Community Responders are a group of volunteers who give their time freely to help save lives in the community. They are trained by Hampshire Ambulance in basic life support, the use of Automatic External Defibrillators and the treatment and control of a wide range of potentially life threatening conditions.
Community Responders are able to support people in the vital first few minutes following a heart attack or other life threatening event.
How Do Community Responders Make a Difference?
Community Responders are dispatched by the Ambulance Communications Centre to emergency incidents in the community.
They operate within small areas and so can often be at the patient's side in under 5 minutes providing both vital medical care and reassurance.
In many cases, their intervention can literally mean the difference between life and death.
