Urgent and Emergency Care Transport Life Threatening Situations 5.25 The North East Ambulance Service provide emergency ambulances staffed with Paramedics and Emergency Care Assistants, responding to a wide variety of serious or life-threatening calls. Working alongside ambulance crews, a Rapid Responders Team also provide paramedic response to commence emergency treatment before the ambulance arrives on scene. 5.26 In some serious emergencies, you could also be treated by a medical team from the . The medical team on the helicopter includes an acute Consultant (for example, Anesthetists, Emergency Department Consultant) and a Paramedic who are skilled in treating patients who have serious traumatic injuries. Urgent Situations 5.27 At present transport is provided for doctors to visit patients at home and for patients who are unable to travel to the GP Practice or Urgent Care Service on their own. Non Urgent Situations 5.28 Non urgent transport is currently provided by the North East Ambulance Service’s Patient Transport Service. This planned service takes members of the public to and from their homes to outpatients' appointments, dialysis, chemotherapy, clinics, physiotherapy or non-urgent transfers between different hospitals. 5.29 This service covers Teeside, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Northumberland as well as County Durham and Darlington and undertakes over a million journeys every year. Crews are trained as ambulance care assistants with specialist knowledge of comprehensive first aid, driving skills and patient moving and handling techniques. Some GP Practices organise their own non urgent patient transport directly outwith this service. 5.2 Emergency and Urgent Care Transport Type of What is it of need How is it accessed? Hours of Coverage Service for? Operation 999 Emergency Telephone 24/7, 365 days of the Emergency Ambulance conditions year Regional Great North Air Ambulance Urgent Care Minor illness Urgent By professionals 24/7, 365 or injury who need to days of the Transport County Durham and arrange urgent year Darlington transport for their patients Patient Minor illness Non urgent By professionals 24/7, 365 Transport or injury who need to days of the Service Routine arrange urgent year Regional appointments transport for their Hospital patients Discharge
Urgent and Emergency Care Transport Life Threatening Situations 5.25 The North East Ambulance Service provide emergency ambulances staffed with Paramedics and Emergency Care Assistants, responding to a wide variety of serious or life-threatening calls. Working alongside ambulance crews, a Rapid Responders Team also provide paramedic response to commence emergency treatment before the ambulance arrives on scene. 5.26 In some serious emergencies, you could also be treated by a medical team from the . The medical team on the helicopter includes an acute Consultant (for example, Anesthetists, Emergency Department Consultant) and a Paramedic who are skilled in treating patients who have serious traumatic injuries. Urgent Situations 5.27 At present transport is provided for doctors to visit patients at home and for patients who are unable to travel to the GP Practice or Urgent Care Service on their own. Non Urgent Situations 5.28 Non urgent transport is currently provided by the North East Ambulance Service’s Patient Transport Service. This planned service takes members of the public to and from their homes to outpatients' appointments, dialysis, chemotherapy, clinics, physiotherapy or non-urgent transfers between different hospitals. 5.29 This service covers Teeside, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Northumberland as well as County Durham and Darlington and undertakes over a million journeys every year. Crews are trained as ambulance care assistants with specialist knowledge of comprehensive first aid, driving skills and patient moving and handling techniques. Some GP Practices organise their own non urgent patient transport directly outwith this service. 5.2 Emergency and Urgent Care Transport Type of Service What is it for? of need How is it accessed? Hours of Operation Coverage 999 Emergency Ambulance Great North Air Ambulance conditions Emergency Telephone 24/7, 365 days of the year Regional Urgent Care Transport Minor illness or injury Urgent By professionals who need to arrange urgent transport for their patients 24/7, 365 days of the year County Durham and Darlington Patient Transport Service Minor illness or injury Routine appointments Hospital Discharge Non urgent By professionals who need to arrange urgent transport for their patients 24/7, 365 days of the year Regional
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