In the last article of trauma month, we are going to look at how we can further support our patients once initially managed, packaged and transferred into an ambulance.
We know that the BBC is trawling through LinkedIn and other social media sites to identify student paramedics (SPs) and ask them for comments on the letter sent our to SPs last week. If you are approached please simply ask them to contact the Trust's press office, which is handling this.
For patients suffering a major trauma, time is of the essence but there is a fine balance to be found between staying on scene to optimise care and getting the patient to hospital as quickly as possible.
An innovative approach to managing adverse incidents in the aviation world is being adopted by ambulance services to help deal with traumatic incidents.
Locality Director Matt Broad met the first paramedic science students at University Campus Suffolk, in Ipswich last week, who will joining EEAST on their placements later this year.
A founder member of the Manningtree community first responder group, Janet Webb, has been honoured with a local hero award at an awards ceremony in Colchester on Thursday.
We have been with working with UNISON to develop a pilot to help reduce late finishes and the impact these have on staff. As a result of this work, we are now in a position to launch the first phase of the pilot.
Following the allocation of bank fines to support emergency services staff nationally, the mental health charity MIND has designed a personal resilience course which is now open for all EEAST staff to apply for.
From Monday (1st June), the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) will begin sending letters to all registered paramedics inviting them to renew their registration before 31st August.
All staff have been asked to ensure they are wearing their correct clinical role on their epaulettes, so that it is easily identifiable by ambulance and hospital colleagues alike.
With the ongoing rollout of the new trauma equipment across the region, we want to recap on what equipment is available to help patients, as part of trauma month.
Since the World Health Organisation declared it an international public health emergency in August 2014, the NHS has done an enormous amount to support the fight against Ebola.
The concept of care bundles was developed in 2001 by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, as part of an initiative to improve patient outcomes in intensive care units.
Trust Call Handler Mandy Knapman was reunited with 11-year-old Maddison Hunter this week to recognise the school girl’s calmness when she called 999 after her mum suffered a seizure at home.
A programme of intense learning has been delivered in west Norfolk, with staff completing their training on new trauma equipment and the new Corpuls defibrillators within six weeks.
The Trust is taking part in an Association of Ambulance Chief Executives temperature mapping project to ensure medicines are being kept at the correct temperatures in emergency vehicles.
Emergency Care Practitioner Paul Davis met pupils from Little Gaddesden Church of England Primary School in Berkhamstead last week to teach them more about the service.
Although rare, patients who have a traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) are on the whole previously fit and well, until the point of injury that has caused the arrest.
If you are confused or don’t know who to contact with a security or fraud issue, this article provides a guide to ensure you get the help you need straight away.
We celebrated Need to Know’s first birthday a few weeks ago; since it launched it’s grown in popularity, with more than 1.2 million page views on the site in just 12 months.
A referral to the new diabetes pathway by an EEAST crew has resulted in a patient and his wife feeling much more confident about managing the condition in the future.
Major trauma makes up less than 5% of the entire workload of the ambulance service, meaning the average ambulance crew will only be exposed to a major trauma patient a couple of times a year.
Spinal immobilisation is a much-debated topic and there is a changing thought process surrounding the care of patients with possible or suspected spinal injuries; this article identifies the current standard for immobilisation and draws attention to some possible changes in the future.
Following damage to toughbooks costing a thousand pounds in the last two weeks, please remember that units shouldn’t be placed within the trolley mechanism when transferring patients into hospital.
Calling all qualified paramedics and technicians – your views are needed for an international research study exploring the prevalence of the perception of inappropriate CPR and its impact on health care providers.
More than 40 staff of all clinical levels took part in advanced ECG interpretation sessions at Luton station last week – and the paramedic who organises them is hoping to run further sessions and make them available to others in the Trust.
Frontline staff claiming incidental overtime for a late finish need to put the last four numbers of the CAD number which caused the late finish on their overtime sheet.
This month our clinical focus is on trauma, so we are starting with the East of England Trauma Network (EoETN), as a reminder of how it can help you with our most seriously-injured patients.
Last year in Need to Know we asked about your knowledge of pulmonary embolism (PE) and we are pleased to tell you what action has been taken based on what you told us.
Our infection prevention and control (IPC) audit schedule is currently being reviewed to ensure that it continues to meet requirements for IPC auditing.
The East Anglian Air Ambulance is inviting colleagues here at EEAST to attend their May clinical governance day – a day completely dedicated to case studies, discussion, and joint learning.
After dedicating 40 years to public services, ambulance-man Keith Coleman is hanging up his uniform and looking forward to a new life in the Spanish sunshine.
Lisa Ardley, a QSAP from Waveney, cycled from London to Paris earlier this month to raise money for a charity that has been helping a colleague during his son’s treatment for leukaemia.
The Trust Board, along with UNISON Branch Secretary Fraer Stevenson, yesterday discussed the issue of late finishes for staff. All agreed that urgent action needs to be taken to reduce late finishes, reduce some of the pressure on staff and make EEAST a better place to work.
