London Trauma System Launch Event

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London Trauma System Launch Event

• Thursday 10th September
• Church House, Dean' s Yard, Westminster, London
  SW1P 3NZ

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Prehospital Care

• London Ambulance Service
• Emergency Medical Services
• Day time helicopter response (HEMS)
• Night time car service
• BASICS
• MERIT

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HEMS Londons Air Ambulance

• 1988 charitable / public initiative
• Pan London Service
• 30 activity going to Royal London Hospital
• Team
• Clinical team is a senior doctor experienced
  paramedic
• Crewed by staff from all over London
• Wider team pilots, fire crew, data, driving
  manager
• Intensive Care at the Road Side
• Ensures
• Best quickest treatment post injury
• Quickest transfer times to cities major trauma
  centres

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Unparalleled Care

• Attracts other world leaders as service providers
• e.g. Norway, Australia
• Unique levels of patient care

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Unparalleled Care

• Thoracotomy
• Unique levels of clinical scrutiny

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Night Time Response Cars
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Night Time Response Cars

• Available when aircraft is off line
• Night
• Bad weather or maintenance
• Not complete cover
• Periods in night / earlier morning when no
  funding for cover

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BASICS

• Voluntary group of doctors
• Support at times when HEMS not online
• Support for times of surge

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MERIT Response(Medical Emergency Response
Incident Teams)
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MERIT Response(Medical Emergency Response
Incident Teams)

• Dedicated medical support for major incidents
• Described in latest national guidance for major
  incidents
• Currently doesnt exist in London
• An onerous system falling to each hospital
• Supported by a voluntary system.
• Proposal for a commissioned system designed
  around the response on the 7th July 2005 bombings
• Builds on local expertise of the EMS teams
• Uses economies of scale for recruitment,
  training, exercising, equipping etc
• Delivers accurate levels of triage
• Helps deliver the best survival rates for
  critical patient groups

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Thank You