First Responder Training,
Skills & Equipment
All
members of the Misterton Community First Responder team undergo
intensive training and assessment with Paramedic Training Officers
from East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust, to enable them to
delivery the following level of skills and care using the equipment
below:
Skills
and equipment which First Responders are qualified in:-
- Use
of Automated External Defibrillator (AED - see left)
- Oxygen
Therapy
- Bag-Mask-Valve
Resuscitation and Airway Adjuncts
- CPR
(Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation)
- First
Aid, Patient Care & Assessment
- Recognition
of cause and type of illness/injury
- Scene
safety & Incident Management
Types
of medical emergencies which First Responders are trained
for:-
- Category
"A" calls - (serious, life threatening):-
- Cardiac
arrest
- Unconscious
and collapsed patients
- Chest
pains (e.g. heart attacks and acute angina)
- Breathing
difficulties (e.g. asthma, acute on-set bronchitis/emphysema)
- Diabetic
emergencies (e.g. hypoglycemia)
- Fitting
or convulsions (e.g. epilepsy)
- Stroke
(CVA)
- Anaphylaxis
(allergic reaction)
- Choking
patients
Community
First Responders also undergo retraining and testing every
six months with East Midlands Ambulance Service to ensure
that all team members can give the best possible care to our
community.
Regular team meetings and training excercises also take place.
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