Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Service
Saving LIVES Across Lincolnshire............
Partners
LIVES works in partnership with the Trent Strategic Health Authority, East Midlands Ambulance Service, Lincolnshire Police and Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service. We also have a service level agreement with Lincolnshire South West, East Lincolnshire and West Lincolnshire Primary Care Trusts to provide a First Responder service in Lincolnshire.
East Midlands Ambulance Service
East Midlands Ambulance Service is responsible for calling and mobilising LIVES Volunteers. When a 999 call is made, an ambulance is mobilised and, if the call fits the criteria for a LIVES response, a member in that area will be mobilised. Ambulance Control monitor our response times and provide monthly callout figures, which allows LIVES to monitor the service it provides. To see an example of the statistics we compile please see the Community Work section of the website.
A Training Officer is on secondment to LIVES
for the provision of training necessary to become a First Responder and
also to ensure training is kept updated.
Police and Fire Services
LIVES works with the Police and Fire and Rescue at the scene of vehicle collisions or other accidents. The Police need to have regular assessment of the severity of injuries in order to gauge the degree of accident investigation required. They also provide rapid escort to hospital for critically injured patients.
LIVES has been actively involved with the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership in an effort to reduce Road Traffic deaths and serious injuries.
LIVES Doctors and Paramedics work closely with the Fire Service in
accidents involving entrapment, where speed of release has to be
balanced against risk of further injury to the casualty. Some of the
retained Fire Stations around Lincolnshire have become involved in the
First Responder groups, with the firemen becoming trained and equipped
to provide basic life support and defibrillation in the same way as the
Community First Responders.
Lincolnshire Ambucopter
Very often at the scenes of bad road accidents, patients have to be taken to hospital very quickly. Our Medics often request use of the Ambucopter via Ambulance Control.
British Heart Foundation
LIVES has received funding from the British Heart Foundation for the purchase of many Defibrillators (Units used to shock the heart into a normal rhythm). LIVES continues to work with the British Heart Foundation, providing vital statistics on early defibrillation for Heart Attack victims.
Cardiac Science
Cardiac Science is a leading provider of
Defibrillators in the United Kingdom. The LIVES Clinical Governance
Committee works very closely with Cardiac Science in order to make sure
that we continue providing an effective treatment for patients in
Cardiac Arrest.
Useful
Links
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LIVES is a Company Limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales. Company Number 4680981.
