Rutland’s volunteer emergency doctors in the front line

Rutland’s two volunteer emergency doctors were both called to duty early on Tuesday morning (25^th November 2008) attending to victims of four virtually concurrent road traffic collisions which occurred within a radius of two miles of each other.

Doctors Tim Gray and Leon Roberts are volunteers with the East Midlands Immediate Care Scheme (EMICS) and attended these incidents as a result of calls from control centre of the East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) between 07.15 hrs. and 08.00 hrs. None of the victims of these incidents are understood to be in a life threatening condition.

The first incident occurred around 7 o’clock when a car was in a collision with a tractor on the on a lane between Great Casterton and the A606 Empingham Road, Dr Leon Roberts was first medic to the scene and handed the patient over to an EMAS crew arriving shortly afterwards. That crew had just attended a second incident on Ryhall Road between Great Casterton and Ryhall involving one of Dr Roberts’ own patients. The soldier was only slightly injured in the accident when his car collided with another car and ended up in a ditch. Dr Roberts later checked the individual over in the medical centre at St George’s Barracks.

The third incident was shortly afterwards in which a car, carrying a pregnant passenger, overturned onto its roof on an icy lane running between the A606 Empingham Road and the village of Tinwell. The female occupant was transferred to Peterborough District Hospital for assessment. Her injuries were thought to be minor.

In the fourth incident a car was in a collision with a tree on road between Empingham and the A1; Dr Tim Gray was first on the scene to assess the casualty. The accident was also attended by the Warwickshire and Coventry Air Ambulance who provided back up after landing in a nearby field. This patient was eventually transferred by road to Peterborough District Hospital with the East Midlands Ambulance Service.

Volunteer emergency doctor attends RTC in Bilsthorpe

A volunteer emergency doctor from East Midlands Immediate Care Scheme (EMICS) was on the scene of a road traffic accident for most of Tuesday afternoon (17^th November) on the A614 at Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire to help stabilise the injured driver.

Dr Mark Folman, who is a GP in Newark, was called out by the East Midlands Ambulance Service shortly after 2.00 p.m. to attend to a driver of car that had been in a collision with a tree. The young driver suffered serious injuries involving his head and legs and possibly his pelvis. Dr Folman sedated the patient to facilitate his extraction from the vehicle and then escorted the patient with the ambulance crew to Queen’s Medical Centre, in Nottingham, where his condition was described as serious but stable. The incident was attended by crews from East Midlands Ambulance Service, the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance and Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, and Nottinghamshire Constabulary who provided the police escort on route to hospital. Dr Folman praised the work of the crews which allowed him to concentrate on making the patient more comfortable and stress free during the 2 hours that it took to extract him from the vehicle.Click here for more details

Incident 7th November 20.30 hrs

Three Northamptonshire based EMICS doctors responded to the scene of a serious head on collision on the A428 near Crick. Dr Wyse was the first person on scene and found two cars had collided head on causing one car to turn over and eject the driver. The driver of the other car and passenger of the overturned car were both trapped. Two further EMICS doctors were part of the multiagency response involving EMAS (2 ambulances), Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue and police. Dr John Trenfield escorted one casualty with multiple injuries to Northampton General Hospital. Drs Wyse and Maitland Knibb assisted in the complex extrication of the remaining casualty who was also taken to Northampton General Hospital.

Although all volunteers the Northamptonshire based EMICS doctors work very much as a team and often back each other up on the most serious cases. Dr Wyse said "this was the sixth incident in the last three weeks where I have assisted or been assisted at scene by a colleague"

VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY TEAM’S EFFORTS RECOGNISED

A1 / A606 incident

Tim Gray, an emergency doctor from the East Midlands Immediate Care Scheme (EMICS) as well as emergency crews were called to a five-car pile-up on the A1 slip road near the A606 just outside Stamford at 1.45pm.
Two women passengers who were trapped in one of the cars were cut free by fire-fighters. One of the women, who was seriously injured, was airlifted to Kettering General Hospital by the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire air ambulance.
A second accident on Saturday involved a black Volkswagen hit a tree in Station Road, Whissendine. Three people in the vehicle were injured, two lying on the roadside and one sitting by the road when fire crews arrived.
Two of the casualties were treated at the scene and one was taken to Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham.

Emergency doctor receives personal thanks from patient
One of the volunteer emergency doctors from the East Midlands Emergency Care Scheme Dr Major Leon Roberts (EMICS) recently had a surprise visit from one of his recent patients whom he attended on an emergency visit when he was suffering a heart attack. Click here to read further details

Northants Emergency Service Expanded
Emergency services in Northamptonshire have gained an extra boost as a result of the expansion of the number of volunteer doctors in the East Midlands Immediate Care Scheme (EMICS).Click here to read further details

A local GP, Dr Mark Folman, was first to attend to patients’ injuries at the scene of a three car road traffic accident this week and was able to provide support to ambulance service colleagues before two of the injured were transferred to local hospitals. Click here to read further details

A volunteer emergency doctor was first on the scene of a serious road traffic accident on involving an overturned lorry on the M1 at Kegworth on Tuesday 18th March; the doctor is a member of the East Midlands Immediate Care Scheme (EMICS).Click here to read further details