East Midlands Ambulance Service
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East Midlands Ambulance Service National Health Service
(NHS) Trust (EMAS) provides emergency
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, urgent care and patient transport services for the 4.8 million people within the East Midlands region of the UK - covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire (including North and North East Lincolnshire), Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire.
EMAS accident and emergency crews respond to over 670,000 emergency calls every year, while EMAS Patient Transport Service (PTS) and volunteer ambulance car drivers provide care and transport on over 5,000 journeys to and from routine hospital appointments each day.
, community paramedics, technicians, nurse triage advisors, emergency care practitioners, community first responders and volunteer lifesavers are ready day or night to respond to an emergency.
Patient Transport Services (PTS) are also an extremely important part of the ambulance service. PTS crews transport patients to and from their hospital, day care and outpatient appointments.
EMAS services include:
National Health Service (England)
The National Health Service or NHS is the publicly funded healthcare system in England. It is both the largest and oldest single-payer healthcare system in the world. It is able to function in the way that it does because it is primarily funded through the general taxation system, similar to how...
(NHS) Trust (EMAS) provides emergency
Emergency
An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or environment. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening of the situation, although in some situations, mitigation may not be possible and agencies may only be able to offer palliative...
999
999 (emergency telephone number)
999 is an official emergency telephone number in a number of countries which allows the caller to contact emergency services for urgent assistance....
, urgent care and patient transport services for the 4.8 million people within the East Midlands region of the UK - covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire (including North and North East Lincolnshire), Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire.
EMAS accident and emergency crews respond to over 670,000 emergency calls every year, while EMAS Patient Transport Service (PTS) and volunteer ambulance car drivers provide care and transport on over 5,000 journeys to and from routine hospital appointments each day.
Key facts
- Resident population: 4.8million
- Area covered: 6,425 sq miles
- 999999 (emergency telephone number)999 is an official emergency telephone number in a number of countries which allows the caller to contact emergency services for urgent assistance....
emergency calls responded to each year: Over 670,000 - Patient transport journeys each year: Over 1million
- Total bases in the East Midlands: 76
- Total number of ambulance vehicles: Over 800
- Total staff: Over 3,200
Services
EMAS frontline accident and emergency (A&E) teams of paramedicsParamedic
A paramedic is a healthcare professional that works in emergency medical situations. Paramedics provide advanced levels of care for medical emergencies and trauma. The majority of paramedics are based in the field in ambulances, emergency response vehicles, or in specialist mobile units such as...
, community paramedics, technicians, nurse triage advisors, emergency care practitioners, community first responders and volunteer lifesavers are ready day or night to respond to an emergency.
Patient Transport Services (PTS) are also an extremely important part of the ambulance service. PTS crews transport patients to and from their hospital, day care and outpatient appointments.
EMAS services include:
- Emergency care and transport of patients.
- Paramedic services at incidents and medical emergencies.
- Diagnosis and treatment or referral for minor illnesses and injuries.
- Patient transport for routine hospital appointments.
- Responding to major incidents and emergencies with the specialist Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) and with air ambulance colleagues.
- Medical cover at major sporting, music and social events.