The ambulance service in the UK plays a vital role in providing emergency medical care to those in need. In 2020, the ambulance service received over 10 million emergency calls in England alone. According to the latest data from the NHS, the most common types of 999 calls received by the ambulance service are related […]
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999 statistics
The emergency services in the UK respond to thousands of 999 calls every day, helping and support to those in need. According to the latest data from the Home Office, the total number of emergency 999 calls received in England in 2020 was 31.4 million. Of these calls, around 70% were classified as ‘immediate’ or […]
Making 999 calls via text
If you are unable to make voice calls, it is possible to contact the emergency services by text message. This is called the emergency SMS service. This has also proved valuable for people in remote environments where you may not have enough signal to make a phone call, but you may be able to send […]
Effective CPR
Effective CPR is key to having a higher chance of resuscitating a patient who has had a heart attack. The optimum position for providing CPR is by the side of the victim to allow for easier movement between the compressions and the breaths. Compressions could be given over the head if the victim is in […]
Helping the Paramedic
Here are two interviews from separate paramedics. In the interview, they were asked about how the general public affects their work. Paramedic 1 “People are people, and we have different personalities, different characters, and sometimes they clash and that makes our job quite difficult. Providing we are aware of that and we can use communication […]