A teenager who suffered life-threatening injuries and spent a month in an induced coma after being hit by a car has been hailed a miracle by the ambulance crews and hospital teams who saved his life. 16-year-old Taz Moyo suffered a serious head injury on 16 July this year and, after receiving life-saving treatment from South East Coast Ambulance Service clinicians and the air ambulance service, wa
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is urging people to be sensible and stay safe and injury free this bonfire and firework season. SECAmb is asking that people follow some simple safety tips and advice and that they use common sense to keep themselves, their family and friends safe. The Trust is also advising people to attend local professionally-organised events. Any
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) inspired local schools and children’s groups to drive forward CPR awareness as part of the Europe-wide initiative Restart a Heart. The Trust achieved the amazing results of training close to 8,500 children and some adults in 88 locations across Kent, Surrey and Sussex. By linking with the Resuscitation Council’s European Restart a He
With fireworks season fast approaching, South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is supporting National Burns Awareness Day on Wednesday 19 October by reminding people of the importance of administering the right first aid for burns and scalds. While most burns are usually minor, giving the right first aid quickly following a burn or a scald can significantly improve a pers
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) picked up three awards at the prestigious Brake Fleet Safety Awards held in Birmingham on 29 September.
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is supporting a national campaign, ‘Shoctober’, throughout October to hunt down life-saving defibrillators. SECAmb is asking people to #FindTheDefib and tweet their selfies next to them to @SECAmbulance and @SECAmbulanceCFR to locate life-saving machines that have been bought with good intentions but aren’t registered with the Trust.
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is supporting a national campaign, ‘Shoctober’, throughout October to hunt down life-saving defibrillators. SECAmb is asking people to #FindTheDefib and tweet their selfies next to them to @SECAmbulance and @SECAmbulanceCFR to locate life-saving machines that have been bought with good intentions but aren’t registered with the Trust.
Patients from across South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb) region have once again been reunited with the ambulance teams who saved their lives at the Trust’s annual ‘Our Survivors’ event. The event, now in its sixth year, celebrates the clinical skills of SECAmb staff and the lives they have saved. Eight patients, whose lives were saved by the clinical interventions of SECAmb staff, were
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is urging schools and children’s groups to register their interest to take part in an international CPR awareness drive taking place in October. The Trust is looking for local schools and groups to take part in the Europe-wide initiative, Restart a Heart. As part of Restart a Heart Day on Tuesday 18 October, SECAmb is working with it
Acting Chief Executive of South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb), Geraint Davies said: “The thoughts of everyone at SECAmb are with the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives in this tragic incident a year ago today. “It was, of course, an extremely challenging incident to respond to and our staff, as ever, acted with care, compassion and with the utmost professionalism. I am v