements for those utilising the service due to how busy it is, and those requesting must have a clinical need such as disability or frailty which requires the assistance of the ACA’s.
Special Operations Response Team (SORT) -
A mixture of different clinical grades, including ACA staff, SORT are specially trained to respond to a variety of incidents such as Hazardous situations, chemical or biological situations, firearms etc. There are a number of teams strategically spread out across the country. Equivalent services elsewhere may use the term “HART” (Hazardous Area Response Team).
Ambulance Control Centre -
Based at centres in Glasgow, Queensferry and Inverness, ACC staff are split between A&E and PTS.
A&E call handlers are those you are passed to after telling the BT operator you require the Ambulance Service. They are ask questions to identify the location and the situation, before asking further questions using a triaging system to grade calls. Upon doing so, they can then provide emergency instructions on a variety of situations, such as talking callers through CPR, childbirth, use of Epi-pens and more.
Upon logging by the Call Handler, the Dispatcher is then responsible for allocating the call to the nearest available resource and passing the relevant information to the Ambulance Mobile Data Terminal, or by Airwave radio. Dispatchers are also responsible for crew welfare and safety, ensuring they are given their rest periods etc.
ACC Cardonald in Glasgow additionally is home to the Special Services Desk who co-ordinate the Air Ambulance services, in addition to the specialised ScotStar emergency medical retrieval service and Trauma Teams across the country.
ACC - PTS services are split into call handlers who take and process call requests for PTS transport, and Day Control staff (dispatchers) who maintain contact with PTS crews and update them on changes to their pickups etc.
The Scénic was built in this form by Renault between 2003 and 2009. This one is in use by a foundation in Bloemendaal offering an external defibrillator in cases of emergency. It's not an ambulance vehicle so it doesn't have blue flashing lights.
Article from SMH 14 Jan 2013
PORTABLE lifeguard towers will be installed at Bondi and Bronte beaches in an Australian-first measure to protect bathers.
Two white fibreglass towers, worth $25,000 each, will be installed on Monday at the northern ends of Bondi and Bronte beaches.
They will be fitted with first aid kits, oxygen and defibrillators, and can be moved according to conditions and events. Lifeguard numbers will stay the same.
About 158,000 people visited Bondi Beach in the first week of this month, including 50,000 on New Year's Day.
To date, lifeguards have kept watch over the famed one-kilometre beach from a permanent observation tower in front of the pavilion.
At Bronte, where a ridge of sand can block views of the water, lifeguards use an elevated chair in the middle of the beach and an observation room on the promenade.
Visitor numbers at Bondi have steadily increased over the past decade from 1.5 million a decade ago to 2.9 million last summer.
A Waverley Council spokeswoman said it was the first council in Australia to deploy the portable towers, which are used in Florida and California.
They will enable a quicker response to swimmers in trouble and better monitoring of water conditions and rips.
The council's head lifeguard, Bruce Hopkins, said bathers at Bondi had become less water-savvy as tourism has boomed, and lifeguards must be more alert.
"It's a different demographic now. You get a lot of tourists now because it's so accessible to get to Australia whereas in the 1950s you had to come by boat. The swimming ability was better [then] than it is now," he said.
The towers would help prevent incidents and shield lifeguards from the sun, he said.
A Mongolian man, Yondon Dungu, was the last person to drown at Bondi Beach, in January 2007.
A few weeks later, Bondi lifeguards had their busiest week on record, performing 312 rescues.
A red phonebox on Easdale Island Scotland.
This Is a rare K8 example and as such Is the first one I have seen,although not In use as a phone anymore this one has been converted Into a defibrillator but It's future Is secure and will not be removed.
Easdale Island Is a small pleasant, car free Island with two phoneboxes, non of which are working as phoneboxes, and a pub which I found to be a disappointment.
October 7 2018.
A K6 phone box, now home to a defibrillator alongside an Elizabeth II lamp type post box in Up Nately, Hampshire.
Very cool! (My only concern is that needing to ask for the access code means some people may not be able to use the defibrillator?)
Saltby, Leicestershire. Former Post Office now converted to private house. It retains a post box and the K2 telephone kiosk now houses a defibrillator.
Saltby, Leicestershire, East Midlands, UK - Old Post House, Main Street
October 2020
Finally, someone flagged down a cop to check on this guy...
Luckily,this Police Officer paid close attention in first responder training, and knows what to do until Fire-Rescue arrives.
In fact, he's already got two "Saves" under his belt, including one with an AED
(Automated External Defibrillator).
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My patient coded.
Got a call from telemetry that his rate was 20.
I walked into the room and he was not breathing, and had no pulse.
I shook him forcefully and called out to him in a very loud voice.
He gasped agonally.
His appearance was dusky, and his body was quite clammy.
I called a code blue.
I dropped the bed, and started depressing his chest to a depth of at least 2 inches, and at a rapid rate (100+bpm).
I heard and felt his ribs and sternum break beneath my hands.
If you don't break them, you're not doing it right.
