Bransgore Community First Responders
Registered Charity No: 1049778-1Bransgore, in the New Forest, Hampshire, England
Bransgore Community First Responders are local unpaid volunteers trained and despatched by the ambulance service to attend serious medical emergencies, where life is at risk. We attend calls in the local area, usually within an 8/10 minute drive from the village centre. (But we have been known to go much further when requested by the ambulance service). That's an area of about 20-25 square miles. We have been fortunate in having had a sponsored response car thanks to the support of Gates of Brockenhurst-Peugeot dealer for the New Forest- (See News-April 2007) for the past couple of years, but now, with support from our local community and businesses, and the continued support of Gates of Brockenhurst we have been able to purchase and re-livery our own car. When the response car is not available, or if more than one Responder is on call we use our own cars, no blue lights, no sirens. Being local we can still be "on scene" very quickly, and provide basic life support care in the time before the arrival of the trained ambulance service professionals.
What we doWe provide basic life support care until the arrival of the ambulance. We carry oxygen and a defibrillator as well as other medical equipment. We can be with a patient very quickly - providing emergency care in the critical time before the ambulance arrives.
