The Welsh Ambulance Service, formally the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (Welsh:Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Gwasanaethau Ambiwlans Cymru), is the national ambulance service for Wales and one of the three NHS trusts in the country. It was established on 1 April 1998 and has 2,500 staff providing ambulance and related services to the 2.9 million residents of Wales.
North Region – based at H.M. Stanley Hospital, St Asaph, Denbighshire
South-East Region – based at Vantage Point House, Ty Coch Industrial Estate, Cwmbran
The service is currently investing heavily as part of a five-year modernisation plan, this will see the end of Regions and management will be via Heads of Services aligned to the Health Board areas along with a Head of Service for the Clinical Contact Centres and Head of Service for Production which oversee's the resources available within the geographical areas.
Emergency medical services also known as Ambulance services or Paramedic Services (abbreviated to the initialismEMS,EMAS,EMARS or SAMU in some countries) are a type of emergency service dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care, transport to definitive care, and other medical transport to patients with illnesses and injuries which prevent the patient from transporting themselves. Emergency medical services may also be locally known as a paramedic service, a first aid squad, emergency squad,rescue squad, ambulance squad, ambulance service, ambulance corps, or life squad.
The goal of most emergency medical services is to either provide treatment to those in need of urgent medical care, with the goal of satisfactorily treating the presenting conditions, or arranging for timely removal of the patient to the next point of definitive care. This is most likely an emergency department at a hospital. The term emergency medical service evolved to reflect a change from a simple system of ambulances providing only transport, to a system in which preliminary medical care is given on scene and during transport. In some developing regions, the term is not used, or may be used inaccurately, since the service in question does not provide treatment to the patients, but only the provision of transport to the point of care.
On the road with the Welsh Ambulance Service facing intense pressure,
Patients are waiting for hours after dialling 999.
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Then when an ambulance finally arrives, the sheer lack of beds means they are often left stuck outside hospitals waiting for space to open up.
The pressures on the Welsh Ambulance Service have got so acute that military personnel have already been drafted in to help.
And all this, before winter sets in.
We have been out with one paramedic crew in south Wales as they try to cope with the unprecedented crisis.
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published: 28 Oct 2021
Woman's 999 call to Welsh Ambulance Service after husband's cardiac arrest in his sleep
A super-fit cycling enthusiast who had a sudden cardiac arrest in his sleep survived thanks to the actions of his quick-thinking wife.
Jennifer Dunne was woken in the early hours of the morning by husband Geraint’s ‘snoring’ – but amusement turned to panic when she could not rouse him.
In this extraordinary 999 call, Jennifer told the Welsh Ambulance Service she thought her 39-year-old husband had died.
The call handler told Jennifer how to perform CPR, which she did single-handedly for eight minutes until the arrival of the ambulance – all while the couple’s two-year-old daughter Gwen slept in the next room.
Ambulance crews shocked Geraint with a defibrillator 15 times to restart his heart.
After a month-long stay in hospital, he has lived to tell the tale.
Full story: https://bit.l...
published: 01 Oct 2021
Welsh Ambulance Service - The Student Experience
Interviews with student paramedics at the Welsh Ambulance Service, exploring their personal experiences of Practice Educators they have worked alongside and top tips for practice education across the Trust as a whole. This video forms part of an interactive elearning course for WAST Practice Educators, available on the WAST Learnzone: https://wast.onclick.co.uk
published: 01 Apr 2020
Welsh Ambulance Service launches Communication App
Listen to comments about the Welsh Ambulance Service's new pre-hospital communication app.
Patients are waiting for hours after dialling 999.
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Then when an ambulance finally arrives, the sheer lack of be...
Patients are waiting for hours after dialling 999.
(Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
Then when an ambulance finally arrives, the sheer lack of beds means they are often left stuck outside hospitals waiting for space to open up.
The pressures on the Welsh Ambulance Service have got so acute that military personnel have already been drafted in to help.
And all this, before winter sets in.
We have been out with one paramedic crew in south Wales as they try to cope with the unprecedented crisis.
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Patients are waiting for hours after dialling 999.
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Then when an ambulance finally arrives, the sheer lack of beds means they are often left stuck outside hospitals waiting for space to open up.
The pressures on the Welsh Ambulance Service have got so acute that military personnel have already been drafted in to help.
And all this, before winter sets in.
We have been out with one paramedic crew in south Wales as they try to cope with the unprecedented crisis.
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A super-fit cycling enthusiast who had a sudden cardiac arrest in his sleep survived thanks to the actions of his quick-thinking wife.