Within moments, the room began to fill with the Code Team and others.
I shared his history and what had transpired moments before he coded.
We hooked the defibrillator pads up to his chest, and continued compressions.
The respiratory folks bagged him.
We injected an amp of epinephrine.
We continued rapid and deep compressions.
We used Narcan (naloxone) to bind with and neutralize the morphine. He'd also had diphenhydramine HCl (Benadryl©) & Ativan (lorazepam), a benzodiazepine. He had become increasingly and extremely agitated, and was quite possibly in pain.
We paused, and allowed the machine to analyze his rhythm.
He had a pulse.
We continued to bag him.
His O2 saturation was 90+%.
We attempted to intubate him, and the CRNA gave him propofol.
He was a difficult intubation, and experienced several thwarted attempts, and neither the Miller blade, nor the standard blade with cricoid pressure were successful.
The doc unsuccessfully attempted intubation.
The CRNA used the GlideScope (a video laryngoscope) and finally achieved intubation.
We then shipped him up to SICU, where I reported off on him to the receiving RN.
I've never lost a patient, and didn't intend on starting that day.
This all happened shortly before shift change.
It was all in a day's work.
I signed up for this.
So, what's the moral of this story?
No matter how shitty your life, no matter how lousy your life, no matter how fucked up, no matter how worthless...
your LIFE IS WORTH SAVING.
K6 telephone kiosk, Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire (Grade II), now contains a debibrillator.
GOC Hertfordshire's walk on 14 May 2016, in and around Furneux Pelham, Brent Pelham and Stocking Pelham, Hertfordshire. David W led this 10.2-mile walk, attended by 16 people. You can view my other photos of this event, read the original event report, find out more about the Gay Outdoor Club or see my collections.
I remember using this box to make calls from the village of Castleton in Derbyshire. It now contains a defibrillator in a locked cabinet, presumably if someone has an heart attack, you try to find the person who knows the combination to the lock.
Recently I added the 1:64 scale British Red Cross Land Rover model to my collection. I’ve been keen to lay my hands on it since I heard the model had been commissioned, as I first volunteered with BRC as an event First Aider at 15 years old. I decided to do a photoshoot with this new addition, and chose to use the Belshotmuir Tri-Emergency Service Station diorama, utilising the Kingsway Models kit “Gainsborough Fire Station 1:76 scale”. The photoshoot takes place during an open day.
On show are:
Scottish Fire & Rescue Service - Crew present equipment next to Pump Ladder appliance, Aerial Rescue Pump and Officers car.
Scottish Ambulance Service in attendance put on a demonstration of dealing with an unconscious casualty. SAS are here with a 4x4 Paramedic Response Unit (PRU), a non-emergency Patient Transport Service ambulance and Care Assistant, and an Accident & Emergency Mercedes Benz Sprinter box body ambulance.
Tayside Police are represented by two Eastern Division (Angus) resources, local beat/response car Echo Mike 1-1 (Eastern Mobile, section 1 beat 1) and Roads Policing Unit (RPU) car Echo Tango 63 (Eastern Traffic car 63). Central Division, Dundee City, have sent the City Centre cell van callsign Charlie Mike 1-1 (Central Mobile, section 1 beat 1).
British Red Cross - Emergency Response Service - Land Rover (some pictures)
The British Red Cross is a humanitarian organisation with special auxiliary role with standing invitation to provide humanitarian services and aid. The model shown here is a Search & Rescue ambulance and represents the Emergency Response side of BRC. The Red Cross can respond to individuals in need, such as through their Fire & Emergency Support Service who attend the locus of home fires for example to provide shelter, toiletries, food and assistance with temporary accommodation and more. BRC also respond to regional and National emergencies, providing ambulance vehicles and crews and, as shown by this 1:64 scale model, a fleet of all terrain vehicles equipped with defibrillators.
A VR Post Box, and a telephone kiosk. Seen in Broadstairs.
The kiosk is now home to a defibrillator rather than a phone.
Prof Frank Pantridge, inventor of portable defibrillator, born 100 years ago today in Hillsborough, Co. Down. Statue outside Lisburn Civic Centre
1061 looks as if it might be about to run me down but I am safe on a pedestrian island as the young driver concentrates on making the sharp left turn from Princes Street on to Lothian Road. This head on shot of the vehicle while it was working on Service 1 from Seafield to Clermiston was taken on day 51 of the Coronavirus lockdown. The vehicle was new in 2018. St. John’s Church is on the right and the yellow box - which contains a public defibrillator - seems to be attracting the interest of two passers by
Sunday the 5th of July 2020 is the 72nd anniversary celebrating the creation of the National Health Service (NHS).
The NHS was founded on the principles that it meet the needs of everyone, be free at the point of delivery, and be based on clinical need - not ability to pay.
This model photoshoot is therefore a small tribute to 72 years of the NHS, and the incredible care given by its staff.
