SEAHOUSES AMBULANCE FIRST
RESPONDER GROUP
www.seahousesfirstresponders.org.uk
SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 2003
TRAINED AND CO-ORDINATED BY THE
NORTH EAST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST
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04/12/2011
Seahouses Ambulance First Responders receive Cheque Donation and answer their 1000th emergency call !

























The photo shows (L to R) Seahouses Responders Ian Clayton, Keith Slater and Martin Spruce, with Sandra Phillips (in Pink) presenting her cheque for £531.50, supported by 6 yr old daughter and little helper Jade, who also agreed that Mum had done a fantastic job.

Local girl Sandra Phillips of Seahouses has once again run in the Great North Run to raise money for local Seahouses charities. This year her total raised in sponsorship exceeded £1000, which was a brilliant effort. The money was split equally between the Seahouses Cancer Support Group, and the Seahouses Ambulance First Responder Group. The donation has also coincided with the Responder Group answering its 1000th emergency call, since it went live in February 2003.

Group Co-ordinator Ian Clayton said, " This was a superb donation, which occurred as we had our 1000th call, so it was quite a milestone, and Sandra's cheque helps ensure the future of the  Scheme. We are delighted and humbled by the support we receive from Sandra and others in our community, who obviously appreciate what we do. We enjoy working with the ambulance crews, and we all have a great respect for their professionalism. However in the rural setting, those crews can be thinly spread, which is where our role can make a difference."

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Pauline Adams M.B.E.

It is with deep regret that we announce the death on Thursday 5th May 2011, of one of our founder members, Pauline Adams, awarded the MBE for her services to the Responders. A Cremation Service was held at Newcastle West Road Crematorium at 11am on Monday 16th May 2011, followed by a Memorial Service at 2pm the same day, at  Seahouses Methodist Chapel.


Pauline Adams was an extremely well loved and respected friend and colleague to everyone who worked with in her role as a Community First Responder in Seahouses. She gave over six years service to NEAS but had to retire due to ill health in late 2009. Pauline Adams joined the Seahouses First Responder Group in September 2003 and was a valuable member of the First Responder Team. She was involved in a number of successful resuscitations whilst working on behalf of NEAS. Pauline retired from the scheme in 2009 due to ill health which was a great disappointment to Pauline as she loved being a first Responder and over the time had helped a significant number of people. Pauline lived in Seahouses for 29 years and spent 46 years working for the civil service. Then in 2009 Pauline was awarded an MBE for her volunteer work within the community, something which Pauline was extremely honoured about whilst being humbled. Ian Clayton, Seahouses First Responder Co-ordinator said: In her time as a First Responder Pauline answered 109 calls, including two successful resuscitations, and many incidents where her training and skills gave valuable support and care to her patients, prior to the A & E crews' arrival. She was widely respected in the community as a First Responder, and received the MBE in recognition for her devotion to the Responder scheme. She was a strong character, always with a positive outlook, and it was a privilege to have known her. She will be sadly missed by all who knew and worked with her." Lynsey McCabe, Community First Responder Coordinator (NEAS) said, “Pauline will be sadly missed by all who knew her. Our thoughts are of course with her family and friends at this sad time.”

A note of appreciation
For most of the calls we attend, we very rarely get any feedback. The patient is treated as appropriate, and handed over to the ambulance crew on their arrival. The crew are assisted if necessary, and the patient is assessed by them, stabilised and transported to hospital. We never usually hear any outcome. Sometimes a relative may contact one of us, to thank us for our help, which is usually reward enough. But occasionally, we receive a message such as this from Ambulance Control, which is most welcome and appreciated,
“I have been asked to pass on a thank you from the Belford crew to a Seahouses FR called Martin.  He was the first on scene at a cardiac arrest in a public place in Seahouses.  The crew said that he was a fantastic help and did an excellent job whilst waiting for the crew to arrive.”