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Discussion paper: Benefits of a Health
Emergency Response Plan for Parish council area
Siobhan Chadwick-Armstrong
Background
High Risk Area for health emergencies
Increasing numbers of parish councils have been asked by County Councils to prepare a plan to assist with their emergency resilience plans
Model for good practice
In times of economic pressure on NHS commissioned services it is important that the Byrness and Rochester localities are not overlooked
Co-ordinates skills and resources within the community and ensures equality of access
Can form first step to a more comprehensive emergency plan
EXAMPLES FACTORS INCREASING RISK Proximity to A68
Single carriage way major route to Scotland ??Numbers of RTAs
Number of households with solid fuel heating Burns
Wounds from axes/saws
Isolated paths/ Tree fall/on Pennine Way therefore through-flow of walkers Slips, trips and falls
Inclement Weather Hypothermia
Slips trips and falls
Isolation from services
Emergency Response Time Loss of life/loss of limb
Partners?Northumberland County
CouncilNorthumberland Clinical
Commissioning Group
Public Health EnglandNHS EnglandNorthumbria
Police
GP services
North East Ambulance
Northumbria Healthcare
Northumberland Emergency
Resilience Group
British Heart Foundation
Voluntary Sector organisations
Local Businesses
Mountain Rescue
BENEFITS OF A PLAN Potential to reduce impact of injury/save lives
Training and development for citizens
Parish is proactive not reactive Could be model for other rural areas (may attract some pump priming)
Puts the parish on the map as leaders
Enhances relationships with County, NHS commissioners and providers
List of resources available within parish available to all instantly People skills
Equipment
Contact details
Personnel immediately available
Tiers of healthcare
999 (loss of life, loss of limb)
Urgent medical assistance required (fractures, wounds,
eye injury, etc)
Specialist non-urgent treatment (Cancer, heart disease, etc)
Primary Care. GP support and referral service
Home care. Colds, bumps and bruises, childhood illnesses etc
Health promotion Wider determinants of health, such as health education, community support, housing,
education etc
EXAMPLES OF INITIATIVES
Defibrillator placement
First Responders
First Aid training
First Aider register
Telephone tree
Social Media page
WHY HAVE A DEFIBRILLATOR
Following a Cardiac Arrest the chance of survival decreases by 23% per minute.. The UK Resuscitation Council suggests an AED should be available wherever medical treatment is more than 5 minutes away. (British Heart Foundation)
DEFIBRILLATOR SUPPLY AND TRAIN PACKAGES https://
www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/nation-of-lifesavers/using-defibrillators/applying-for-a-public-access-defibrillator
Nation of Lifesavers Community Package
The Community Package provides a Call Push Rescue Training Kit, containing enough equipment to train 10 people at a time. Anyone can watch and learn how to do CPR in under 30 minutes. All you need is the means to watch the educational film either on a DVD or online and some space to practise.
The Community Package also provides a PAD. This piece of kit delivers a high energy electric shock to restore the heart’s normal rhythm. They're safe and can be used by anyone without any training, this is the next link in the chain of survival after CPR.
Who we fund
Part-funding is available to community organisations such as sports clubs, village halls and community centres. We require a donation of £400 towards the cost of the PAD in each community package.
Please don't begin to fundraise until your application has been approved as applications are sometimes declined. If you're an individual who would like to apply for a community package in your area, please call 0300 330 3322*.
We also provide defibrillator only part-funding for community first responders; volunteers who provide support to 999 calls in their area.
FIRST RESPONDERS
https://www.neas.nhs.uk/get-involved/volunteering-opportunities/community-first-responders.aspx
A First Responder is a volunteer who has been recruited and trained to act on behalf of the North East Ambulance Service, responding to emergency calls when dispatched by ambulance control. They will deal with a specific list of emergencies and provide the patient with support and appropriate treatment until an ambulance arrives.
They exist in towns and villages where it may be a challenge for the emergency ambulance to arrive within the crucial first few minutes
FIRST AID TRAININGCall to set up first-aid group in north Cumbrian villages
By Thom Kennedy Last updated at 16:45, Friday, 10 September 2010
A community group hopes to be able to help save lives in emergencies in two villages near Wigton by setting up a group of First Responders. The teams, of local people trained in first aid, would be introduced in Rosley and Westward under plans by the Northern Fells Group. The team would be a group of trained first-aiders who would be able to get to emergencies in the village quickly while waiting for ambulances to come through from larger towns and cities elsewhere in the county.
Northern Fells Group organiser Anne Burgess said:“I went to a parish council meeting a few weeks ago and the lack of a first responders unit was something that was brought up.
“I contacted the ambulance service and they came to see me and told me what I needed to do, but we need to get some volunteers to come forward then begin training.
“We need a minimum of about three people to come forward to be trained as volunteers, and you don’t need to be on call all the time.
FIRST AID TRAINING cont
Opportunity for children and young people to learn new skills?
NEXT STEPS
Scope existing resourcesApproach partners
Risk Assessment
Implement plan
Evaluate planReview
Add in further stages if required
Design PlanDesign outcome measures
REFERENCES
Colquhoun, Michael C., Chamberlain, D. A., Newcombe, Robert Gordon, Harris, R., Harris, S., Peel, K., Davies, C. S. and Boyle, R. 2008. A national scheme for public access defibrillation in England and Wales: Early results. Resuscitation 78 (3) , pp. 275-280. 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.03.226
http://resus.org.uk/pages/aed.pdf