Training, Skills & Equipment
All members of the Stone Community First Responder team undergo intensive training and assessment with Paramedic Training Officers from West 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)
Oxygen Therapy
Bag-Mask-Valve Resuscitation and Airway Adjuncts
C.P.R. (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 Staffordshire 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.