From the Africa Desk of Ambulance Today: The Challenge of Critical Thinking in EMS
https://chat.whatsapp.com/Africa Desk Feedback This Africa Quarterly will be exploring the advantages of being a critical thinking emergency medicine practitioner, and how it can positively benefit, us, our colleagues and our patients; and most importantly why we don’t really have an option but to be critical thinkers. In Rosen’s Emergency Medicine, Chapman, et al, describes the […]
LAS Appoints New Director Of Strategy And Transformation
London Ambulance Service has appointed Roger Davidson as its new Director of Strategy and Transformation. Roger will join the Service on Monday 31 January from NHS England, where he is currently Director of System Partnerships, working to join up health and care and improve population health through development of integrated care systems (ICSs) across England. […]
London’s Air Ambulance Launches Extra Team To Reach More Critically-Injured Patients During Winter Months
For the first time in its 32-year history, London’s Air Ambulance is now operating with two duty teams on call for London this winter. Beginning in December, an additional medical team will support the service, responding to the most critically injured trauma patients in the capital by rapid response car. The extra team, known as […]
New Funding Available To Support Health And Social Innovation And Improvements In The West Midlands
The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) has announced that £20,000 worth of funding is available to support the spread and adoption of medical innovations in the region. Following a successful launch in 2020, the West Midlands Safety Innovation and Improvement Fund has been supporting the spread or adoption of healthcare innovations which has […]
West Midlands Academic Health Science Network Awarded Prestigious Platinum Innovation Accreditation
The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) has achieved a platinum accreditation from ideasUK, an organisation which celebrates and rewards workplace innovation. The WMAHSN has previously been awarded both a silver and gold accreditation from ideasUK and has now progressed to platinum, the highest possible accolade. As part of the accreditation process, the WMAHSN […]
ASDA Offers Emergency Workers 10% Discount In Stores This Christmas
Asda has today announced it will offer emergency workers with a Blue Light Card 10% off their shopping in stores throughout the Christmas period. The discount is available in all Asda’s 633 stores across the UK until January 2nd 2022 and includes food and drink, George at Asda clothing and homeware, toys, gifts and optical. […]
Eight Assaults A Day On Emergency Workers — Work With Us, Not Against Us Is The Christmas Plea
Eight assaults every day were committed against Welsh emergency workers during the first six months of this year, new figures have revealed. More than 1,360 assaults were committed in the six-month period from 01 January 2021 — 30 June 2021. They included kicking, slapping, head-butting and verbal abuse, and ranged from common assault to serious premediated attacks involving grievous bodily […]
SCAS Plays Leading Role In The Royal Foundation’s Project To Support Mental Health In The Emergency Services
South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) played a leading role in The Royal Foundation’s Emergency Services Mental Health Symposium held today (Thursday) in London, with The Duke of Cambridge meeting two members of SCAS staff to talk about their experiences as part of a project to help manage mental health on the frontline. The event saw […]
Technimount’s Neonatal Stretcher System Wins EMS World Innovation Award 2021.
Quebec, QC (December 2nd, 2021) – Technimount EMS, an affiliated company of Technimount System, and a leading provider of mounting solutions for medical devices, announced that its Neonatal Stretcher System won the 2021 EMS World Innovation Awards. The Neonatal Stretcher System revolutionises critical care transport by offering unparalleled safety and autonomy to neonatal transport teams. […]
New Technology To Better Support Victims Of Domestic Violence
The Welsh Ambulance Service has introduced new technology to better support victims of domestic violence. Ambulance crews have been supporting patients to access Live Fear Free for help and advice on domestic violence since its creation using a bespoke telephone number. Now crews now have the ability to assist patients via an app on their […]
Consultant From London’s Air Ambulance Charity Discusses Mental Health At Landmark Royal Foundation Event
Dr John Chatterjee, a Consultant with London’s Air Ambulance Charity, attended and spoke at an Emergency Services Mental Health Symposium hosted by The Royal Foundation earlier this week. At the event HRH The Duke of Cambridge, Patron of London’s Air Ambulance Charity, gave a keynote speech about the importance of prioritising mental health in the emergency services, drawing […]