Ambulance support in an emergency

• Life saving in conjunction with the other emergency services
• Transport of medical teams to the site
• Providing a Senior Officer at the scene to act as the Ambulance Incident Officer
• Paramedical care of the injured
• Establishing a focal point through an ambulance control point for all medical resources
• Setting up a casualty clearing station
• Providing an on-site communication system for ambulance and medical services
• Managing paramedic/medical resources in conjunction with the Medical Incident Officer
• Prioritising and transporting of casualties to receiving hospitals
• Forwarding to receiving hospitals information relating to toxic or radiation hazards and contamination of casualties

Contact

• Emergency - always dial 999 textphone 18000.

West Middlesex University Hospital

• Telephone: 020 8560 2121
• Website: http://www.west-middlesex-hospital.nhs.uk

Kingston Hospital

• Telephone: 020 8546 7711
• Website: http://www.kingstonhospital.nhs.uk/

Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals

• Tel (Ashford): 01784 884488
• Tel (St Peter's): 01932 872000
• Website: http://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/

Queen Mary's Hospital - Roehampton

• Telephone: 020 8487 6000
• Website: http://www.queenmarysroehampton.nhs.uk/Pages/home.aspx