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We’re going to be tweeting live from our control room today from midday to midnight – full details here
http://bit.ly/SIANn0 #999ambulance
Tweeting London’s 999 ambulance calls4 October 2012
People living in the capital and beyond will get the chance to go behind the scenes of one of the world’s largest and busiest ambulance control rooms when the London Ambulance Service holds a 12 hour ‘tweetathon’ from midday today (4 October).
It will follow an emergency call taker as they answer 999 calls and potentially give life saving advice to some of the 4,000 or more people who call for help every day.
Last month staff took an extra 300 calls a day compared to September 2011.
Head of Control Services, Richard Webber, said: “Our staff can deal with anything from helping to deliver a baby to giving instructions on how to resuscitate someone who has stopped breathing.
“Tweeting some of the calls we receive will give Londoners a snapshot of the huge variety of work we deal with as well as taking them through some of the questions we ask, the advice we give and why.”
Not everyone who dials 999 will be sent an ambulance. Callers with less serious illnesses or injuries may be referred to NHS Direct or given clinical advice over the phone.
Richard added: “Anyone with a life-threatening illness or injury will be sent a fast response. But not all 999 calls are an emergency. We hope people will see how busy we are and consider using other health care providers in the community such as a GP, pharmacist or walk in healthcare centres.”
The calls will be captured through the Service’s Twitter page,
www.twitter.com/Ldn_Ambulance, under the hashtag #999ambulance. The ‘tweetathon’ will start at midday and finish at midnight.
http://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/news/news_releases_and_statements/control_room_tweetathon.aspxLondon Ambulance @Ldn_Ambulance
Sam connects the patient to a Lithuanian interpreter who finds out that the woman has been assaulted, Sam arranges for help #999ambulance
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Here's what treatment you'll get if we think you're suffering a stroke
http://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/calling_999/emergency_stroke_care/stroke_treatment.aspx … #999ambulance
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Sam is working hard to find out what is wrong but the woman is unable to explain so Sam calls for an interpreter #999ambulance
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Last year we took 8,860 patients with suspected stroke straight to one of eight specialist centres in London for the best care #999ambulance
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A woman has called & Sam is struggling to understand what is wrong as English isn't her first language #999ambulance
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