The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) responds to medical emergencies in Greater London‚ England‚ with its ambulances and other response vehicles‚[1] and over 4‚500 staff at its disposal. It is one of 12 ambulance trusts in England providing emergency medical services‚ and is part of the National Health Service (NHS)‚ receiving direct government funding for its role. There is no charge to patients for use of the service‚ every person in England has the right to the attendance of an ambulance
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September 2013 Emergency Response Pilot When there is a car crash on the highway‚ everyone slows down to gape at the wreckage. However‚ few have ever seen a truly horrific‚ heavily gory accident in which a Medivac helicopter has come to rush victims off to safety. Air-medical transport saves lives every day in a plethora of situations. Being a part of the Hawaii Air Ambulance team allows one to be the best pilot they could be in a field whose purpose is saving lives. To be an Emergency Response helicopter
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UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO MASTERS IN HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (MHA) PATIENT SAFETY Individual Assignment 1 SUBMITTED BY: Regan Ramkissoon PS57095 April 12th 2013 Patient Safety Assignment Background SUMMARY OF INCIDENT On Friday 27th January 2012‚ a young mother was trying to get her ailing twenty one month old baby to the hospital. The child was an outpatient of the San Fernando General Hospital as he had three holes in his heart and an enlarged liver. Earlier that
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example of Health and Science classes would be‚ Etymology‚ Pharmacology‚ and Anatomy. It takes two years to get a degree in Associate of Applied Science in Emergency Medical Services also known as A.A.S‚ there is also a three month EMT basic program a person can take. The three month program qualifies someone to work in the Emergency Medical Field or to further their education and become a Paramedic(NPCC). Additional things a person will need to do the three month program would be G.E.D or high school
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damage to organs such as the heart or lungs and may cause internal bleeding. You would need to call for emergency help. Another common type of wound is an animal bite‚ this could be infected with bacteria and other germs‚ it is really important to clean out the wound properly. If the wound is bleeding you should treat it and cover with a sterile low adherent dressing. Lastly you should seek medical advice if the wound is deep. An incision wound is straight margins‚ as if you were sliced with a knife
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welfare trust is growing under the supervision of its founder Mr Bashir Ahmed Farooqi who belongs to a quite religious and spiritual family. The organization is serving the poor and the distressed people of our society since 5th May 1999. Most of the services of Saylani Welfare Trust are free of cost. The main objectives of the trust are to facilitate people for education‚ health‚ environment‚ physical infrastructure‚ social mobilization‚ and human resource development. The organization receives aid from
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responsible for transporting individuals who needs emergency medical care and transport them to local hospitals. The ambulance company will also transport non-emergency patients to rehabilitation centers. Taylor Ambulance is dispatched by the Kelsey’s Fire Department and the city’s emergency transport contractor. Currently the Taylor Ambulance company has 70 paramedics and emergency medical technicians and has a fleet of 26 ambulances. The company receives emergency calls through the 911 system of Kelsey.
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like nothing can touch me it’s just me and my horse.” Being homeschooled let her explore different passions she had. It gave her extra time to spend learning farm management at a local farm‚ also allowing her to pursue her growing passion for emergency medical care. While in high school she joined her local fire departments junior department. “I found that I had a lot to prove joining the Northfield Jr. Program‚ I was about to embark into a field that’s considered a male dominant field and me
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immobilization can be of more harm than good if not done correctly. Introduction Traumatic spinal cord injuries are severe‚ life threatening and life altering. Managing the risk of spinal cord injury in trauma patients is an understandable concern for medical professionals. Spinal immobilization is initiated on a regular basis in pre-hospital setting for patients at risk of a spinal cord injury. In the past immobilization has been thought to be a relatively harmless procedure. There is now‚ however‚ growing
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like the EMS that we know today. The first emergency medical teams started in first half of the 20thcentury and operated out of funeral homes. They would transport the sick and injured to hospitals as well as take the deceased to the funeral home. The funeral home employees had little knowledge of first aid and were in the business only because the hearses were large enough to transport the stretchers. After World War IIthe first real ambulance services began to appear. Although it was a step in
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