We are dispatched to local 999 calls including the following conditions/symptoms:
- 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
- Medical Collapses – Abdominal pains etc
- Minor Trauma – Fractures, bleeding etc
- Care link alarms
- Falls
In line with the ambulance service‘s lone working policy, for our personal protection, we are not sent to any of the following types of calls:
- Road traffic collisions (RTCs)
- Incidents of domestic violence
- Scenes known to be ‘unsafe’