Providing Medical First Response Support to West Midlands and Wales Ambulance voluntarily

...no financial support from NHS or Ambulance Services

Provides on average 70% per month cover

New appeal starting soon in partnership with West Midlands Fire Service for deaf school in Kenya - watch for details

Cardiac arrest - Longtown, Collapse - Pontrilas, Open fracture - Longtown, Fall from 1st floor window - Ewyas Harold, Stroke - Pandy, Cardiac arrest - Wormbridge, Angina - Orcop, Collapse - Ewyas Harold, Dehydration - Garway, Chest pains - Longtown, Road Accident - Kilpeck, Chest pains - Longtown, Chest pains - Ewyas Harold, Angina attack - Ewyas Harold, Chest pains - Ewyas Harold, Breathing difficulty - Ewyas Harold, Cardiac problem (AF) - Bacton, Back injury - Walterstone, Back injury - Garway Hill, Cyclist fractured collar bone - Kentchurch,  Head injury & chest pains - Ewyas Harold, Diabetic - Rowlstone, 4 year with old neck injury - Llanvihangel Crucorney, Motor cyclist neck & head injury - Howton, Breathing difficulty - Pontrilas, Stroke - Ewyas Harold, Chest Pains - Old Castle, Unconscious male - Turnastone, Suspected fractured femur - Dulas, 1 head injury, 5 neck (including 9 month old baby) and chest injuries - 6 vehicle RTA M4 Hungerford (first on scene, second on scene was another Wales Ambulance responder), Cardiac condition (AF) - Bacton, Fitting - Longtown

      (right pic) Ben Chance (ex Ewyas Harold Air Cadet) now retained fire-fighter with Hereford and Worcester

Over £700 for the FSNBF (now the Fire-Fighter Charity) and £300 for the WMAS First Responder fund

Road Accidents through to heart attacks, PLI Responder is there to assist the Community and support the Ambulance Services

The Golden Valley Area covers

• Ewyas Harold
• Wormbridge
• Kilpeck
• Rowlestone
• Walterstone
• Longtown
• Pandy
• Wern Gifford
• Cross Ash
• Llangua
• Peterchurch
• Grosmont
• Garway
• Pontrilas
• Allensmore
• Clodoch
• Dorstone
• ...and about everywhere in between.

The Nissan X Trail now responding

Working with the County Air Ambulance at an accident (July 2008)

  PLI Responder is sponsored by Park Lodge International, Collins Engineering, Friday Friends and BHF  

The 999 or 112 call into Ambulance Control is passed by either phone or pager to the Responder Unit as well as the dispatch of the nearest Emergency Ambulance - PLI Responder carries: defibrillator, oxygen, entonox, dressings, blankets, resuscitation equipment, blood pressure and oxygen saturation machine, burn dressings, splints, personal protective clothing for Responders, scene lighting, satellite navigation, chemical data bases both computer and reference books, light sticks, fire extinguishers plus a host of useful items including foam mats, shovel, etc.

Golden Valley were members of BASICS, but have resigned

TRAINING

Training for Polo Club - suspected neck injury after fall from horse.

Training by the UNIT in partnership with Pulse Cymru are able to offer first aid at work, manual handling and training for specialist rescue situations - storage tanks, horse riding incidents, machinery, falls on construction sites, etc.

If you would like some information, please e-mail or call us

+44 (0)121 288 0776

If you wish to make contact or would like more information,

please e-mail: PLI Responder

Golden Valley Responder Unit supports the Salvation Army Disabled Children's Home in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and has raised with Shropshire Ambulance & Park Lodge International Ltd. and many others £8,500 for a new generator - the web page gives full details. 

The generator is now in place and running well - a big thank you to all who donated and helped with this venture.  Idea in November 2005 - reality in May 2006!  Please look at the PIG POWER PAGE - click link or picture below.

PIG POWER APPEAL

New appeal starting soon between the Golden Valley Responder Unit, West Midlands Fire Service and Knight Support Kenya to raise funds to purchase a fire alarm system, vibrating pads for the dormitories and to provide good means of escape for a deaf school in Nairobi, Kenya.  Watch for details and who will be our mascot!