Chesterfield Community First Responders (CFRs) are East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust trained individuals, from all walks of life, who volunteer their time for free. They attend 999/111 emergency calls in and around the Chesterfield area.
Community First Responders can provide assessment and treatment for the patient before the arrival of an ambulance. Depending on their level of qualification, they can attend both paediatric as well as adult emergencies and give pain relieving gas/air or other prescription only medication,
Community first responders are there to provide assistance to those with a medical emergency, and most importantly to start and maintain the chain of survival in cardiac arrest patients until a fully equipped ambulance arrives. All CFRs carry automatic external defibrillators, resuscitators and oxygen.
Who are the Chesterfield Community First Responders?
We are a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Charity No. 1214189) set up specifically to serve residents of Chesterfield and nearby areas.
As a charity, we rely on donations from the public to allow us to continue doing what we do. This is because CFR schemes and volunteers have to fund their own medical equipment, kit bags, defibrillators and even uniform. The only thing provided by the NHS is consumable items such as single use resuscitation devices and oxygen supply. On average, it costs the charity around £2000-£2,500 to fully kit one of our CFRs to be fully prepared to respond to 999/111 calls. Aside from kit costs, we have to pay for storage to house all of our training equipment and, at some point, we would like to raise enough money to put another pool car out on the road, allowing us to respond to more calls.
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