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Registered
Charity 1092333
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Organisation
We are a registered charity (see constitution)
run by an executive committee which holds at least two ordinary meetings
each year. Our annual general meeting is held in the month of November
or as soon as is practicable thereafter. A special general meeting
of the charity may be called if at least three members or one tenth of
the number of members, which ever is the greater, request such a meeting
in writing.
Who's
Who?
Chair: Dr Graham Brown
Graham works as the Chief
Mechanical Engineer for a local engineering company, Sonardyne
International Ltd. Graham originally qualified in 1995 as an
ambulance attendant, and has undertaken regular skills updates at Southern
Ambulance College (Wiltshire) until 2006. In 2007 he gained the Emergency
Medical Technician qualification from Lifeskills
Medical Ltd. Graham has numerous other qualifications in first
aid (FAW), casualty simulation (Demonstrator with Casualties
Union), training and assessing (NVQ units C23, D32/33). In 2006,
Graham also gained Instructor certificates in Medical Gases and Automatic
External Defibrillators from Lifeskills
Medical Ltd. Within HFR Graham also has responsibilities for
health and safety, vehicle and equipment maintenance and AED training.
In addition, since 2004 he volunteers as a Community Responder for South
East Coast Ambulance NHS Trust. Graham is a member of the Royal
College of Surgeons Edinburgh, Faulty of Pre-hospital Care.
Vice-Chair: Mrs Gillian
Dawes
Gillian works as a Departmental
Manager at the BMI
Hampshire Clinic. Gillian originally qualified in 1998 as an ambulance
attendant, and has undertaken regular skills updates at Southern Ambulance
College (Wiltshire) until 2006. In 2007 she gained the Emergency
Medical Technician qualification from Lifeskills
Medical Ltd. Gillian has numerous other qualifications in first
aid (FAW), training and assessing (City&Guilds Level 4 Certificate
in Further Education Teaching, CFET-7407 gained in 2005). In 2005,
Gillian also gained the Royal College
of Nursing's People Handling & Risk Assessment Key Trainer's Certificate.
Within HFR Gillian also has responsibilities for child protection, COSHH,
minutes and is the senior trainer. In addition, since 2006
she volunteers as a Community Responder for South Central Ambulance NHS
Trust.
Honorary Treasurer: Mr
Martin Pike
Martin works as a Maintenance
Engineering Manager. Martin originally qualified in 1998 as an ambulance
attendant, and has undertaken regular skills updates at Southern Ambulance
College (Wiltshire) until 2006. In 2007 he gained the Emergency Medical
Technician qualification from Lifeskills
Medical Ltd. . Martin has numerous other qualifications in first
aid (FAW), and training and assessing (NVQ units C23, D32).
Honorary Secretary: Dr
Hester Wain
Hester works as the Clinical
Initiatives Manager at the Royal
Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. Hester originally qualified in
1995 as an ambulance attendant, and has undertaken regular skills updates
at Southern Ambulance College (Wiltshire) until 2006. In 2007 she
gained the Emergency Medical Technician qualification from Lifeskills
Medical Ltd. Hester has numerous other qualifications in
first aid (FAW), casualty simulation (Demonstrator with Casualties
Union), training and assessing (City&Guilds Level 4 Certificate
in Further Education Teaching, CFET-7407, plus NVQ units C23/24, D32/33/34).
In 2006, Hester also gained Instructor certificates in Medical Gases and
Automatic External Defibrillators from Lifeskills
Medical Ltd. Within HFR Hester also has responsibilities for
infection and waste control, data protection, patient confidentiality,
clinical governance, MHRA alerts, patient safety, event co-ordination,
human resources and is the lead trainer. In addition, since 2004
she volunteers as a Community Responder for South
East Coast Ambulance NHS Trust. Hester is an associate member
of the Resuscitation Council (UK).
Medical Advisor: Mr Sreenath
Reddy MBBS, FRCS (Ed), FFAEM
Sreenath is a Consultant
in Emergency Medicine at the Royal
Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. Sreenath qualified as a doctor
in 1986, becoming a Fellow of the Royal
College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 1996 and a Fellow of the Faculty
of Accident and Emergency Medicine in 2002. Sreenath has published papers
on pre-hospital care and emergency medicine at large festivals and has
been Medical Co-ordinator at a number of large events. Sreenath has
also been involved in teaching advanced resuscitation to hospital doctors,
GPs, paramedics, and ambulance technicians. His special interests
are pre-hospital resuscitation, trauma scoring, pre-hospital medicine at
mass gatherings and pain control in the emergency department. Sreenath
joined HFR in 2006 as our Medical Advisor. |