“Whether the Trust's Emergency Care Assistants (ECA) and Emergency Medical Technicians…”
Dated 9 Apr 2014, from the coroner for Cambridgeshire (South and West). Sent to 1 organisation or person.
A coroner wrote this report after an inquest, to warn the organisations below about a risk of further deaths.
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Deadline passedReplies were due by 4 Jun 2014. A reply may have been sent and not yet published.
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- Report dated9 Apr 2014
- Deadline4 Jun 2014
- Published on judiciary.uk9 Apr 2014
- Today23 Oct 2026
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| Sent to | Response |
|---|---|
| East of England Ambulance Service NHS TrustNamed in the report as “East of England Ambulance NHS Trust” | Deadline passedNo response published on judiciary.uk so far. The 56-day deadline was 4 Jun 2014. A reply may have been sent and not yet published. |
The coroner’s concerns
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— (1) Whether the Trust's Emergency Care Assistants (ECA) and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) are assessed at intervals to ensure compliance with Basic Life Support(BLS) and Immediate Life Support (ILS) standards and scope of practice. (2)Whether the Trust's paramedics or otherwise only those with Advanced Life Support (ALS) training should be mandated to attend all Code Red ambulance transfers of patients diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome(ACS) (3)Whether at the point of community referral (patient's home, GP surgery or elsewhere) the referring individual or team are made aware by the ambulance crew of the scope of their training(i.e. BLS, ILS or ALS) to ensure an informed and optimal decision to transfer is taken. 4.Whether the Trusts paramedics, or only those with current ALS training should be mandated to attend all transfers post-activation of the Trusts Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention protocol ( EoE PPCl).as stipulated in that protocol. 5. Whether the Trust’s ECA and EMT crews should be made familiar with and instructed to adhere to the EoE PPCI protocol following any PPCI referral from the community or hospital and whether practical guidance in support of the protocol should be given on the lines suggested in the appendix attached. 6. Whether ECA’s and EMT’s should be provided with additional training and instruction on the full operation and interpretation of ECG machines and whether they should attend the Trust’s ILS Courses. 7. Whether contact with and continuing dialogue with relatives should the subject of specific guidance once next of kin details have been established,
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- judiciary.uk, Prevention of Future Deaths reports, 2014-0159
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