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NEWSLINE AMBULANCE UK - APRIL Emergency Services in Humberside launch ‘Don’t Cross the Line’ campaign Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, Humberside Police, East Midlands Ambulance Service and Yorkshire Ambulance Service have launched their ‘Don’t Cross the Line’ campaign, which aims to reduce the number of attacks on emergency services workers. During the period of April 2018 to March 2019, Humberside Fire and Rescue Service reported a total of 17 attacks. Of these, 11 were attacks against firefighters. Of the total number of attacks, four of these attacks involved physical abuse, and nine involved objects being thrown at workers or vehicles. Objects include bricks and glass bottles and physical abuse includes punching and being spat at. During the same period, East Midlands Ambulance Service reported 168 attacks in Lincolnshire alone, and stated 100 of these attacks were physical abuse from a patient aimed towards a staff member. Over the last two years Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust has seen a rise in the number of incidents against staff with a total of 1,242 reported in 2019 and a fifth of these being physical assaults. From January 2018 to December 2019, 999 Humberside Police officers were assaulted in the line of duty. This includes 265 in 2018 and 734 in 2019. They have been punched, kicked, spat at, verbally abused and bitten, suffering bruising, cuts, swelling and even broken bones. Chris Blacksell, Chief Fire Officer and Chief Executive of Humberside Fire and Rescue Service said: “Attacks against our Service staff should never be accepted as part of the job; one attack is too many. “Our main aim with the Don’t Cross the Line campaign is to gather the support from members of our local community to prevent further attacks from happening. “I would encourage members of the public to share our vision in ensuring we protect our emergency service workers; who work to protect them and ultimately help to save lives. “We operate a zero tolerance approach to attacks on emergency services staff.” Lincolnshire Divisional Manager for East Midlands Ambulance Service, Sue Cousland said: “We are very supportive of this campaign as it will help challenge some of the unfortunate and unacceptable behaviour faced by our crews on a daily basis. “All of our frontline clinicians and staff who deal with the public either out on the road or in our control centre, chose a career with the ambulance service as they want to make a positive difference in their communities. “It is a very sad reflection that our staff often encounter verbal and physical abuse when they are just trying to do their job. “I am proud that the team, despite experiencing some of these challenges, continue to demonstrate a high level of resilience and professionalism and we need to ensure they are fully supported by campaigns such as this.” Paul Mudd, Divisional Commander of A&E Operations in East and North Yorkshire at Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said: “Verbal and physical abuse against any member of NHS or emergency services staff is completely unacceptable and we are doing everything we can to address this. These staff are highly trained professionals who are there to help those in need and deserve respect from everyone. “We’re delighted to support the Don’t Cross the Line campaign with our emergency service colleagues which we hope will raise the profile of unacceptable abuse and aggressive behaviour against staff and encourage all communities to protect their protectors.” Chief Constable Lee Freeman said: “Whilst we are the police and we do expect to run towards danger, it is not acceptable that we – or any of our colleagues in the other emergency services - experience violence whilst doing our job, and we must take a stand against this. “The levels of violence we’re experiencing can at times be extremely serious, and the personal impact on those assaulted should not be underestimated. “Police officers and staff are all real people with families. Every one of those injured is a mother, father, son, daughter or grandparent. They are victims of crime the same as anyone is, and their physical and mental wellbeing is affected by such experiences. “I have to protect my officers and staff, and every bit of support available will be given to anyone who is assaulted at work.” Emergency services staff who have suffered such intolerable abuse often suffer flashbacks or stress directly attributed to the incident and as such may require time off work. The campaign fully supports the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018, which sees a jail term of 12 months being handed to those who assault emergency services workers. #DontCrosstheLine YAS Yorkshire Ambulance Service is proud to invest in volunteers Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust has been recognised for good practice in volunteer management with the award of the nationally-recognised Investing in Volunteers UK quality standard. The service has more than 1,000 volunteers working across the region and providing vital help and support to the service and the population it serves. They include Community First Responders, Patient Transport Service volunteer drivers and members of its Critical Friends Network. Chief Executive Rod Barnes said: “We are absolutely delighted to have secured this important accreditation. All our volunteers are a valuable and crucial part of our team and this standard is a way of recognising that and ensuring we maintain the highest standards for them in the future. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank every one of them for their time and dedication to the Trust and to the people of Yorkshire and the Humber.” The Investing in Volunteers standard has been designed to be a rigorous process to ensure that volunteers receive the best possible management support and organisations receive 52 For more news visit: www.ambulanceukonline.com
NEWSLINE maximum benefit from their volunteers’ contribution. The standard’s nine indicators of good practice cover all aspects of volunteer involvement: • Planning for volunteer involvement. • Recruiting and matching volunteers. • Recognising and rewarding volunteers. As part of the accreditation process assessors spoke to 72 volunteers as well as some of the Trust’s senior managers and staff who work directly with its volunteers. Volunteer case studies Dean Warburton, Rotherham, South Yorkshire Dean started volunteering as a Patient Transport Service (PTS) driver for Yorkshire Ambulance Service in 2016 and also volunteers in his local community as a Community First Responder. “I started volunteering after my Dad had a stroke. The ambulance crew who attended him were so brilliant. I wanted to give something back,” said Dean. “Being a PTS volunteer is a real passion of mine. To see the look on a patient’s face when you arrive at their front door or at the location of their clinic – they are so grateful. Knowing that you’ve taken them to an appointment they would otherwise have struggled to get to, to put them at ease, to know that you’ve made a difference, to see them smile at you, it’s just so rewarding. “There are no words to describe the rewards you get from doing this role. To get that ‘thank you’ from a grateful patient, or to get a patient safely to their appointment or home and to have made their day better for them is priceless.” Les Ford, Beverley, East Yorkshire Les started volunteering as a PTS volunteer for Yorkshire Ambulance Service in 2017. Les said: “I used to be a taxi driver, and felt that this would be a suitable volunteering role for me as I enjoy driving. However, in this role you’re not just driving – you’re spending a lot of time speaking to individual patients, often hearing about their ailments and sometimes their entire life story. As long as you are interested in life and people then this is a brilliant role! “I love that, in doing this role, I am able to help people that otherwise would struggle to even get to their appointment.” Nathan Greenwood, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire Nathan has always been interested in healthcare so took the opportunity to volunteer - and this was his first step to a career in the ambulance service. “I saw the Community First Responder role advertised and went for it. The training was good and I got to meet people with similar interests,” he said. “As a Community First Responder you are out and about in your local community and attending people before an ambulance crew arrives. The work is varied – for example you might just need to calm them down, deal with breathing problems or deal with a cardiac arrest. “I got to know a lot of the crews as I attended patients and through that I found out about the Emergency Care Assistant role so I applied and started in September 2019. This entrylevel role now gives me the opportunity to progress towards a paramedic.” i-view Single-use No reusable components Fully disposable No reprocessing Minimises the risk of cross contamination i-view video laryngoscopy wherever and whenever you intubate www.intersurgical.co.uk/info/iview Quality, innovation and choice lnteract with us AMBULANCE UK - APRIL www.intersurgical.co.uk 53
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