North East Ambulance Service
Community First Responders are an integral part of patient care within the Trust. They are volunteers, trained and dispatched by North East Ambulance Service to deal with emergencies prior to the arrival of an ambulance. They are dispatched at the same time as an ambulance but may arrive first as they are nearer, and can provide early interventions in those crucial first minutes of an emergency. They will deal with a specific list of emergencies, providing care and support to both the patient and their family.
They attend medical emergencies as well as cardiac arrests, where someone’s heart has stopped beating. Responders operate across the whole of the North East in both rural and urban areas, and are a crucial part of the Chain of Survival.
A first responder needs to be fully committed to the aims, objectives and constitution of the scheme, which simply put are to provide the highest standard of First Responder service to their community. You will also need to commit to minimum of 16 hrs a month duty time and fulfil training requirements for the role.
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