The Beds and Herts PTS contract came up for tender some time ago and we submitted a bid as we believe we are the best placed organisation to run these services.
With more than 500 people already registered, there are just a few free places left for this year’s National Ambulance Clinical and Patient Safety Conference.
The next intake for the emergency medical technician (EMT) to paramedic pathway will be March 2015; being run with Northampton University, it will follow the same structure as the current programme (which is block release). There will be 25 places available.
Sick sinus syndrome is a generalised abnormality of cardiac impulse formation causing sinus node dysfunction, so the atrial heart rate is either too low or too high to maintain adequate cardiac output.
I think it’s fair to say that every week in the ambulance service we deal with difficult jobs; whether it’s someone in cardiac arrest, a patient in an RTC or someone who has fallen and can’t be easily moved, our day-to-day work can be a challenge...
"I think it would be fair to say that we all embarked on a journey at the start of this year; a journey of change, a journey of new beginnings, and a journey of huge scale..."
The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and the Mental Health Act (MHA) are acts of law, but make very different statements from one another about what we are expected to do to support patients.
Congratulations to our 12 students on the ECA to EMT programme – who this month passed their practical assessments and five IHCD exams. This brings the total no of ECAs trained to EMT to 23.
Over the past week, a number of public organisations within Suffolk have received written letters indicating that there is a bomb at their premises and that the establishment should be evacuated.
A few months ago we began discussions regarding pay bandings for operation paramedics and EMTs, as reported in the UNISON April newsletter. Discussions have continued between the Chief Executive Anthony Marsh and Fraer Stevenson, Unison Branch Secretary.
Sixty-thousand people are estimated to die of a pulmonary embolism (PE) every year in the UK alone. Add in five other European countries* and that number tops 300,000 – and 59% of those deaths were following undiagnosed venous thromboembolism. But would you recognise it?
When Ash McPherson’s younger brother Greg was involved in a tragic motorcycle accident in June, he was left with life-changing spinal injuries and is still receiving long-term rehabilitation treatment at the Princess Royal Spinal Unit in Sheffield.
The Home Office has launched an online training package for frontline professionals in identifying and helping girls at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM).
The failure of suction units has been fundamental in two recent serious incidents, so all staff are asked to ensure their unit is functioning properly at the beginning of every shift.
The second annual student paramedic conference is being held in Hatfield, Hertfordshire on Saturday 1st November, following the sell-out success of the 2013 conference.
Thank you to all staff involved in the Tibury Docks major incident on Saturday (August 16), that saw 35 patients needing treatment after being discovered in a shipping container.
A new operational and EOC instruction template will be launched soon and will appear in a similar PDF format to our clinical bulletins and urgent updates.
Five new patient transport service (PTS) vehicles, which have been developed by PTS staff and the fleet team to have specific bariatric capability, will be on the road within the next three weeks.
This weekend the Trust will be providing medical cover at the V Festival in Hylands Park, Chelmsford, with the aim of dealing with all calls from the event on-site.
At the recent East Anglian Air Ambulance clinical governance day, Simon Lewis, Clinical Director of the East of England Trauma Network gave a presentation about the regional trauma network and the importance of our role.
Cambridgeshire Constabulary are running a Get Closer campaign in August, which focuses on tackling human trafficking and are asking for your help to raise awareness of the issue.
A new dispatcher training course is underway in Norwich Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) with the first students due to hit the Trust’s radio airwaves this week.
The second phase of the operational restructure is currently ongoing; with the interview process mostly completed and a number of duty locality officers, duty EOC officers and operations cell officers in place.
Following reports that staff in areas of Bedfordshire will be providing their own teas and coffees at their base station from September, staff are being assured that arrangements are not being changed.
The research support services team will shortly be looking for up to 400 qualified paramedics to participate in an exciting study that will evaluate airway management methods for an unconscious patient.
The latest group of student paramedics have passed their clinical training in Norwich and will be boosting the frontline in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex after completing their driver training.
Addenbrooke’s Hospital has been working with the Trust to ensure that patients are bringing their medication when coming into hospital, to help get an accurate picture of a patient’s current drug history and to avoid missing any doses.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has today declared the spread of Ebola in west Africa an international health emergency. Ebola is one of the worst viral haemorrhagic diseases known and is a Category Four pathogen. There is currently no known prevention or cure and it is said to have up to a 90% fatality rate.
Laura Palmer has become the first person in the Trust to be awarded for consistent compliance for the clinical support desk (CSD), after achieving 25 consecutive audits of 98 – 100% compliance.
More clinicians hit our roads this week, with nine paramedics and an emergency medical technician passing their induction training in Chelmsford on Friday (1st August).
This year’s national ambulance clinical and patient safety conference, supported by the College of Paramedics, is on Wednesday 10th September at Villa Park, Birmingham.
This week, Need to Know is introducing you to the Trust Board so that you can get to know the people behind the strategic decisions of the service, and their work to improve patient care. Today we introduce Valerie Morton, Dean Parker and Andrew Egerton-Smith MBE.
The Ebola virus has been hitting the headlines this week as the World Health Organisation announced funding for a large scale operation to help treat the outbreak in West Africa; Ebola has caused more than 700 deaths since February in an outbreak affecting four west African countries.
This week, Need to Know is introducing you to the Trust Board so that you can get to know the people behind the strategic decisions of the service, and their work to improve patient care.
Today we introduce Sheila Childerhouse, Judith Lancaster and Peter Kara - three of our non-executive directors.
The Health Foundation, an independent charity working to improve the quality of healthcare in the UK, is looking for projects that aim to improve healthcare delivery and/or the way people manage their own healthcare, as part of their new Innovating for Improvement programme.
This week, Need to Know is introducing you to the Trust Board so that you can get to know the people behind the strategic decisions of the service, and their work to improve patient care.
If you are taking part in a charity challenge, are involved in a new innovation or project at EEAST or have some news that you want to celebrate, please email the Need to Know team using the contact us section on the site.
The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) is inviting nominations for members of staff who have provided ‘truly outstanding service’ to be awarded at a dinner in Leeds on Tuesday 18th November.
This week, Need to Know will be introducing you to the Trust Board so that you can get to know the people behind the strategic decisions of the service, and their work to improve patient care.
The most recent figures on how ambulance services used the correct care bundle for treating febrile convulsions in March has been published by the National Ambulance Service Clinical Quality Group.
