University of Nottingham students, volunteering to work with East Midlands Ambulance Service,
Responding to 999 calls in the East Midlands
About our Scheme
Our Co-Responders are trained to respond to emergency calls within the East Midlands. We respond to a range of calls including but not limited to cardiac arrest, chest pains, respiratory distress and traumatic injuries.
We volunteer to support East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) with 999 Calls and have built strong relationships with local Ambulance Crews to ensure good patient care and strong joint working.
ABOUT US
We are a group of approximately 60 trained volunteers (all students of the University of Nottingham) who act as an additional resource to the East Midlands Ambulance Service. Using two cars and specialist equipment, we provide emergency care to patients suffering from a variety of serious and life-threatening illnesses and injuries. We can be tasked to 999 calls anywhere within the East Midlands but the vast majority of our responses are within a few miles of the Medical School at the QMC, Nottingham. We aim to give our volunteers a chance to have a real impact on the lives of people within our community.
We have been allocated to over 11,000 incidents since our inception in 2014 - At over 70% of these our responders have arrived before the ambulance enabling them to provide the patient with the vital emergency care they needed, quicker than it would otherwise have come. The 999 calls we attend are extremely varied but have included:
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Cardiac Arrests
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Medical Emergencies (seizures, diabetic emergencies, etc)
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Chest Pain/Cardiac Complaints
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Unconscious Patients
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Breathing Difficulties
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Traumatic Injuries and Falls
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Other incidents such as Strokes, Sepsis, Overdoses, Hangings and House Fires.
CAN YOU HELP US?
All of our responders are volunteers and full-time students at the University of Nottingham, most of us studying healthcare degrees mainly Medicine which is a significant, time-consuming commitment. We love being able to volunteer and provide the highest quality patient care we can. However, in the process of doing this our scheme incurs costs and we cannot operate without fundraising to cover our operational expenses. Without fundraising and generosity from the public, we would be unable to spend our time volunteering on the front line of healthcare to the most vulnerable members of our community!
Our scheme is completely financially independent from the Ambulance Service and in order to run the scheme on a day to day basis, we rely on funding from corporate and individual donors. Without the kind donations we have received thus far we simply would be unable to operate.
Therefore, whilst we continue to work hard to fundraise and volunteer to those who need us most, we would be incredibly grateful if you could donate to support our scheme! We will continue to think of new and inventive ways of fundraising such as our Respondathon, but if you wish to support us, please follow our Just Giving link! If you are a business owner, or wish to discuss commercial sponsorship please reach out via our contact form below!
Thank you in advance - you are the reason we can respond to our patients!
CONTACT US
We are always looking for opportunities to improve or celebrate our success, so if you have any feedback about our scheme or our responders please get in touch via the contact form below! If you would like to discuss anything further about our scheme, we would be happy to discuss! For anything else, please keep an eye on our social media channels as they are regularly updated!
University of Nottingham Responders,
Student Volunteering Centre
Portland Building
University Park Campus
University of Nottingham
Nottingham
NG7 2RD