Health written question – answered at on 11 July 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which ambulance trusts have trained their staff in the use of clot-busting drugs.
28 ambulance service trusts have trained their paramedics in the use of clot-busting or thrombolytic drugs. These are:
Avon
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Coventry and Warwickshire
Cumbria
Dorset
Essex
Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Hereford and Worcestershire
Isle of Wight (service to commence shortly, training has taken place)
Kent
Lancashire
Lincolnshire
Mersey Regional
Oxfordshire
Staffordshire
Surrey
Sussex
Tees, East and North Yorkshire
Two Shires
West Midlands (only in Shropshire)
Wiltshire
West Yorkshire Metropolitan
London Ambulance Service is involved in piloting primary angioplasty services, an alternative treatment for heart attack requiring a similar level of skill and training by paramedics.
Greater Manchester Ambulance Service is using a fast track scheme for all patients thought to be suffering from heart attack to ensure rapid transfer to hospital for these patients. South Yorkshire Ambulance Service is piloting a similar scheme to Greater Manchester.
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