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NEWSLINE GWAAC is known for being one of the best Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) training centres in the country. Teaching other medical professionals how to deal with the most serious of trauma injuries is one of its skillsets. The group of volunteers provided gold standard medical training to people in Ukraine who otherwise wouldn’t have received it. An important aspect of the mission was security. The trip was only ever going to be possible with some form of protection for the group of volunteers. This came from a private security firm and a High-Risk Advisor called Joel Bennet who is an experienced medic specialising in austere environments. Joel stayed with the group throughout the trip, keeping them updated on the developments in the conflict in Ukraine. The impact of the trip The intention of the trip was to have as big an impact as possible within a relatively short space of time. The volunteers achieved this in three ways: • They provided the best possible medical training to a group of people who would really benefit. In this case, government employees with little medical experience and more likely to be in a targeted building, e.g. a Foreign Office, than the general population. The training would give them the know-how and confidence to administer lifesaving first aid • They gave the trainees the skills, confidence and equipment to pass down to others in their community; to help make them self-sufficient • They equipped the trainees with lifesaving equipment such as tourniquets and dressings. And they donated medical supplies to hospitals SPCC, Pete said: “60 people received high-quality medical training they otherwise wouldn’t have got. One attendee came both days and told us how overnight she had been teaching her family what she had learned during the day. It’s a very sobering thought; that for them, the missiles, the bombing, the loss of loved ones… is a very real threat. We encouraged them to pass on their new skills to as many people as possible. We gave them the knowledge, the confidence and the medical supplies to deal with things. And they were just so very grateful.” GWAAC, proud of the volunteers Great Western Air Ambulance Charity’s Critical Care Team is a select group of highly skilled individuals who can make a huge difference to people in urgent need of lifesaving pre-hospital care. GWAAC Critical Care Doctors and Specialist Paramedics in Critical Care (SPCC) are professionals in every sense of the word, and it’s in their nature to want to help people whenever and wherever they can. “I’m very proud of the group of volunteers who helped in Ukraine. They were willing to travel to a country in conflict to use their skills to help people in need. We are very lucky to have such passionate, selfless and caring individuals in the Critical Care Team and serving their local communities.” Anna Perry, CEO, Great Western Air Ambulance Charity. LAS New greener London Ambulance vehicles officially ‘hit the road’ As part of a £16.6 million investment into a greener fleet of ambulances and emergency response cars, the first of London Ambulance Service’s (LAS) new electric vehicles were officially ‘rolled out’ at a special launch event held at the Olympic Park. The new vehicles – which are the first of the 225 brand new greener vehicles to have been manufactured, have passed all of the relevant tests and checks and are now in use, playing a vital role in the life-saving service of the LAS teams. Speaking at the launch event – which was held to coincide with the NHS Sustainability Day of Action, Chief Executive Daniel Elkeles, said: “This is a really proud moment for us – as the busiest ambulance service in the world, we cover a lot of miles in providing urgent and emergency care to the people of London. Thanks to our new greener fleet, we can continue to provide great care while minimising our impact on the environment, and better protect the health and wellbeing of the people living and working in the capital.” Richard Webb-Stevens, a long-serving member of the Motorcycle Response Unit and recent recipient of the prestigious Queen’s Ambulance Medal for Distinguished Service, has been riding one of the new all-electric motorbikes. He said: “I absolutely love the new electric motorbike – it does everything you need as a paramedic responding to incidents and emergency calls. It’s responsive, it’s quick (when you need it to be) and feels very safe. I think some keen motorbike riders might be a bit sceptical about losing the traditional petrol engine, but I can tell you, this bike is fantastic!” The new vehicles include new greener transit vans and all-electric fast response cars and motorbikes, as well as new electric vehicles for our resuscitation training teams, and new lighter emergency ambulances which use less fuel and create less emissions. AMBULANCE UK - AUGUST 134 For more news visit: www.ambulanceukonline.com
