Entries from April 2009

Ambulance trust sets up bank holiday injuries unit

April 30th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is setting up a temporary unit in Birmingham to treat patients with minor injuries and illnesses during the Bank Holiday weekend


Ambulance ransacked by thieves looking for drugs

April 30th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Paramedics fear ambulances are being targeted by drug addicts after a 999 vehicle on an emergency call was ransacked and so badly damaged it was put out of action


Strike vote scuppers ambulance overhaul

April 29th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Controversial plans which would have put private ambulances on the streets of Lancashire and unqualified staff manning 999 vehicles have been withdrawn after ambulance workers threatened to strike


Ambulance delays caused by reliance on Sat-Nav systems

April 29th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

A leaked memo from the boss of NEAS ambulance service revealed delays have been caused by crews relying on hi-tech Sat-Nav systems


Paramedic told heart attack patient to ‘be quiet and clean up his own vomit’

April 29th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

A paramedic ordered a heart attack patient to be quiet and clean up his own vomit as he writhed in agony on a hospital floor, a disciplinary hearing heard


Hyperbaric Stretcher

April 29th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

The new Hyperlite Hyperbaric Stretcher and Treatment System is innovative, quick deployment, first aid medical equipment


Defibrillator machine stolen

April 28th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Police are seeking thieves who stole a £6,000 defibrillator machine from an ambulance in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire


Lonely alcoholic rang 999 for 18 hours

April 28th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

A lonely drunk spent 18 hours phoning 999 just to have someone to talk to.


999 chiefs to face grilling over ambulance merger

April 28th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Former Staffordshire ambulance boss Roger Thayne will tomorrow throw down a string of challenges to executives now running the service


Ambulance trust is criticised by councillors

April 28th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Ambulance call out times are still not good enough in South Gloucestershire and the local authority is calling for action






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