Cardiac Arrest Survivor Thanks “Humble Heroes” For Saving His Life
A 54-year-old man whose heart stopped beating for 21 minutes has thanked London Ambulance Service staff that helped save his life. Nicolas De Santis, a tech entrepreneur, was working at home in his study when he started to feel slight discomfort in his chest which he brushed off as an infection or bad cold. Fortunately […]
Capital Air Ambulance Receives CQC Approval And A Home Office License For Controlled Drugs
Capital Air Ambulance, a division of Pula Aviation Services Limited, has achieved two milestones during April. It has been accredited by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for the practice of health and social care services in England and it has been awarded a controlled drugs license by the Home Office. The CQC accreditation acknowledges Capital […]
Welsh Ambulance Service And Macmillan Cancer Support Launch New Initiative To Improve Care For Terminally Ill Patients
The Welsh Ambulance Service has joined forces with Macmillan Cancer Support in Wales, launching a new initiative to improve the care delivered to terminally ill patients. The collaboration, which launched during Dying Matters Awareness Week (10-16 May 2021), is designed to improve the training delivered to ambulance crews so they can provide the very best […]
Join The Welsh Ambulance Service’s New People and Community Network
The Welsh Ambulance Service is inviting the public to join its brand new network. Members of the Trust’s People and Community Network can attend meetings, take surveys and share their own experience at the hands of the ambulance service in order to shape the way services are delivered. They can also take part in ‘Mystery […]
Welsh Ambulance Service Donates Laptops To Schoolchildren In Need
The Welsh Ambulance Service donated more than 100 of its old computers to help schoolchildren in South Wales with remote learning through Covid-19. Tens of thousands of children in Wales had to study from home when schools closed their doors through the pandemic – but not all families had a computer. The Trust was one […]
Welsh Ambulance Service Commends Military’s Contribution to COVID-19 Effort
The Welsh Ambulance Service has extended a thanks to the Armed Forces for its support through the Coronavirus pandemic. More than 200 British Army soldiers assisted the Trust’s Covid-19 effort by driving and decontaminating ambulance vehicles as part of Operation Rescript. Among them were 90 soldiers from 9 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps, who were enlisted on Christmas Eve at […]
Modern New Station for Cardigan Bay Ambulance Crews
Welsh Ambulance Service crews in Cardigan Bay are preparing to move to a state-of-the-art new permanent home. Crews previously based in a Portakabin at New Quay Fire Station will move to a new facility in nearby Aberaeron in November. A full refurbishment of a 1,700 square foot building on the grounds of Hywel Dda University Health […]
Welsh Ambulance Service Unveils New State-Of-The-Art Training Facility
The Welsh Ambulance Service has unveiled a state-of-the-art new training facility. The Workforce Education and Development Centre in Swansea boasts an immersive training room, where simulation technology recreates real-life scenarios to put crews’ clinical skills to the test. It features 360 degree projectable walls, a scent dispersal machine and is temperature controlled to give scenarios […]
Ambulance Technician With Incurable Cancer To Tie The Knot After Mammoth Fundraiser
An ambulance technician whose indigestion turned out to be incurable cancer will marry his fiancée next week after a fundraiser to pay for the big day reached seven times its goal. Dorian Williams, 44, was diagnosed with stomach cancer after he developed ‘unbearable’ pain for which he took himself to A&E while on a night […]
“Work With Us, Not Against Us”, Say Emergency Workers After Rise In Assaults
Assaults on emergency workers in Wales are on the rise, new data has revealed. More than 4,240 assaults were committed against emergency workers, including police, fire and ambulance crews, in the period April 2019 – November 2020, representing a monthly average increase from 202 in 2019 to 222 in 2020, or 10%. Assaults ranged from […]