Lichfield Trent Valley Community First Responders

22/03/2025

08/02/2025

04/02/2025

Applications for our Community Defibrillator Funding Programme are closing soon.

We are encouraging applications from eligible groups across the UK. Discover if you are eligible and apply for a free defibrillator before 28 February to give your community a stronger chance of surviving a cardiac arrest. Visit our website here: https://bit.ly/3TYmyDb.

03/02/2025

31/01/2025

We don't do it for the thanks, but it's extra special when we do receive them and learn our little patient is home safe and well, great care provided by the Officialwmas crew. Alveley Community First Responders supporting our

Dad's kind comment posted on our Alveley village public Facebook group.

31/01/2025

The first cohort of Community First Responders for 2025 have completed their initial training at the Academy in Sandwell, officially becoming part of ! 🎉👏

The 17 new CFRs will now go on to join one of 75 schemes across the region. 💚

See yourself as a Community First Responder? Applications for CFRs across the region close at midnight tonight! Apply now ➡️ https://ow.ly/irBf50UQ8j2

31/01/2025

Say hello to our latest Associate Ambulance Practitioners (AAPs) who have finished the initial student paramedic classroom training & are now revving up for a 4 week emergency driving course! 🚑🚑🚑💨

Education & Training Officer Gemma said: "They are a brilliant group and have been an absolute pleasure to teach!"🌟

Good luck on the next phase of training everyone!

27/01/2025

Do you know what a Vehicle Preparations Operative (VPO) is? 🚑

Our VPOs make our vehicles ready to go out and treat patients!

Without them, the ambulances wouldn't be cleaned 🧽🫧, stocked 💊💉🩹 and ready to go for the next busy shift.

22/01/2025

Wondering how Community First Responders receive their training? 🚑

All training for Community First Responders will be provided by West Midlands Ambulance Service at their ambulance hub in Sandwell.

📚 During your training, you'll acquire vital skills such as patient history taking, recording observations like vital signs, and managing a range of medical conditions while awaiting the arrival of an ambulance.

You'll be expertly prepared to handle emergencies, from seizures and choking to the critical response needed for cardiac arrest situations.

Join us in becoming a vital link in the emergency response chain and make a real difference in your community.

Find out how to apply here: https://www.tinyurl.com/bddp32mf

18/01/2025

If someone went into cardiac arrest, would you know what to do?

Stay calm 💚:

❤️‍🩹 Call 9️⃣9️⃣9️⃣ and start CPR
❤️‍🩹 Follow the call assessor’s instructions
❤️‍🩹If a defibrillator is nearby, the call assessor can instruct someone to get it
❤️‍🩹 Keep CPR going until emergency services arrive