St John Ambulance
From SR
Role
St John Ambulance is a modern, vigorous health care organisation with members in over 40 countries worldwide,
Services
- First aid at events - they provide ambulance, first aid and medical services, tailored to the requirements of each individual event. They can provide a whole range of resources including:
- Qualified first aiders
- Emergency ambulances and crew
- Emergency vehicles
- Registered nurses, paramedics and doctors
- Mobile command and control facilitie
- Mobile treatment centres/field hospitals
- Cycle response teams
- Emergency response
- Training courses
- Neighbourhood first responder - attend emergency calls received by the ambulance service and provide care until the ambulance arrives. Volunteers can arrive at an emergency scene in a matter of minutes, as they are sent to calls in their local area.
- Transport services - They have contracts with many NHS trusts across the UK and also with a number of private sector institutions. Transferring patients to a wide range of non-emergency medical appointments such as:
- admissions to and discharge from hospitals
- clinics
- nursing homes
- other medical facilities.
- Youth Programmes:
- Badgers
- Youth leader
- The Cadet programme
- Duke of Edinburgh's Award
