South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) has begun a new three-month trial across Tangmere and Worthing which will see community first responders (CFRs) carry and administer the pain-relief drug Penthrox. The trial aims to improve patient care by providing effective and rapid pain relief which CFRs will be able to administer where clinically appropriate. Penthrox is a fast-acting pain relie
10-year-old from Hastings, Scarlett Stockley, shared she is determined to run again with the South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) clinicians that helped saved her life after suffering a life-altering brain injury. On 31 May 2024, Scarlett (nine-years-old at the time) attended her local gymnastics class unaware of what was about to happen. During a tumbling stunt, Scarlett suddenly felt unwe
A new initiative has been launched this week by South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) which will see community first responders (CFRs) help enhance the care for patients that have fallen. With increased ‘calls for falls’ over the winter period, the initiative aims to help us ensure we deliver the right care, at the right time, by the right people and is crucial in the development of the Trus
Worthing Community First Responder (CFR), Sally Holmes, is shining a light on the gender disparities in CPR and defibrillator delivery by supporting a vital campaign #BraOffDefibOn. With 27 per cent of women less likely to receive CPR from bystanders than men in a cardiac arrest, Sally has been helping tackle the stigma and delivering CPR training in the Worthing community, emphasising the message
A Hastings woman has a second chance at life thanks to the life-saving actions of her husband and South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) clinicians and is urging people to get trained in CPR which could save a loved one. 65-year-old Carole Tatar and her husband John recently reunited with some of her lifesavers at SECAmb’s Hastings Make Ready Centre – only two months on from when she suffered
Six-year-old, Eve Downton from Polegate, aspires to become a paramedic after recently reuniting with some of the 999 heroes who helped save her life. Eve and her aunt, Jess Downton, recently visited SECAmb’s Polegate Make Ready Centre where they met with Emergency Care Support Workers (ECSW) Megan Rudd and Amy West and Emergency Medical Advisor (EMA) Louise Adsett – some of the team who helped sav
Members of the public are being given the opportunity to learn how to save a life as South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) delivers CPR training at a number of public locations across Kent, Surrey and Sussex this Restart a Heart Day (Thursday 16 October). Those trained in CPR are also being encouraged to sign up to the GoodSam phone app – an app used by ambulance services to alert indi
New parents from Seaford, Amanda Feast and Phill Stevenson, recently reunited with the ambulance team that helped deliver their first baby boy at home. Now four-month-old, Phoenix, Amanda and Phill recently visited South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb’s) Polegate Make Ready Centre where they reunited with the ambulance team that helped bring their first baby into the world – Critical Care
Thanks to the life-saving actions of two bystanders and SECAmb clinicians, cardiac arrest survivor, Michael Wilde, got to celebrate his 81st birthday and 52 years of marriage. Michael and his wife, Ruth, recently visited our Tangmere Make Ready Centre, where they met with some of his lifesavers including Paramedics Steve Leggatt and Chelsey Lallem-Haylock, Trainee Associate Ambulance Practitioner
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAMb) were delighted to welcome colleagues and members of the public to our Annual Members Meeting recently – an opportunity to reflect on achievements and discuss priorities for the year ahead. The event, which took place at K2 Crawley on Friday, 12 September, gave attendees the opportunity to engage with colleagues at a variety of stalls on the Trust’s curre