Today we responded to reports of a person in the water 'Drowning'
On our arrival the patient had been rescued to the Bankside by canoeing Scouts
We would like to thank you for your your swift and brave actions as undoubtedly you saved the patients life.
@scouts
@UKScouting
HART attended a house fire in South London over the weekend. While HART dealt with the occupants, crews from
@LondonFire
found this guy who was in respiratory arrest. 30 minutes of perseverance and team work and he’ll go on to woof another day🐶
#Oneteam
#Team999
#UKHART
#NARU
It’s Gemma’s last week on HART before she starts her new role as a safeguarding lead, but not before she showed us all how it’s done with this
#LadderChallenge
using our twin pack extended duration breathing apparatus.
Set removal is something we train for in order to self rescue
Today we welcomed our newest member of HART to the team. Originally from Melbourne🇦🇺he brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience from his previous career as a paramedic. Welcome to the team👍
#UKHART
#NARU
#Ambulance
#Paramedics
#NHS
#Team999
Tonight we have assisted
@Hatzola
dealing with multiple patients.
Hatzola is a volunteer ambulance service in the community.
We have a long-standing, mutually respectful working relationship, and together we help to save lives.
@Ldn_Ambulance
@LAS_HART
@Hatzola
Normally found at HQ but not afraid of mucking in. Head of Resilience & Strategic Assets Natasha has been rolling up her sleeves and helping staff get vehicles back to availability💪🚑😷
Thanks boss👍
#COVID
ー19
#EPRR
#UKHART
#Paramedic
#NARU
#NHSheroes
It’s really warming up out there🌞😓
Be mindful, if the ground is too hot to walk on barefoot, then it’s going to be too hot for dogs too. Unless you’re equipped like these guys. 😎🐕🐾
#HeatwaveUK
#staycool
#summer
Tonight we have witnessed some amazing life saving work by
@TowerRNLI
@RNLI
who successfully pulled a patient out of the Thames
#London
The patient is now in the hands of
@Ldn_Ambulance
@LAS_HART
Check out what they do and how you can help
(stock vid)
The team were non stop last night dealing with a multitude of jobs including
-House Fire
-Fall from an attic
-Acid Attacks
-Cardiac Arrest with return of circulation after Advanced life support was given
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@Ldn_Ambulance
Tonight we attended a multiple patient RTC in
#Barking
E6
We worked jointly with multiple crews from
@LondonFire
to extricate a patient, requiring use of their specialist cutting equipment
Thanks to
@Ladbrokes
for letting us use the shop to assess patients
#UKHART
#London
#999
Excellent joint working with
@TowerRNLI
and
@LAS_HART
A patient was in cardiac arrest on a boat on the Thames, quick actions of the boat crew used a defibrillator to shock the patient
HART and RNLI extricated onto the life boat, transported to a pier to an awaiting ambulance
We are shocked and saddened to hear one of our
@metpoliceuk
colleagues has been killed in the line of duty today. We send our sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the fallen officer.
RIP💙
Today the training team were keeping up Swift Water Rescue skills. Each HART medic is trained to Defra level 3. Thankfully the water we deploy to is not this rough, but we train for the worst.
#UKHART
#Paramedics
#LookingafterLondon
#Resillience
Stay at home to help save lives and help protect the NHS.
Only go out when absolutely necessary for food, medicine, work or exercise.
#StayHomeSaveLives
Please, slow down. With quieter roads we have witnessed an increase in speeding motorists. In the event of a road traffic collision you will further burden the already stretched
@Ldn_Ambulance
and NHS, as well as other emergency services.
#London
#NHS
#RoadSafety
#COVID2019
Going above and beyond🐝
Not our normal PPE. Our patient fell ill while attending his bees today leaving the hive dismantled and open🐝Step in HART medic Alex who himself keeps bees to sort the issue out while the patient received treatment🐝
#UKHART
#NARU
#Ambulance
#NHS
#Bees
A token of kindness left on the windscreen of one of our vehicles today at
@Tesco
in Bow. We all love a box of chocolates. A big thank you to the kind member of public who left them for us.
@Ldn_Ambulance
A few of our jobs this week 🚑
Seizure on a tower crane
Entrapment RTC
small explosion on the underground
Large fire
Cardiac arrest
Assisting ambulance crews
Gas leak
Acid attacks
White powder incident
Climbing on the roof of houses
#UKHART
#justanotherdayintheoffice
DO
The morning shift starts with important equipment checks. Vehicle / Clinical Kit / PPE / HART Specific Equipment.
(plus the important morning coffee)
Will is on our FRU
(Fast Response Unit)
Success requires preparation.
#UKHART
#alwaysprepared
Have fun in the snow, but please be careful
We were called to a patient with injuries due to a sledding accident
We used our
#Faretec
carrier to transport the patient 250metres across the snowy terrain to an awaiting ambulance
#London
#se5
#BeastfromtheEast
#UKHART
#staysafe
Tonights shift was a busy one, including a house fire and a difficult extrication from a restaurant basement.
#London
We also rescued two adults that had fallen into the Thames Embankment with
@LondonFire
@metpoliceuk
@RNLI
@MPSonthewater
Our
@LAS_HART
and
@LAS_JRU
ready to start the day.
Enjoying a breakfast of
@waitrose
Rice Crispie cakes and flapjacks 🍰
Thankyou.. We are always grateful 👍😋
Tonight our Mobile Response Teams &
@stjohnambulance
will be on foot across busy central London keeping the capital safe as we welcome in 2020
They carry everything found in our response cars, including a defib, oxygen & a life support kit - around 30 kg of gear!
#NewYearsEve
With the light fading and the temperature dropping the training team are involved in an exercise on a collapsed structure. The training officers are on scene to test the team’s clinical knowledge along the way too.
#UKHART
#NARU
#Paramedics
#BeTheBestYouCanBe
@Ldn_Ambulance
The sun shone down as White Team stopped for a minute silence as a mark of respect for
@LAS_HART
Manager Simon Woodmore who's funeral was today. Rest in peace Simon, you've earned your stand down.
Christel moved from Australia 6 years ago and works as a paramedic for
@LAS_HART
.
“I love this role because we bring medical care to patients in difficult environments such as around water, at height, in confined spaces and around hazardous material.”
#WhatParamedicsDo
#IPD2023
Since making this plea last week Ben himself is now ill with Covid19 showing just how indiscriminate this disease is. Please adhere to government advice on staying at home and social distancing to protect NHS staff so we can continue caring for you.
#COVID2019
#StayHomeSaveLives
An eventful weekend for our night shift team - A multitude of jobs with varying degrees of skill and sensitivity required.
Jobs included a gas incident, multiple house fires, high speed RTC'S with patients trapped, several chemical assaults, patients on roofs...
#LONDON
#UKHART