Business Meeting: Thursday 12th August

Entertaining and interesting Business Meeting at the Hatherton Hotel. Interesting because we had a talk from Penkridge Community First Responders. I'd been contacted a few weeks ago to see if Round Table could help to support the set-up of PCFR, so I asked them to come along and explain what they do.
A Community First Responder, is a person available to be dispatched by an ambulance control centre to attend medical emergencies in their local area; they are trained by West Midlands Ambulance Service. First Responders are there to start and maintain the chain of survival until an Ambulance arrives. They do not replace the Ambulance service but augment and assist.
Leigh and Duncan gave us a good overview of the objectives of First Responders and the current status of the Penkridge group and the support they need to get fully functional. What First Responders do is of huge significance to the local community, and I'm hopeful that Penkridge Round Table can help them get up and running.
After their presentation we had a lengthy business meeting. This was productive, and entertaining in parts; initially discussing PCFR, then a whole raft of other topics. After much discussion and debate we concluded the evening at 12:30.