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NEEDES is a registered charity which trains, equips, organizes and supports about 5 volunteer doctors (3 general practitioners, an Accident & Emergency Consultant and an Anaesthetist) who attend emergencies in support of the ambulance service in Essex.

 

NEEDES members attend between 100-300 incidents per year. 80% are road traffic accidents, 15% are industrial, sporting or other injuries, the remaining 5% are sudden illness.

 

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In addition to being fully registered with the general medical council, NEEDES members have specialist training in subjects such as the care of severely injured accident victims, the care of very ill children and life saving treatment following heart attacks.

 

These may include:

Several members take an active part in the teaching of these skills to other health professionals.

 

NEEDES members are also trained and equipped to support the ambulance service in event of major incidents within Essex and surrounding counties.

 

NEEDES members are dispached, directly from the East of England Ambulance service Essex control room to incidents likely to need specialist medical skills in addition to those offered by ambulance service paramedics and techniciens.

These may include:

 

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We estimate that the lives of two or three people a year are directly saved by the efforts of NEEDES members. most of these are relatively young people who are often restored to good health. The remainder we belive benefit greatly from receiving hospital quality care at the roadside or in the home. Having their recovery speeded and their suffering reduced

 

NEEDES doctors respond from their homes in their own spare time. They are spread across the North of Essex and are dispatched to:

 

 

Dispaching a NEEDES doctor to an incident or accident will never slow the patient getting to hospital NEEDES is supported by a behind the scenes team who carry out liason work with the police, ambulance and fire services as well as secretarial support.