The Pre-Hospital Advanced Care Team are able to provide a variety of medical centres and field hospitals for your events. These will range from small first aid posts through to a fully functioning Emergency Department with a wide range of equipment and grades of staff.

Field Hospital and Emergency Department:

The ED would have a reception for services users to book in, a waiting room and a triage cubicle with a registered staff nurse to prioritise patients.

Our ED will have a dedicated phone to act as an ‘alert’ phone just like you would find within a hospital emergency department. This will allow our crews to phone our department to prepare the resuscitation teams for the patient they will be receiving.

Below is a list of what an Emergency Department can be equipped with. These can be altered depending on the event and budget for medical provision.

Resuscitation bays which contain:

  • X1 Monitor with Invasive and Non invasive blood pressure, oxygen saturation, cardiac monitoring, end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) monitoring, defibrillation, cardio version and pacing.

  • X1 A&E Trolley.

  • X1 resuscitation trolley with airway adjuncts, difficult airway equipment, Intravenous and Intraosseous access, syringe drivers, oxygen, suction, and a wide variety of medications including medications for sedation, cardiac arrests and stability, analgesia and general medical and trauma emergencies.

  • Chest drainage kit, surgical airway equipment and major trauma/bleed equipment, difficult vascular central access, and thoracotomy kit,

    Our resuscitation bays will have bespoke roaming equipment such as:

    Blood Gas Analysis

    Ultrasound

    12 lead ECG monitoring

    Near patient urine drug testing

Majors cubicles with following:

  • Segregated cubicles for patient dignity in line with Care Quality Commission requirements of disposable curtains.

  • Monitoring equipment with blood pressure, oxygen saturation, heart rate, ECG monitoring, temperature and blood glucose and ketones capability.

  • Majors and minors equipment trolley’s including: urinalysis, cannulation, dressings and wound closure etc. (this list is not exhaustive).

  • Syringe drivers and infusion pumps for medication administration.

Minors with following:

  • Roaming ultrasound (optional extra).

  • Plastering facilities.

  • Splints, collar and cuff.

  • Suturing which includes complex suturing (internal, facial).

  • Minors trolley including: variety of dressings, wound care equipment, urinalysis etc. (this list is not exhaustive).

  • Crutches and walking aids.

The Emergency department on request can also be equipped with mobile X-ray, CT and MRI scanners with radiographers.

The ED would be supported with the following staff as an example:

  • Emergency Department Consultant

  • Anaesthetic Specialist/Pre-hospital emergency medicine doctors

  • Advanced Clinical Practitioners in Emergency Care

  • Advanced Life Support Resuscitation Officer

  • Emergency Care Practitioners for majors and minors

  • Emergency Nurse Practitioners in majors and minors

  • Matron

  • Staff nurses in majors and minors

  • Mental Health Nurse

  • Health Care Assistant’s (HCA) in majors and HCA with plastering located in minors

    The field hospital will have dedicated Ambulances with Emergency Response Drivers and clinicians in the event a patient requires transport to further care supported with:

  • Paramedics

  • Ambulance Technicians/ Associate Ambulance Practitioners

  • Blue Light Emergency Care Assistants