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Old 6th Sep 2013, 18:54
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Bertie Thruster
 
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HEMS in UK cannot 'self task'. Task has to come from (or be approved by, if HEMS crew happen upon an incident) an NHS ambulance control.

Upset 'control' by refusing a task ...then watch the helicopter call out rate drop for the rest of the month!

I observed 12 years of this. Hopefully with the increase in doctors on HEMS crews, Amb control managers' histrionics will finally be nipped.
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