fast response unit

A UK term of art for a vehicle that can be deployed to the scene of a medical emergency. While the term refers to any such vehicle, certain FRUs (e.g., cars, motorcycles and bicycles), which are more accessible than larger vans or helicopters, deploy a single paramedic carrying the bare essentials (e.g., oxygen, defibrillator, epi-pens, nitrates) who treats and triages and decides whether the victim needs to be transported to hospital.

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The service currently covers only double crew ambulances, However there is an ambition to include fast response unit vehicles as well as non-emergency vehicles.

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But after waiting almost an hour-and-a-half a paramedic from the fast response unit rushed the mum-of-two to Warrington Hospital in his car after realising that none of the promised ambulances would arrive.

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He has also worked in Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Macedonia and Afghanistan and set up a force of 24 medical personnel for the Deployable Aeromedical Response Team Squadron, a fast response unit for the air force.

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The concept of the fast response unit, driven by a trained paramedic, was put forward in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

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A Sea King helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth was scrambled shortly before 2pm when the alarm was raised by a 999 call from a mobile phone.It rushed a six-strong Fast Response Unit from RAF Kinloss Mountain Rescue Team to the scene.

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Mitchell has recently rejoined the fast response unit having taken a two-year sabbatical with the firearms unit at Birmingham Airport to allow him more time to concentrate on his rugby career that has taken off late in life.

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A Haskel-designed gas booster system is to be incorporated into a complete fast response unit being developed by the Norwegian subsidiary of Oceaneering to quickly shut down subsea oilfield leaks.

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"I understand that there are urgent investigations going on to see if a Fast Response Unit employing 30 staff might be set up to provide back-up to Jaeger's factory in Kilmarnock.

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Contract Awarded for Designed gas booster system will be incorporated into a complete fast response unit being built by the Norwegian subsidiary of Oceaneering to quickly shut down subsea oilfield leaks.

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Six ambulances and two paramedic fast response units were called to the scene to take the casualties to hospital.