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About our cause

Using their own vehicles CFR’s are dispatched by Ambulance Control to 999 calls in their location with the expectation they can arrive before the Paramedics, providing initial emergency treatment - this does not delay dispatch of the Ambulance to the patient. Day to day life carries on as normal until the phone rings and they are dispatched to an emergency. The Responders carry equipment including (AED), medical oxygen, suction pumps and first aid kits. The bulk of the equipment has been funded by the NHS but funds still need to be raised for defibrillators and to replenish equipment. 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. hypoglycaemia) • Fitting or convulsions (e.g. epilepsy) • Stroke (CVA) • Anaphylaxis (allergic reaction) • Choking patients