A new “orange” range for an ambulance 999 calls will be introduced in Wales, in which the care of patients with stroke is to faster and improve.
Those suffering stroke or a type of heart attack Stammy Currently all ambulances are in a broad “amber” category covering about 70% of 999 calls.
The new approach will call to identify patients under expert nurses and paramedics who require rapid response from paramedics and specialist care before being taken to the hospital.
Health Secretary Jeremy Miles stated that it would allow patients of stroke to “rapid, sewed response, recover and grow”.
Although no time target will be connected to the new orange category – which will be introduced in this winter – the average and longest response time will be recorded.
The type of patients receiving before reaching the hospital will also be monitored.
“For people in stroke, every minute count if life is to be saved and disability is low or prevented,” Miles said, “Miles said,” Miles said, “Miles said,” Miles said, “Miles loses about two million brain cells for every minute”.
“This is why we are starting a new orange category in the system that will help our ambulance service to identify time-sensitive complaints such as strokes quickly and patients will get the right expert treatment rapidly.”
With Orange, other categories that replace amber will be yellow, for conditions that are the best course of action for conditions like blocked catheter, and to determine green and green, and clinical evaluation requires clinical evaluation, which may require planned transport for community care or immediate services.
Follow the tricks The beginning of this month changes the most life-threatening for 999 calls Are classified and color-coded.
A “purple” category Cardiac or respiratory arrests were introduced to people, and a “red emergency” range for major trauma or other very serious events.
There are ambulances for these calls Hope to come On average in six to eight minutes.
Along with changes in the call-line, a new “video triage” scheme for suspected stroke patients is also being pilot in five areas.
This allows paramedics to communicate with the stroke experts of the hospital in real time before the arrival of a patient.
Andy Swinburn, Executive Director, Paramedicin at the Welsh Ambulance Service, welcomed the changes.
“The nature of the patients present in 999 has changed and it is important to reflect the way we react.
“The first and foremost to increase the availability of ambulances for those who really need it, but also to ensure that patients who can be taken close to the house get the opportunity.”
The National Clinical Lead Dr. for stroke in Wales. Shakeel Ahmed said that when a patient is getting stroke, “immediately rapid treatment is important because every other means to restore blood flow to the brain”.
He said the new orange category “will help give priority to stroke patients who require this immediate treatment”.
Changes are going on against the background of the deteriorating ambulance response time over the years.
The average response time for amber call in January 2020 was about 35 minutes, which increased to about 150 minutes by January 2025.
Last month, the outgoing boss of the ambulance service said that there is a loss to avoid hundreds of patients every month as the ambulance was forced to wait outside the crowded accidents and emergency departments.
Jason Kilence The so -called “handover delay”Which has increased four times during his nearly seven years of charge, “unstable and unacceptable”.
