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The National Ambulance Service College (NASC) (Irish: Coláiste Náisiúnta an tSeirbhís Otharchairr) was first established in 1986 as the National Ambulance Training School and is based at the organisation's new HQ named the Rivers Building in Tallaght, which also houses the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC). 999/112 emergency calls are processed here also, as well as a second base ...
Chief ambulance officer (CAO) is a senior manager in some ambulance services. In the United Kingdom, it is the traditional title held by the chief of an NHS ambulance service or a private ambulance service. [1] In Ireland's HSE National Ambulance Service, it refers to one of several senior management roles.
They also operate the SMUR (Service mobile d’urgence et réanimation – Mobile Emergency and Resuscitation Service), which refers to the ambulances and response vehicles that provide advanced medical care. [1] Other ambulances and response vehicles are provided by the fire services and private ambulance services.
Six points on the Star of Life. The six branches of the star represent the six main tasks executed by rescuers all through the emergency chain: [19] Detection: The first rescuers on the scene, usually untrained civilians or those involved in the incident, observe the scene, understand the problem, identify the dangers to themselves and the others, and take appropriate measures to ensure their ...
Emergency medical personnel (green uniforms) and Ambulance care assistants (Blue uniforms) help to load a patient into an air ambulance at Dunoon Stadium. Air ambulance staff are in red flight suits. Emergency medical personnel in the United Kingdom are people engaged in the provision of emergency medical services.
A Volvo pump truck from South Australian Fire with red-and-yellow Battenburg markings. Battenburg markings or Battenberg markings [a] are a pattern of high-visibility markings developed in the United Kingdom in the 1990s and currently seen on many types of emergency service vehicles in the UK, Crown dependencies, British Overseas Territories and several other European countries including the ...
Standards for ambulance design have existed in the United States since 1976, where the standard is known as KKK-1822-A. [3] This standard has been revised several times, and is currently in version 'F', known as KKK-1822-F. As with the European system, only the most current version of the standard should be used.
This is a List of United Kingdom uniformed services which includes all uniformed public, emergency, armed and charity services in the United Kingdom and overseas territories.