Paramedics 'watching people die' as A&E handover cannot be done quick enough

How a Group of EMTs Made a Speedy Escape From a Boss-Friendly Union

For years, workers at Citywide Mobile Response, a Bronx-based ambulance service, griped about what they described as their absentee union. Whenever medical equipment and safe trucks were in low supply, they said, their complaints to management fell on deaf ears — and their union was nowhere to be found. The frustrations led to a campaign to kick out their union, Local 741 of the Specialty Trades Union, and join a new one — but they had to move q…

Paramedics 'watching people die' as A&E handover cannot be done quick enough

A recent survey of almost 600 ambulance staff across the nation, including Scotland, painted a “grim picture” of patient waiting hours in the back of ambulances.

YFD strives to reduce emergency response times

After obtaining and adhering to a Certificate of Necessity from the Arizona Department of Health Services since 2013, the Yuma Fire Department was notified in early January that overall ambulance response times did not meet the CON requirements.

One in 20 ambulance workers say people have died in their care due to NHS delays

The findings emerged after a survey of almost 600 ambulance workers was carried out (Picture by David Cliff/NurPhoto via Getty Images) One in 20 ambulance workers have watched patients they are caring for die because NHS delays meant they cannot hand them over to hospitals quickly enough, according to new research. Union Unison made the shocking discovery when it surveyed almost 600 ambulance staff across the UK. In a report published ahead of U…

Paramedics 'watching people die' as ambulances cannot hand them over to A&E wards quick enough

A survey of ambulance staff across the UK revealed a "grim picture" of patients waiting hours in the back of ambulances.

Patients not receiving ‘timely care’ in hospital, ambulance workers say

Unison said a survey of almost 600 ambulance staff across the UK painted a ‘grim picture’.