Scout First Aid Teams the return

Many of you will remember my earlier mention of Scout First Aid teams in this blog ( here ) a few weeks back.

I received this email in my inbox and I just thought I would share with you what one of the teams has been getting up to lately...

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As you may have noticed there has been heavy snow fall and icy conditions which has lead South East Coast Ambulance Service to declare a “business continuity incident” which is basically a major incident which lasts a long time.

EDSFAT have been providing support by using the land rover ambulance for several shifts which unfortunately developed a mechanical fault which is being fixed by secamb and will be back on the road tomorrow, extra thanks to Mick and Brian for their hard work sourcing and delivering the parts.

The ambulance service have expressed their thanks and have said there will be “a proper thank you at the end of the incident” I have some details and I will keep you updated as to this.

As well as this our members have been helping the service cope with day to day running, a huge thanks to Barry for driving ambulance staff to work who were stranded at home and for getting staff home so they could be properly rested for the next day which I’m sure will be just as challenging! Barry has also been delivering vital meals on wheels to elderly residents, some of these this is their only contact with the outside world and their only food source.

Thanks to Steve for coming to our aid when the Ambulance broke down and for taking us into work tomorrow so we can continue to support the public.

Thank you to Roger who came to work for a whole 12 hours with me just in case we needed an extra EDSFAT driver. As it was we managed on a normal ambulance but the assistance with patient handling in some fairly dicey conditions was really appreciated by myself and Tony.

We have all promised to help other people as scouts and EDSFAT have really stepped up to the mark this week.

I would like to say how proud I am to be a member of this team. Not only have we become a slick, professional first aid and medical event cover team we can also step up and help the public when they need us. Thanks for everyone’s hard work, the ambulance service are still asking for support and myself and Ed will liaise between the service, the team and the district as and when they need extra support.

Well done EDSFAT pat on the back and I look forward to a true celebration when we can finally hold our social event!

Matt Jones