Stephen Bedford

1. 1. assessment of ECA and EMT compliance with BLS and ILS standards

   “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. 2. mandating ALS-trained staff for ACS transfers

   “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. 3. lack of awareness of training scope at referral

   “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. 4. mandating ALS staff for post-PPCI transfers

   “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 PPCI).as stipulated in that protocol”

5. 5. lack of familiarity with EoE PPCI protocol

   “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. 6. lack of ECG training and ILS course attendance

   “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”

No published response was found on judiciary.uk.