Cambridge<\/a> is widely regarded as the UK\u2019s capital of cycling. Cycling paramedics can cut through congestion and reach pedestrianised areas with ease, allowing them to quickly assess patients and deliver emergency care wherever it\u2019s needed.<\/p>\nParamedic Jordan Ellis said: \u201cCambridge is an extremely busy city centre, and responding to 999 calls on a bicycle means we can navigate narrow roads and pedestrianised areas much easier than an ambulance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s quite a difference, changing from an ambulance to a bicycle \u2013 especially as it\u2019s just myself pushing that bike so my response time is dependent on how fast I can bike, and in the safest manner.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause we can treat and discharge patients with a wide range of injuries and illnesses at the scene, we can free up ambulances for the most serious medical emergencies.\u201d<\/p>\n
St Andrew\u2019s Street Baptist Church has offered its space for the crews to restock the bicycle and take their meal breaks.<\/p>\n
The Rev Simon Cragg said he was \u201cthrilled\u201d to be able to support the service, which was operating seven days a week.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are a community church at the centre of a very busy city, and caring for the most vulnerable is an important aspect of our life as a church. We are thrilled to be able to support the ambulance service by providing a base for the cycle response unit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Cambridge joins Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Wells Next-The-Sea in having their own EEAST cycle response units.<\/p>\n
In Norwich, crews cycle around 40km in a shift, averaging around six calls a day \u2013 in addition to providing information and signposting to other health services to members of the public that approach the paramedics for advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cycling paramedics will be hitting Cambridge\u2019s streets to help reduce response times and free up ambulances for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,23339,48,635,84,82,2882],"class_list":["post-618305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-cambridge","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-health","tag-sports","tag-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}