Archives (2016)

Image: Three-year-old Kent girl’s 999 call ‘astonishes’ ambulance crew
21 November 2016

Three-year-old Kent girl’s 999 call ‘astonishes’ ambulance crew

An ambulance crew from South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) have commended a three-year-old Kent girl for her brave actions in raising the alarm for her mum when she had collapsed at their home in Snodland. Early in the morning of 31 July, Isabelle Solly, 3, realised that something was wrong with her mum, Kay, when she saw her collapse on the floor. With her dad away at

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Image: Cardiac arrest survivor reunited with life-saving crews
19 November 2016

Cardiac arrest survivor reunited with life-saving crews

Possibly one of the worst places to suffer a cardiac arrest could be in a narrow house barge moored at low tide. But a remarkable team effort by crews from South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) saw 68-year-old Diane Savage not only resuscitated but well enough to personally thank them at a reunion at Medway Ambulance Station. Diane and husband David, from Bermondsey, were visiting daughter J

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Image: Cardiac arrest survivor reunited with life-saving crews
19 November 2016

Cardiac arrest survivor reunited with life-saving crews

Possibly one of the worst places to suffer a cardiac arrest could be in a narrow house barge moored at low tide. But a remarkable team effort by crews from South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) saw 68-year-old Diane Savage not only resuscitated but well enough to personally thank them at a reunion at Medway Ambulance Station. Diane and husband David, from Bermondsey, were visiting daughter J

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Image: Cardiac arrest survivor reunited with life-saving crews
19 November 2016

Cardiac arrest survivor reunited with life-saving crews

Possibly one of the worst places to suffer a cardiac arrest could be in a narrow house barge moored at low tide. But a remarkable team effort by crews from South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) saw 68-year-old Diane Savage not only resuscitated but well enough to personally thank them at a reunion at Medway Ambulance Station. Diane and husband David, from Bermondsey, were visiting daughter J

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Image: Cardiac arrest survivor reunited with life-saving crews
19 November 2016

Cardiac arrest survivor reunited with life-saving crews

Possibly one of the worst places to suffer a cardiac arrest could be in a narrow house barge moored at low tide. But a remarkable team effort by crews from South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) saw 68-year-old Diane Savage not only resuscitated but well enough to personally thank them at a reunion at Medway Ambulance Station. Diane and husband David, from Bermondsey, were visiting daughter J

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Image: Cardiac arrest survivor reunited with life-saving crews
19 November 2016

Cardiac arrest survivor reunited with life-saving crews

Possibly one of the worst places to suffer a cardiac arrest could be in a narrow house barge moored at low tide. But a remarkable team effort by crews from South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) saw 68-year-old Diane Savage not only resuscitated but well enough to personally thank them at a reunion at Medway Ambulance Station. Diane and husband David, from Bermondsey, were visiting daughter J

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Image: SECAmb’s ePCR iPad project begins further rollout
18 November 2016

SECAmb’s ePCR iPad project begins further rollout

South East Coast Ambulance Service’s NHS Foundation Trust’s (SECAmb) innovative electronic Patient Clinical Record (ePCR) project is being rolled out across the Trust’s region following successful trials in Thanet, Kent. The project, in which clinicians are personally issued with iPads, enables ambulance crews to complete patient records electronically, streamline communication with hospitals, sav

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Image: New Ambulance Community Response Posts for North Kent
18 November 2016

New Ambulance Community Response Posts for North Kent

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), will begin responding from a number of new Ambulance Community Response Posts in North Kent this week. The Trust has worked with Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) to locate response posts at fire stations in Sheppey, Rainham, Rochester and Edenbridge. Crews will begin to use the response posts from Monday 21 November. The posts a

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Image: SECAmb’s ePCR iPad project begins further rollout
18 November 2016

SECAmb’s ePCR iPad project begins further rollout

South East Coast Ambulance Service’s NHS Foundation Trust’s (SECAmb) innovative electronic Patient Clinical Record (ePCR) project is being rolled out across the Trust’s region following successful trials in Thanet, Kent. The project, in which clinicians are personally issued with iPads, enables ambulance crews to complete patient records electronically, streamline communication with hospitals, sav

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Image: New Ambulance Community Response Posts for North Kent
18 November 2016

New Ambulance Community Response Posts for North Kent

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), will begin responding from a number of new Ambulance Community Response Posts in North Kent this week. The Trust has worked with Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) to locate response posts at fire stations in Sheppey, Rainham, Rochester and Edenbridge. Crews will begin to use the response posts from Monday 21 November. The posts a

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