Depicted here are a selection of 1/76 scale (OO Gauge) Ambulance vehicles of the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS)
Pictured is an Oxford Diecast, Mercedes Sprinter standard A&E Unit, Code 3 Ford Transit Urgent Tier resource, and Code 3 Paramedic Response Unit.
The Scottish Ambulance Service is a special NHS Health Board, more specifically under NHS Scotland. It is made up of a number of different service aspects which include;
A&E Service -
Staffed primarily by Paramedic, Ambulance Technician and emergency response driving trained Ambulance Care Assistant staff. A&E crews respond to 999 calls from the public, in addition to assistance requests from the other 999 services, General Practice and Hospital staff, Community Alarm companies and others.
The A&E service itself has a further aspect, which is the Urgent Tier (U/T) service. Whereas traditional A&E vehicles are staffed by either two Paramedics, two Technicians, or a combination of the two, the Urgent Tier service is traditionally staffed by a blue light trained ACA, with the Technician providing clinical care. U/T resources respond to calls from community practice staff who require patients to be admitted to hospital but who do not require an emergency response. Such calls are generally requested within a 1 to 4 hour timeframe. U/T may also be sent to inter-hospital transfer calls based on the same time requests.
Because the U/T vehicles carry the same emergency equipment such as manual defibrillator, suction, airway adjuncts, oxygen etc and have a clinically trained Technician on board, they can also be used to respond to “Red” calls (Immediately Life Threatening) where they will be backed up by a further A&E crew who would then convey the patient.
Paramedic Response Units (PRU) are the other main aspect of the standard A&E service. These are single crewed Paramedics in cars or on motorbikes. They are sent to calls as a first response, on request to assist double Technician crews, or to certain calls which require emergency intervention but may not require hospital attendance (known epileptic seizures, diabetic hypoglycaemia).
Community First Responders -
These are volunteers who have been trained by the service to respond to certain categories of emergency calls and who are equipped with Automated External Defibrillators (AED) and oxygen. They are especially useful in rural areas where they are likely to arrive before an Ambulance, and can be vital in the chain of survival. Some groups have marked vehicles, however they are not blue light authorised and cannot claim any exemptions while responding.
Air Ambulance -
The Scottish Ambulance Service is the only UK service with its own fully funded Air Ambulances. These include two fixed wing aircraft and two helicopters. These are additionally supplemented by a further two helicopters of the Scottish Charity Air Ambulance, which are staffed by SAS Paramedics.
The Air service is a combination of emergency and non-emergency, with both helicopters and fixed wing aircraft transferring emergency patients to mainland hospitals for ongoing care, in addition to providing longer distance transfers for island communities outpatients to mainland clinics and hospitals for appointments.
Patient Transport Service -
This is the non-emergency aspect of the service, however is still incredibly busy. Staffed by Ambulance Care Assistants (ACA), these staff drive minibus derived ambulances, people carriers and cars. They are used for transporting patients to outpatient clinics, for regular dialysis treatment and for hospital discharge transport. There are strict requirements for those utilising the service due to how busy it is, and those requesting must have a clinical need such as disability or frailty which requires the assistance of the ACA’s.
Special Operations Response Team (SORT) -
A mixture of different clinical grades, including ACA staff, SORT are specially trained to respond to a variety of incidents such as Hazardous situations, chemical or biological situations, firearms etc. There are a number of teams strategically spread out across the country. Equivalent services elsewhere may use the term “HART” (Hazardous Area Response Team).
Ambulance Control Centre -
Based at centres in Glasgow, Queensferry and Inverness, ACC staff are split between A&E and PTS.
A&E call handlers are those you are passed to after telling the BT operator you require the Ambulance Service. They are ask questions to identify the location and the situation, before asking further questions using a triaging system to grade calls. Upon doing so, they can then provide emergency instructions on a variety of situations, such as talking callers through CPR, childbirth, use of Epi-pens and more.
Upon logging by the Call Handler, the Dispatcher is then responsible for allocating the call to the nearest available resource and passing the relevant information to the Ambulance Mobile Data Terminal, or by Airwave radio. Dispatchers are also responsible for crew welfare and safety, ensuring they are given their rest periods etc.
ACC Cardonald in Glasgow additionally is home to the Special Services Desk who co-ordinate the Air Ambulance services, in addition to the specialised ScotStar emergency medical retrieval service and Trauma Teams across the country.
ACC - PTS services are split into call handlers who take and process call requests for PTS transport, and Day Control staff (dispatchers) who maintain contact with PTS crews and update them on changes to their pickups etc.
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A display for a VIP visit at the Scottish Ambulance National HQ in November 1993. On display, with operational ambulance staff providing the information on each vehicle were a new Leyland Daf Customline A&E Unit, Renault Master Mobile Ambulance Control Unit, Landrover Discovery Paramedic Response Unit, BMW Paramedic Motorcycle, Iveco 4x4 Major Incident Emergency support Unit and Casualty Clearing Station, Renault Master Patient Transport Vehicle and Renault Espace Patient Transport Vehicle.