New ambulance equipment could save lives across North East
Heart attack victims in our region will have an even higher chance of survival thanks to new ambulance equipment.
Heart attack victims in our region will have an even higher chance of survival thanks to new ambulance equipment.
The North East Ambulance Service is spending £1m on new defribillators for their 142 vehicles.
Last year crews attended around 3,000 patients who required life-saving CPR.
North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is investing in patient care over the next 5 years
Last year the service’s emergency care crews treated and discharged 85,000 patients at home.
Patients who have suffered a cardiac arrest or a heart attack will benefit most from the investment.
The new defibrillators will give staff instantaneous feedback on the quality of their Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation.
Consultant paramedic at NEAS, Paul Aitken-Fell, told us;
“Other parts of the world have better rates of survival for patients with a system wide approach to cardiac arrest. Advancements in defibrillator technology mean that this investment will improve the outcomes for patients and enable us to also monitor our CPR effectiveness at the scene of an incident.”
The Trust is also investing in new electronic patient care record technology, which will connect to the defibrillator and generate a complete care record of emergency care given to the receiving hospital.