With Christmas just around the corner South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is asking for the public’s support during what is always a busy time of the year. Throughout the Christmas period the Trust will be tweeting tips to help people stay safe and support the ambulance service from its @SECAmbulance Twitter account using the hashtag #XmasSupportSECAmb. With demand alr
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is offering a one-day Emergency First Aid Training Course at its Make Ready Centres in Polegate on 14 January and in Chertsey, on 21 January 2017. The specially designed and accredited course is suitable for small and low risk businesses to help them meet the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) requirement to have an appointed person
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
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
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
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
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) is today, Friday 28th October 2016, able to publish the Patient Impact Review into the Red 3 Pilot undertaken at the end of 2014. Patient Impact Review in the Red 3 Pilot The report was required as part of the formal undertakings that the Trust was asked to complete by NHS Improvement (previously Monitor), in addition to the forensic
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