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Community First Responders are volunteer members of the community who are trained to respond to emergency calls through the 999 system in conjunction with the South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
Community responders are not a substitute for the ambulance crews, but because they are based within the community in which they live or work, they are able to attend the scene of an emergency in a very short time often within the first few minutes and in the majority of incidents they would be first on scene. The responder can then begin vital life saving first aid before the arrival of an Ambulance, further increasing the patients chance of survival
South East Coast Ambulance Services aim is to provide the appropriate care to life threatening emergency calls within 8 minutes. Sometimes, particularly in the case of cardiac arrest calls, this can still be too long and this is where the community responder role is of particular benefit.
In cases of cardiac arrest, a patients heart stops beating without defibrillation their chances of survival decreases as every minute goes by. Community Responders are trained to use Automatic Defibrillators and can therefore provide vital intervention in such cases.
Community Responders are not a replacement for the Ambulance Service they will always be backed up by an Ambulance or Rapid Response Vehicle.
All Community Responders attend regular training meetings, to learning new skills and to ensure our basic skills are kept up to date. We also have to successfully complete and pass annual assessments these are governed by South East Coast Ambulance Service.
All Community Responders are also CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) checked to a very high standard.
As a Team of Volunteers we are currently unable to provide 24/7 cover we are therefore always eager to welcome new members to our team. For more information please visit the Become a Responder page.
We would like to Thank Sainsburys in Deal and Mens Style By Aaron in Deal for making Deal Responders their Charity of the Year.
Recent East Kent Mercury Articles about Deal Responders. 31/12/09 Click HERE 07/01/10 Click HERE 14/01/10 Click HERE 24/02/10 Click HERE 15/07/10 Click HERE 09/12/10 Click HERE We would like to say a special thank you to Beth and the East Kent Mercury for there continued support. |
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Last Updated 22/6/2011 |
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