Jennifer Dunne was woken...
A super-fit cycling enthusiast who had a sudden cardiac arrest in his sleep survived thanks to the actions of his quick-thinking wife.
Jennifer Dunne was woken in the early hours of the morning by husband Geraint’s ‘snoring’ – but amusement turned to panic when she could not rouse him.
In this extraordinary 999 call, Jennifer told the Welsh Ambulance Service she thought her 39-year-old husband had died.
The call handler told Jennifer how to perform CPR, which she did single-handedly for eight minutes until the arrival of the ambulance – all while the couple’s two-year-old daughter Gwen slept in the next room.
Ambulance crews shocked Geraint with a defibrillator 15 times to restart his heart.
After a month-long stay in hospital, he has lived to tell the tale.
Full story: https://bit.ly/3ioNpFI
A super-fit cycling enthusiast who had a sudden cardiac arrest in his sleep survived thanks to the actions of his quick-thinking wife.
Jennifer Dunne was woken in the early hours of the morning by husband Geraint’s ‘snoring’ – but amusement turned to panic when she could not rouse him.
In this extraordinary 999 call, Jennifer told the Welsh Ambulance Service she thought her 39-year-old husband had died.
The call handler told Jennifer how to perform CPR, which she did single-handedly for eight minutes until the arrival of the ambulance – all while the couple’s two-year-old daughter Gwen slept in the next room.
Ambulance crews shocked Geraint with a defibrillator 15 times to restart his heart.
After a month-long stay in hospital, he has lived to tell the tale.
Full story: https://bit.ly/3ioNpFI
Interviews with student paramedics at the Welsh Ambulance Service, exploring their personal experiences of Practice Educators they have worked alongside and top...
Interviews with student paramedics at the Welsh Ambulance Service, exploring their personal experiences of Practice Educators they have worked alongside and top tips for practice education across the Trust as a whole. This video forms part of an interactive elearning course for WAST Practice Educators, available on the WAST Learnzone: https://wast.onclick.co.uk
Interviews with student paramedics at the Welsh Ambulance Service, exploring their personal experiences of Practice Educators they have worked alongside and top tips for practice education across the Trust as a whole. This video forms part of an interactive elearning course for WAST Practice Educators, available on the WAST Learnzone: https://wast.onclick.co.uk
Patients are waiting for hours after dialling 999.
(Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
Then when an ambulance finally arrives, the sheer lack of beds means they are often left stuck outside hospitals waiting for space to open up.
The pressures on the Welsh Ambulance Service have got so acute that military personnel have already been drafted in to help.
And all this, before winter sets in.
We have been out with one paramedic crew in south Wales as they try to cope with the unprecedented crisis.
-------
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A super-fit cycling enthusiast who had a sudden cardiac arrest in his sleep survived thanks to the actions of his quick-thinking wife.
Jennifer Dunne was woken in the early hours of the morning by husband Geraint’s ‘snoring’ – but amusement turned to panic when she could not rouse him.
In this extraordinary 999 call, Jennifer told the Welsh Ambulance Service she thought her 39-year-old husband had died.
The call handler told Jennifer how to perform CPR, which she did single-handedly for eight minutes until the arrival of the ambulance – all while the couple’s two-year-old daughter Gwen slept in the next room.
Ambulance crews shocked Geraint with a defibrillator 15 times to restart his heart.
After a month-long stay in hospital, he has lived to tell the tale.
Full story: https://bit.ly/3ioNpFI
Interviews with student paramedics at the Welsh Ambulance Service, exploring their personal experiences of Practice Educators they have worked alongside and top tips for practice education across the Trust as a whole. This video forms part of an interactive elearning course for WAST Practice Educators, available on the WAST Learnzone: https://wast.onclick.co.uk
The Welsh Ambulance Service, formally the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (Welsh:Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Gwasanaethau Ambiwlans Cymru), is the national ambulance service for Wales and one of the three NHS trusts in the country. It was established on 1 April 1998 and has 2,500 staff providing ambulance and related services to the 2.9 million residents of Wales.
North Region – based at H.M. Stanley Hospital, St Asaph, Denbighshire
South-East Region – based at Vantage Point House, Ty Coch Industrial Estate, Cwmbran
The service is currently investing heavily as part of a five-year modernisation plan, this will see the end of Regions and management will be via Heads of Services aligned to the Health Board areas along with a Head of Service for the Clinical Contact Centres and Head of Service for Production which oversee's the resources available within the geographical areas.
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