: : Billingshurst Emergency Assistance Team Registered Charity No 1119641 - Working in Partnership with South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust : :

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January 2012

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Billingshurst Emergency Assistance Team (BEAT) is a group of volunteer Community First Responders who are trained and monitored by South East Coast Ambulance Service. We provide a quick response to life-threatening 999 emergencies and are able to provide vital first aid treatment prior to the arrival of an ambulance. In an area where the average waiting time for a paramedic ambulance is 12 minutes a local Responder can be on scene much sooner with equipment that can greatly improve the patient’s chance of survival.

Billingshurst Emergency Assistance Team members are qualified in the use of defibrillators as well as the administration of oxygen. Their training is given by South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust and all Responders are re-certified annually, as well as undertaking periodic training to keep their skills up to date and relevant.

BEAT currently has 11 active Responder members, backed up by several members in supporting roles.  All team members are unpaid volunteers who receive no remuneration for their time.

BEAT relies entirely on donations for its funding and is a registered charity.