First Responders Group

     Hexham Community First Responders are a group of volunteers who have been trained in Basic Life Support. They are called by the North East Ambulance Service when someone in their vicinity calls 999 for an ambulance.

    This then enables them to provide life saving treatment to those people within the community who are critically ill, in the first few minutes prior to the arrival of an ambulance. The role is not to replace the ambulance service, but to simply attempt to preserve life and promote recovery until the ambulance service arrive.

  Hexham Community First Responders are initially planning to operate 2 schemes, the first centred on the villages of Warden, Fourstones and Newbrough and a second centred on Wall, Humshaugh and Barrasford.

Members of Hexham Community First Responders include:

• Active Community First Responders
• Community First Responders in training
• Volunteers (i.e. members who do not wish to be Active Community First Responders but have the time, energy, skills and motivation to help the group)

For further information about the charity, or to enquire about volunteering, please contact us at

info@hexhamfirstresponders.org.uk

Or visit the web site at www.hexhamfirstresponders.org.uk