Who we are
Trent District Community First Responders were formed in May 2015 and support East Midlands Ambulance Service by attending 999 medical emergencies in the communities we serve. We currently have approximately 20 trained CFRs with more in training.
We rely completely on charitable donations to fund our life-saving medical equipment and are established as a Registered Charity (No.1165203).
We are volunteer-led with no paid staff or administrative costs. Our focus is on working in partnership with East Midlands Ambulance Service to provide excellent patient care. A small number of the team are elected as Trustees to manage the charitable governance alongside responding.
100% of donations go direct to the running of the charity, our equipment and ultimately to patient care.
What we do
Community First Responders (CFR’s) are trained by the Ambulance Service and dedicate their free time to saving lives in their local community. We operate alongside the Ambulance Service and do not replace an ambulance response, travelling to incidents at normal road speeds.
Our CFR’s are trained and dispatched by East Midlands Ambulance Service. All of our CFRs carry equipment including a defibrillator and oxygen together with equipment to manage an airway or clinically assess a patient and respond to their immediate needs.
Some of our CFRs have further training to administer limited drugs for example in a severe asthma attack and pain management and to deal with traumatic injuries such as falls, burns or cuts.
Our group was formed in response to the need to serve the residents of a large geographical area covering most of Nottingham City and Rushcliffe . However, just like the Ambulance Service, CFR’s go to any patient, anywhere – from one day old to the most senior citizens.
Our role is to save lives and so wherever we are the closest resource we will support the Ambulance Service in answering a call for help. That said, the vast majority of our calls are to incidents in the towns and villages in our area. It is therefore our families, friends, neighbours and colleagues who benefit from the care we provide.
Our CFRs are providing cover in their free time and we try hard to ensure cover across our geographical area and at different times of day and night. As a growing group we an increasing number of CFR’s in locations across the area including Arnold, Bingham, Calverton, Carlton, Cotgrave, Gedling, Keyworth, Radcliffe-on-Trent and West Bridgford.