The fast actions of a group of friends who began CPR immediately after a Sittingbourne man collapsed on the tennis court, have been credited with saving his life. Tim was playing doubles tennis at a friend’s house in Lynsted, Kent on 26 May this year, when he suddenly felt faint and collapsed to the floor. Witnessing his collapse, Tim’s friends immediately checked for a pulse, dialled 999 and beg
A large-scale emergency exercise saw SECAmb teams working alongside Surrey Police and Surrey Fire & Rescue. Royal Holloway University in Egham was the setting for Exercise Whitehall, simulating the after-effects of a rave on a student campus with 20 patients who had been involved in an altercation and others who had taken recreational substances. “This joint initiative brought together 4
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
Exactly one month after suffering a heart attack, Kent man Steve and partner Tina, were reunited with the ambulance team who helped him. On the morning of 5 August, Steve was walking his wife Tina to work when he began experiencing what he first thought was asthma. The couple sat on a bench in The Great Lines park, Brompton, but as Steve’s condition deteriorated, Tina dialled 999. She was connect
To help keep our roads as safe as possible, South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb) digital alert system lets drivers know when an ambulance is responding to an emergency nearby. Working in partnership with Acetech and Haas Alert, the digital alert system sends a notification to compatible devices such as smart phones or vehicle navigation systems alerting drivers to a nearby ambulance
A Wellbeing Forum for colleagues will be introduced by South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) as it implements its new five-year Wellbeing Strategy. The strategy for 2025-30, which was signed off recently by the Trust board, will have at its heart the ambition to embed wellbeing in every it does. Two further core themes are covered in the strategy – learning from lived experience; and d
It’s Emergency Services Day, when we recognise the extraordinary work of emergency service and NHS colleagues across the country. Also known as 999 Day, as well as celebrating the courage and dedication of emergency workers on the frontline, it helps promote the responsible use of emergency services. This call-to-action links to the #30Days30WaysUK campaign, which highlights preparedness thr
A 28-year-old man from Maidstone, Kent has been reunited with the ambulance team who helped him following a serious road traffic collision that left him with a partially amputated foot. Wojciech Ochman was riding his motorbike to work on the morning of 24 October 2024 when he was involved in a collision with a car in Maidstone. The impact left him with devastating injuries to his foot. A quick-th
We welcome the launch today of the Government’s National Oversight Framework (NOF) tables, which sees all NHS Trusts placed into one of four equal segments/performance categories. The continuing hard work and excellent care delivered by our teams is evidenced by our placement in the second highest segment – segment two – which points to good performance across most domains covered by the ne