Welcome to the Westbury First Responders website
First Responder Schemes provide volunteers who are trained to attend emergency calls, providing life saving treatment to those people within the local community who are critically injured or ill in the first few minutes prior to the arrival of an emergency ambulance.
EQUIPMENT
Our responders carry a full responder kit including:
• First Responder Bag containing an oxygen cylinder, assorted oxygen masks, full range of airways, suction gun with disposable canister, dressings, blanket, bags for clinical waste and gloves/disposable eye/face shield.
• A fully Automated External Defibrillator, with spare pads.
• Mobile telephone/pager
Protective clothing in the form of a high visibility waistcoat/jacket plus ID card for presentation upon arrival at an incident
CALL OUTS
When the ambulance service receives a 999 call from someone living in the Westbury,Dilton Marsh,Eddington,Bratton and North Bradley area, which indicates a situation that is considered immediately life threatening, the duty Ambulance First Responder will be contacted via a pager. The 999 caller will be told that a First Responder is on the way and that they will be backed up by an ambulance. The nearest Ambulance stations are Warminster and Trowbridge.
It is anticipated that the Responder will arrive at all incidents within 6 minutes traveling time wherever possible. The average time it takes for a Responder to arrive on scene is just 2.5 Mins
On arrival, the First Responder will have all the training and equipment necessary to manage the patient in those first few critical minutes before the ambulance arrives. In many cases, the Ambulance First Responder may not actually be required to do anything other than reassure the patient and make sure that the ambulance is able to find the location. However, we know that the Ambulance First Responder could save a life, for example, as a result of a simple airway open manoeuvre, defibrillation or treating choking. Our defib kit has now been used 6 times !
First Responders will always be backed up by an ambulance
Justin & Tim training
The Responder kit