NEWSLINE SECAMB SECAmb begins rollout of upgraded of medicine dispensing machines South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has begun the rollout of a new generation of medicine-dispensing machines across its region. The new Omnicell, biometric, automated machines, are an upgrade to the original units first introduced in SECAmb in 2014 and have been heralded for good medicine governance by the CQC. A total of 16 new dispensers are being installed at key sites across Kent, Surrey and Sussex. As part of this investment, the Trust is also rolling out an electronic medicines governance system which includes electronic controlled drugs register at its sites which cannot host the larger Omnicell units – a move which will potentially see SECAmb become the first ambulance trust in the country to eliminate paper-based controlled drugs’ registers. Clinicians will be able to use a dedicated Omnicell technology app, MedX, to log their management of medicines and allow SECAmb to trace and maintain good stock management and auditing of medicines including controlled drugs. Chief Pharmacist Carol-Anne Davies-Jones said: “I’m absolutely delighted to see these automated cabinets being installed. They will ensure the continued safety and good governance of our controlled drugs (CDs) and medicines. “By introducing the new software at sites which have previously not had the benefit of controlled drug electronic registry, we are freeing up clinicians’ time from manual stock management and auditing work – meaning they can spend more time attending to patients and supporting their colleagues. There are also financial benefits and environmental benefits to going paperless. “Our Medicine Governance Team has done a fantastic job in making this happen and I would like to thank them for their hard work in delivering this important piece of work.” Ambulance calls almost double to 14 million since 2010, GMB analysis shows Pressures ‘worst ever’ as demand rises ten times faster than number of ambulance workers, says GMB Union Ambulance calls have almost doubled to 14 million a year since 2010, GMB analysis shows. In the financial year 2009/10 there were 7.9 million callouts, according to published NHS data. [1] But by 2021/22 the number had rocketed to 14 million – an increase of 77 per cent. This was ten times faster than the increase in ambulance workers (up 7 per cent) over the same period. Ambulance workers staged a demonstration outside GMB’s annual congress, which began in Harrogate, Yorkshire on June 2022. The increase in pressures on ambulance workers are the result of cuts to other health and care services, GMB said. “The explosion in demand is due to savage cuts to essential services since 2010. “GMB members tell us the pressures they face are the worst they have ever experienced. “Our members face unbelievable stress and even abuse while they do their best to administer care and save lives. “We need urgent investment across the health and care services, otherwise we risk an unprecedented crisis.” [1] Ambulance call volumes in England (millions) Total Of which, Ambulance 111 calls calls transferred 2009/10 7.9 - 2010/11 8.1 - 2011/12 8.2 0.1 2012/13 8.5 0.2 2013/14 8.5 0.8 2014/15 9 1.1 2015/16 9.4 1.3 2016/17 9.8 1.5 2017/18 8.6 1.6 2018/19 11.7 1.7 2019/20 12.4 1.8 2020/21 11.4 1.9 2021/22 14 2.5 The average response time for serious (Category 2) calls was 51 minutes in April 2022, compared to twenty minutes a year before. [2] Meanwhile, more than a thousand ambulance workers have left their jobs since 2018 to seek a better work life balance, better pay, or to take early retirement. [3] Rachel Harrison, GMB National Officer, said: “Ambulance workers have faced more than a decade of cuts while demand has almost doubled. “It’s no wonder they are leaving in droves while the service itself is teetering on the brink of collapse. For the latest Ambulance Service News visit: www.ambulancenewsdesk.com Sources: National Audit Office, NHS Ambulance Services, 26 January 2017, Figure 3, page 13; NHS England, Ambulance Quality Indicators (old and new AmbSYS timeseries); NHS England, NHS 111 Minimum Data Set; NHS England, Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUCADC including NHS111) from April 2021. [2] NHS England, Ambulance Quality Indicators, 12 May 2022 https://www. england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-workareas/ambulance-quality-indicators/ [3] NHS Digital, HCHS staff by reason for leaving, staff group and region, April 2018 to September 2021, 09 February 2022 https://digital.nhs.uk/ supplementary-information/2022/reason- for-leaving-by-staff-group-and-region- 2018-to-2021 AMBULANCE UK - AUGUST 135
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