How the scheme runs

EMICS aims to provide accredited doctors with skills in pre-hospital immediate care, to work with the East Midlands Ambulance Service. The scheme is charity based, those doctors involved providing their services free of charge to the public and ambulance service. The overall control of EMICS is through the East Midlands Ambulance Service.

EMICS accredited doctors include both hospital and general practitioners. Hospital doctors range from anaesthetists to those working in A&E departments.

EMICS is able to provide pre-hospital immediate care in two distinct areas:

1) Doctor/Paramedic crew "Fast Response Vehicle" (FRV's).

The FRV vehicles are run by the East Midlands Ambulance Service and provide paramedic responses to 999 calls. EMICS doctors are able to crew up with FRV's providing an additional resource to the ambulance service. These are preplanned rotas, usually on a Friday and/or Saturday night (see Duty FRV rota). Many of our members also crew up with FRV's on additional days however these are usually by arrangement with the Ambulance Service.

2) Doctor fast responder.

Many of the EMICS doctors are GP's. Their cars are fully equipped with resuscitation equipment as well as with radios, lights and sirens and can act as either as a Doctor fast response to an incident or as an additional resource to the East Midlands Ambulance Service.