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HSE Vehicle

  • 15-02-2016 9:35am
    #1
    heffomike54
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    Hello everyone, so I was travelling from Dublin to Navan yesterday and saw an emergency vehicle driving behind me. I was in the left lane and it overtook me in the right lane, so I got a good look at it. It was VW Passat estate, silver in color with plenty of blue lights on it and a HSE markings. The vehicle was not travelling with lights / sirens on but it was moving along nicely all the same. It also had written on it, C.U.H. Emergency Department. I am guessing this stands for Cork University Hospital, but what is this vehicle used for? Also didn't think a vehicle would be attached to one hospital.

    Any info would be nice, thanks all.


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  • #2
    ectoraige
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭ectoraige


    heffomike54 wrote: »
    Hello everyone, so I was travelling from Dublin to Navan yesterday and saw an emergency vehicle driving behind me. I was in the left lane and it overtook me in the right lane, so I got a good look at it. It was VW Passat estate, silver in color with plenty of blue lights on it and a HSE markings. The vehicle was not travelling with lights / sirens on but it was moving along nicely all the same. It also had written on it, C.U.H. Emergency Department. I am guessing this stands for Cork University Hospital, but what is this vehicle used for? Also didn't think a vehicle would be attached to one hospital.

    Any info would be nice, thanks all.

    Rapid Response Vehicle, would be my guess. There to bring consultant/registrar and nurse from ED to aid treatment at an incident, on request of ambo crew. Depends what's available though.


  • #3
    kub
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    Sounds like the car usually parked by the Ambulance bay at CUH.

    Is this it?

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/trooper999/4900342689/in/photolist-8Fde7Z-8Fde8V-8Fdhtt-8t2xa4-aPWmVV-aPWo8T-8zesJ5-8sNjCs


  • #4
    heffomike54
    Registered Users Posts: 433 ✭✭heffomike54


    kub wrote: »
    Sounds like the car usually parked by the Ambulance bay at CUH.

    Is this it?

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/trooper999/4900342689/in/photolist-8Fde7Z-8Fde8V-8Fdhtt-8t2xa4-aPWmVV-aPWo8T-8zesJ5-8sNjCs

    The very same, thanks! The CUH part really confused me, still don't really understand why it would have CUH marked on it, like as a HSE vehicle surely it would be moving between hospitals? Or is it based in CUH hence the writing on it? Thanks again for the picture


  • #5
    ectoraige
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭ectoraige


    heffomike54 wrote: »
    The very same, thanks! The CUH part really confused me, still don't really understand why it would have CUH marked on it, like as a HSE vehicle surely it would be moving between hospitals? Or is it based in CUH hence the writing on it? Thanks again for the picture

    It would be based at CUH, other EDs have response vehicles assigned to them too. I understand their only role is if paramedics request an ED team to attend to help stabilize a casualty prior to transport and that Control wouldn't normally despatch them. I don't know if all other EDs here have them, or just some. It might not always be possible to send a team either, but if it is, it would usually be the ED registrar or relevant consultant and a nurse. I don't know how often it would be used, Ireland works more on the UK/American model of bringing the casualty to the room, rather than the French/German model of bringing the room to the casualty.

    Some hospitals in the past had a specific cardiac response vehicle to send a team from the ED if an arrest was called in as part of the immediate response. I don't know if that is still practiced, or if community responder schemes have been left to take on that burden.

    I'm open to correction on any/all of the above.


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