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Bransgore Community First Responders (CFRs). CFRs are volunteers who attend calls in their local area and provide basic life support care until the arrival of the ambulance service BRANSGORE Community First Responders (CFRs) are hoping to raise their profile and recruit some new volunteers as well as raising vital funds to support the group. Volunteers will be holding their annual licensed street collection outside the shops in Ringwood Road in Bransgore today (Saturday July 17), between 7.30am and 3pm. This year the group will be able to accept donations by a contactless card device, which has been by the South Central Ambulance Charity.
AN ambulance trust has become the first in the country to rollout a new automatic CPR device. South Central Ambulance Service has launched the LUCAS 3, a new “state-of-the-art” device which can perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a patient automatically – freeing up paramedics to carry out other vital interventions. The system can deliver high quality chest compressions consistently from the moment crews arrive and throughout a patient’s journey to hospital without interruption. The system also comes with wireless Bluetooth connectivity which makes it possible to configure compression rate, depth and alerts specific to an organisation’s resuscitation guidelines. Dr John Black, Medical Director at SCAS, said: “We know that delivering high quality and uninterrupted chest compressions in cardiac arrest is one of the major determinants of survival to hospital discharge but it can be very challenging for a number of reasons.
South Central Ambulance Service has become the first to roll out a new device that can automatically perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a patient. The state-of-the-art technology, known as LUCAS 3, is a mechanical system that can deliver high quality chest compressions on a consistent basis from the moment crews arrive on scene, and throughout a patient’s journey to hospital without interruption. This will allow the paramedics to carry out other vital interventions. Medical Director at SCAS, John Black, said: “We know that delivering high quality and uninterrupted chest compressions in cardiac arrest is one of the major determinants of survival to hospital discharge but it can be very challenging for a number of reasons.
South Central Ambulance Service Given £410,000 to Promote Innovation
Paramedics in the South are set to receive a £410,000 grant to pursue innovation projects. NHS Charities Together has allocated South Central Ambulance Charity (SCAC) the investment to support a number of new ventures to improve the service.
Upcoming projects which will benefit from the funding include more advanced training programmes for Community First Responders (CFRs) and care home staff, along with 17 new LUCAS 3 mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) devices.
The investment will allow South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) to become the first ambulance trust in the UK to train a group of CFRs – members of the public who can care for patients in emergencies before paramedics arrive, sometimes providing lifesaving assistance – in reaching accurate and early diagnoses through diagnostic tests including electrocardiograms (ECGs) and urinalysis. This training will also assist care home staff i