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
The University of Nottingham Co-Responders (UoNCR) are a group of approximately 60 trained volunteers, all of which are students at the University of Nottingham typically studying Medicine. We serve as an additional resource to East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), operating three response vehicles and specialist equipment, to provide emergency care to patients suffering from a variety of serious and life-threatening illness and injuries. We can be tasked to 999 calls anywhere in the East Midlands, but typically we respond to patients within Nottingham near to Queens Medical Centre. Our aim is to give our volunteers the opportunity to have a real impact on the lives of people within our community.
We have been tasked to over 11,000 incidents since our inception in 2014 and this number continues to increase. In more than 70% of cases, our responders arrive on scene before an ambulance enabling them to provide vital emergency care to patients quicker than it would have otherwise been provided. We attend a wide variety of calls and these include:
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Cardiac and/or Respiratory Arrest
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Seizures
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Unconscious Patients
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Traumatic Injuries including Falls
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Other Medical Incidents e.g. Breathing Difficulties, Strokes, Sepsis, Overdoses
As a team, we train regularly in order to ensure we provide the highest level of patient care possible. This includes monthly CPD sessions both in-house and with support from external partner agencies.
We are always looking for opportunities to further develop our skills and provision, take a look at our news section to see our most recent activity!
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