What is a Community First Responder?

Community First Responders are a group of volunteers, that are trained by the ambulance service to respond to medical and trauma emergencies within their community, whilst the ambulance is on route. 

The training our volunteers receive is to a Level 3 national standard:

• Basic Life Support

• Automatic External Defibrillator

• Diagnostic monitoring

• Oxygen therapy

• Hemorrhage control 

• Basic wound care

The original reason community first responders were created, was to assist with the ambulance service response to cardiac arrest patients. This has now developed into a concise medical and traumatic trained response role. 

The CFR team are responded within a 5 mile radius of wherever they are on call, this allows a rapid response to patients, event without the use of blue lights. The local knowledge and awareness of the road network, allows our team to navigate to patients efficiently.