North West Pre-hospital Critical Care Charity

The NWPCCC aims to provide immediate care practitioners across the northwest. We are made up of volunteer Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics. We are funded 100% by charitable donations and have taken over the old Cheshire Road Accident Service & Cheshire and Shropshire Immediate Care Group We work very closely with the North West Ambulance Service supporting frontline staff in the treatment of those who may be critically ill and injured. We are dispatched to incidents via either the Ambulance Service Trauma Cell or Ambulance Services Emergency Operations Centres. We could be deployed if the details from the informant on scene cause immediate concern by the Dispatchers, or following a crew request from those who arrive on scene and feel the patient(s) may benefit from the advanced procedures we can offer. Although we received support from the ambulance services in form of communication equipment, we rely on donations to supply the valuable equipment and drugs we need, any help with this is greatly received. Training & Qualifications All our pre-hospital practitioners hold accredited BASICS membership and have a wealth of experience in the pre-hospital arena. Consisting of mainly Doctors but also including Advance Nurse Practitioners and Advanced Paramedics. All our active practitioners either hold or are working towards the Diploma in Immediate Medical Care accredited by the Royal Collage of Surgeons Edinburgh, along with a plethora of other prehospital qualifications.