Community First Responder Equipment

1 x oxygen cylinder and various types of oxygen masks for adults and children.

Community first responder equipment.

Through the gary sinise foundation s first responders outreach we provide help to critical funding for emergency relief training and essential equipment to ensure these heroes perform to the best of their abilities. Suction device to assist with resuscitation car. The aed can then deliver an electric shock which may wipe out any chaotic electrical activity. Aed superstore s first responder first aid kits and specialized first responder equipment ensure complete preparedness for any emergency.

1 x standard responder bag kitted. They re called first responders a term that s evolved in the media especially since 9 11 to mean all emergency responders but officially just refers to the medical folks who beat the ambulance to the scene the most common first responders are firefighters but there are other. One complete standard responder kit costs approximately 2 000 and each responder ideally needs to have their own. Artificial airway devices either an oropharyngeal or a nasopharyngeal airway conduit may be used to prevent an airway from being obstructed once you have established a patent airway.

This is in no way intended to be an exhaustive or compulsory list of first aid equipment. A community first responder carries an aed automated external defibrillator see below and a first response bag containing an oxygen cylinder and other first aid equipment to enable them to respond to a variety of medical emergencies. A community first responder cfr is a person available to be dispatched by an ambulance control centre to attend medical emergencies in their local area. We also now carry entonox to enable us to provide pain relief to patients.

Become a community first responder if you want to be able to help us in emergency situations then become a volunteer community first responder. You will be trained by scas to be able calmly and professionally to deal with medical emergencies providing sometimes life saving first aid to a patient in the crucial minutes before an ambulance arrives. The kit comprises of the following equipment 1 x semi automatic external defibrillator and spare pads. Automatic external defibrillator aed to provide life saving treatment in certain heart conditions.

Yorkshire ambulance service community first responders cfr carry the following equipment. When you are first on scene lives depend on you. Emt ems and first responder personnel require specific medical and emergency supplies. An aed is a device that analyses a collapsed patient s heart rhythm and determines whether or not the patient is in a shockable rhythm.

An ambulance is necessary to transport the patient but other medical responders can perform the first step.