first aid

[Scally]

hi to all quick question does anyone know anything about first responder?
i live in a village near sherwood forest and if you call the ambulance it can take along time to appear and those vital mins are lost with the training i have had and with other training i wouldnt mind maybe takeing it further in our community aswell all of the outside stuff i do but
i dont know much about the scheme? does anyone on hear partake or know more info?
thanks for the replys in advance

 

[MartiniDave]

If you contact your local St John Ambulance they can tell you as its their scheme.

Dave

 

[Scally]

thanks will try and find out more is any one particapating in this scheme at the moment

 

[Andy]

are you already trained with a current certificate?

 

[Scally]

yes !
first aid at work what else do you need any ideas?

 

[2blackcat]

I'm trying to find out that information myself

Sent St Johns Ambulance an e-mail and they've replied with a phone number for my district office

I'll keep you informed

 

[Andy]

I'm still having fun with the paperwork for St Johns. The local HQ burned down which caused a few problem.
If St Johns are involved be prepared for a lot of paperwork!!

 

[Rob]

Someone I know in Somerset acts as some kind of First Responder to any ambulance call in his local area.

Usually means he is first at the scene. I will ask him who is organising it there.

 

[arctic hobo]

Someone I know in Somerset acts as some kind of First Responder to any ambulance call in his local area.

Usually means he is first at the scene. I will ask him who is organising it there.

Yes, I hear you can get put on a list of people to call when people dial 999 - like the RNLI are, although they are obviously non-governmental. In Sidmouth we have our own lifeboat (the town decided the nearest RNLI station was too far and a volunteer appeal got us a private one), and I think that's on the 999 list too. There was a bloke I knew in London called Rob Maydrew who used to be a bicycle paramedic, and he was private. Don't know if he still does it.

 

[Scally]

Someone I know in Somerset acts as some kind of First Responder to any ambulance call in his local area.

Usually means he is first at the scene. I will ask him who is organising it there.

yes this is the scheme that i have heard about as i live in a large rural area wonderd if this was the way to go (trying to find out more) North nottingham is the area ?

 

[Goose]

Have heard rumours about this but nothing official. As far as I am aware it is for response to mainly heart attack victims, the first responder is trained on and issued with a defibrilator, and is phoned/paged to go to an address after a 999 to mainly use the machine till Ambulance service arrive. The idea behind it is that a couple of minutes faster response time in that situation saves lives. It is not to replace Ambulance personell but to quicken the first response time. I believe the fire strikes were in part to do with Fire crews being asked to do this role, as some fire fighters are already trained in the use of the equipment, they argued that it would remove them from being on call for their own job.
It is something that has not really been publicised for some reason,if I were not aware of the scheme, I would be a bit wary if a solicitor or postman turned up after I called an ambulance!

 

[Andy]

If it's St Johns in Nottingham area I can get the contact details of HQ if you have trouble.