| Essex Ambulance service NHS Trust
runs a scheme called 'Community First Responders' these are unpaid volunteers
who after completing a training course at the Ambulance service HQ's training
centre will be dispatched by the emergency operations centre dispatcher after
an ambulance has been dispatched |
Adam Nelson - Group
Link Manager |
| First responders can attend all but
a few emergency calls categorised as urgent. The First Responder, being a local
resident should be able to arrive on scene of the incident relatively quickly
and provide basic medical care while waiting for the ambulance crew to arrive.
They are provided with a kit that includes an automated defibrillator, oxygen
and other basic medical equipment. |
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The Stock First Responder Group
went live in March 2006, known as 'ZULU 55' the group is in continuing need of
further volunteers and funding to purchase further equipment. If you are
interested in the scheme or are in a position to provide funding for it please
contact us. |
| The Kit, including
an Automated External Defibrillator |