Rutland Community First Responders

04/01/2025

Jackie, Jeremy and John all been logged on today

04/01/2025

Take care in the cold and ice both on pavements and roads.
Wrap up well if you must go out.
Only travel if necessary.
Look in on older or vulnerable neighbours.

03/01/2025

Barbara and John looking after you today

02/01/2025

Today we have updated our cold health alert to amber for the whole of England, from today at 12pm to Wed 8 Jan at 12pm. ❄❄❄

Our data dashboard includes a cold health alert map with useful information and guidance: https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/weather-health-alerts/cold?type=cold

02/01/2025

Saving lives

Here’s a wrap-up of EMICS' work over Christmas:

Christmas Eve (24th December):

🌟 Dr David Ridley joined an East Midlands Ambulance Service crew in Leicester to assist with a paediatric cardiac arrest. His advanced care included intubation.

🌟 Later that evening, Dr Pete Hughes attended another cardiac arrest in Leicester, accompanying the patient to the hospital while delivering clinical intervention en route.

Christmas Day (25th December):

🎁 While many celebrated, Dr Matt Woods responded to three cases, bringing expert care to those in need.

27th December:

✨ Dr Pete Hughes handled two serious incidents in Leicestershire. One patient, he administered an anaesthetic at home, with support from Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR.

✨ Later that day, Dr Tim Baker responded to a cardiac arrest in Nottingham. With teamwork from the EMAS and land HEMS crews, the patient was stabilised and safely transported to QMC, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Our commitment doesn’t take a holiday.

02/01/2025

Today we will answer thousands of 999 calls from across the East Midlands. Please help keep our lines free for new 999 calls.

If you've called us for help, only call us back if the patient's condition changes, or if you no longer require an ambulance - for example if you can make your own way to hospital safely.

02/01/2025

Barbara and Jeremy looking after you today after a short early morning shift by John

01/01/2025

On the first day of 2025 we report our stats

December 2024
853 hrs on duty
126 patients attended
37 hours spent on training

2024 year stats
10,191 hours responding
1415 patients attended
808 hours training, meeting and delivering CPR and AED familiarization

01/01/2025

Think before you dial 999, ask yourself 'is this a life threatening emergency?' If yes then go ahead. If not can you self care, go to a pharmacy, self present at a walk in?
However take care of you and yours

It's been a busy start to the 2025 New Year for East Midlands Ambulance Service.

We received 965 emergency and urgent calls in the first seven hours of 2025. Of these, over 600 were received by 03.30 hours on 1 January 2025.

East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) Head of Emergency Operations Centre, Gary Lockley, said:

“As anticipated, there was a significant increase in emergency calls received during the first few hours of 2025.

“Colleagues working in our Nottingham and Lincoln based emergency control centres did a tremendous job. Calls received from across the East Midlands were answered within an average of six seconds during the first seven hours of the day.

“999 calls were for a variety of reasons including cardiac arrest, people feeling acutely unwell due to a medical problem, and following road traffic collisions.

“There has been a noticeable increase in the number of calls received due to people being intoxicated having consumed excessive amounts of alcohol; in some of these cases, individuals had also fallen causing injury.”

The NHS expects to be busy throughout the coming days, and people are asked to use services wisely. Treatment and advice for illness and injury that is not life-threatening can be sought from other healthcare services.

EMAS Strategic Commander, Jim Richardson, said:

“We had a busy start to 2025. Demand on our service and the emergency hospital departments across the East Midlands continues to be very high.

“As many welcomed in the new year, in addition to the tremendous work of our control centre colleagues, our emergency and urgent ambulance colleagues, non-emergency patient transport teams, and volunteer responders worked incredibly hard to respond to patient need – often in the most challenging and at times hostile environments. They have been supported by managers and on-call officers liaising with staff working in the busy hospitals, other healthcare facilities, and blue light services to ensure a collaborative response to the significant increase in demand.

“On behalf of our EMAS leadership team, I thank them all for their continued commitment to provide the best possible care.

