A cardiac arrest survivor from Surrey has been reunited with the South East Coast Ambulance Service, (SECAmb), team who helped save his life. Saroj Khadka, 48, who collapsed at his Cobham home on the afternoon of 12 October 2018, received immediate life-saving CPR from his wife, Sarah, under the instruction of 999 Emergency Medical Advisor, Ewan McGlashan. Paramedic, Hannah Kelly, was first to arr
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) is seeking the public’s help ahead of what is expected to be a busy Easter Bank Holiday weekend. The Trust has planned ahead for the expected increase in demand but is urging people to use the service wisely and to seek alternatives to 999 if not faced with a life-threatening or serious emergency. Over the course of the Easter weekend in 2018, staff in S
A Redhill man who collapsed in cardiac arrest during a training session at a boxing gym has been reunited with the ambulance team who helped save his life. Paul Frost, 56, thanked the team at the Like to Box gym in Redhill recently some five months after his collapse, having recovered after undergoing treatment at St George’s Hospital and being fitted with an internal defibrillator. Builder, Paul
A team of South East Coast Ambulance Service staff will be lacing up their walking boots to take on the Three Peaks Challenge this summer. The team, made up of staff from Polegate and Paddock Wood, as well as staff family from Gatwick Airport security, is raising money for the charity-funded Pevensey Ward at Eastbourne District General Hospital. The challenge will see them aim to scale Ben Nevis,
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) staff, volunteers and members of the public have gathered to celebrate long service and achievements in the final of three awards ceremonies to be held by the Trust this year. The awards evening, which took place on Thursday 14 March at Alexander House Hotel in Turners Hill, West Sussex, saw Chief Executive Commendations presented across a range of categ
The long service and achievements of South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) staff and volunteers were celebrated at the first of the Trust’s annual awards ceremonies. The ceremony, the first of three to be held across the Trust’s region, was held on Thursday 21 February at The Orangery, Turkey Mill, Maidstone, Kent. A combined total of some 850 years’ service was recognised, while Chief Execu
A West Sussex man who suffered a cardiac arrest has been reunited with the ambulance crews who helped saved his life a year and a day after his collapse. Stephen Massingham, 61, from Goring, attended Worthing Ambulance Station on Valentine’s Day to personally thank the team. Stephen, a truck driver for 40 years, met crews along with family and friends including son James, who began CPR on his dad
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has launched a recruitment drive to increase numbers at its NHS 111 operations centre in Ashford, Kent. The expansion programme sees job opportunities for both 111 Call Handlers and Clinical Advisors at the Trust’s centre the town’s Orbital Park. Call handlers play a crucial role in patient care across the region, answering telephone
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) would like to thank its staff and volunteers for their efforts during what was, as ever, an extremely busy Christmas and New Year. The Trust would also like to thank the public for the messages of support it has received in recent weeks. In the six hours between 10pm on New Year’s Eve and 4am on 1 January SECAmb handled approximately
The Trust is seeking public support by urging people to seek alternatives to calling 999 if their emergency isn’t very serious or life-threatening. The Trust continues to experience very high levels of demand and is currently only able to send ambulances to the most seriously ill or life-threatening emergencies. As a result, if your emergency is not life-threatening and you call 999 you will be as