“During this exceptionally busy period, and to allow us to reach people who really need our ambulances with life-saving equipment and clinicians on board, we urge people to use NHS services appropriately.

“If you’re not sure where to go, you can find services near you via the NHS.uk website, or via 111 online or by calling 111.

“Our ambulance service is for people experiencing a medical emergency. This includes cardiac arrest, chest pain, where a patient isn’t conscious or breathing, catastrophic bleeding, or suspected stroke.”

Weather warnings have been issued for various parts of the region over the coming days. Therefore, in addition to people taking care of their health and wellbeing, they are asked to pay attention to the alerts issued. Please plan ahead to keep safe, and take essentials with you eg your regular medication to support management of long-term conditions, when venturing out for excursions and visits.

31/12/2024

☑️ Please help us by keeping our Emergency Department for emergencies.
💡 If your condition is not urgent or an emergency, get help by visiting: https://111.nhs.uk/

If you come to A&E with an issue that is not an emergency, you may experience a very long wait or be asked to go to another service. 🏥

31/12/2024

Going out to celebrate the New Year arriving? 🥳
We urge people to play their part by knowing their limits and drinking responsibly. ️Calling 999 for medical help should be a last resort, after you have tried self-care, your local pharmacy, your GP, NHS111 Online and your local Urgent Treatment Centre.

Help us protect our ambulance crews so they are able to attend the most seriously ill people in the region. 💚

31/12/2024

Thank you to all who have donated to or sponsored us to enable us to continue to provide an emergency response across Rutland and the surrounding area. Thank you also to all our colleagues in all the emergency services who have supported us.
Thank you too to all our friends, followers and supporters for your comments and support.
Last but not least a huge thank you to our amazing group of responders and their families who give so willingly of their personal time.
We wish you all a happy, healthy and safe new year.

30/12/2024

Q: What is considered an emergency?

A: Patients should only call 999 if there is an immediate risk to life eg cardiac arrest, unconscious or catastrophic bleed, or if seriously ill or injured eg stroke.

Ambulances will be dispatched where clinically appropriate.

30/12/2024

Barbara and John ready to look after you if needed today. Dave on the desk.

29/12/2024

Juliet, John, Paul and Richard covered Rutland between them over the weekend.

29/12/2024

⚠️ Our service remains extremely busy.

Our control room teams are always working tirelessly to get ambulance clinicians to patients who need them most.

Only call 999 if there is a life-threatening emergency. EMAS Paramedic Jack shares some examples and there’s more advice here: https://111.nhs.uk/triage/check-its-not-an-emergency

27/12/2024

Thank you Tony for varied and interesting calls today for Barbara and Carole and for our welfare check too.

25/12/2024

We take the opportunity this Christmas Day to express our gratitude and heartfelt appreciation to all our colleagues, volunteers and the people we work with in partnership to provide emergency, urgent and planned healthcare across the East Midlands. Your hard work does not go unnoticed - thank you for everything you had done throughout this year.

2024 has been a year of extraordinary challenges and incredible resilience. Services, teams, colleagues, and volunteers have pulled together and demonstrated an unparalleled commitment to patient care.

We have witnessed and heard of extraordinary acts of kindness, professional excellence, team spirit, and genuine care for patients and each other. Alongside the positives, it has been a hugely challenging year, and we know that the sadness and trauma experienced by many will be more poignant at this time of year. Please remember that there are support services available to you. For example, Mind have published tips for coping during Christmas (www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/christmas-and-mental-health/christmas-coping-tips/) and if you need someone to talk to Samaritans take calls any time, day or night (www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/)

Please only call 999 for immediately life-threatening conditions such as:
* Cardiac arrest
* Chest pain
* Loss of consciousness
* Suspected stroke
* Breathing difficulties

Help for less serious conditions is available by visiting NHS 111 online or your nearest urgent care centre – the NHS website helps you find services near you: www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/services-near-you

To those of you celebrating Christmas, we wish you an enjoyable day.