Introducing the first fully electric ambulance to respond to emergency 999 calls in London! ⚡️✅ These new bespoke ambulances are part of our ambition to drive towards a #NetZero fleet, reducing operational costs, as well as improving air quality for Londoners 💚 1/3 ⬇️
#TeamLAS medics Telma and Taylor were the first to take it out for a shift on #NewYearsDay. They raced to emergencies in the lightweight vehicle, attending patients including someone with chest pains, and a young person suffering a mental health crisis. 2/3 ⬇️
@Ldn_Ambulance @NHSEnglandLDN @NHSEngland @SadiqKhan @danielelkeles @andytrotter51 @GreenerNHS @londoncouncils @AmandaPritchard @DavidsonRoger @AACE_org What a waste of budget , let's see what the repair costs will be and how many stay in service or catch fire
What about actually being able to respond efficiently to save lives🙄 People having a medical emergency require a quick response they don’t care about your virtue signalling climate claptrap. Ambulances sitting at charging stations or that burst into flames aren’t saving lives. Focus on the job at hand, the job you are paid to do like reducing the current unacceptable waiting times which are putting lives at risk.
@Ldn_Ambulance @SadiqKhan @NHSEnglandLDN @NHSEngland @danielelkeles @andytrotter51 @GreenerNHS @londoncouncils @AmandaPritchard @DavidsonRoger @AACE_org Are you sure that you want to electrify ambulances as well as buses these days? Not sure this will help air quality! 🔋There🔋seems🔋to🔋be🔋a🔋problem🔋but🔋I🔋just🔋can't🔋quite🔋figure🔋out🔋what🔋it🔋is?🔋 Can anyone help? 🤔
@Ldn_Ambulance @NHSEnglandLDN @NHSEngland @SadiqKhan @danielelkeles @andytrotter51 @GreenerNHS @londoncouncils @AmandaPritchard @DavidsonRoger @AACE_org What if an ambulance is nearing the end of an intensive shift, and then attends a mass casualty event, and is on location for an extended period of time. What happens then when the charge runs low? How do you evacuate an unconscious casualty from an ambulance with a battery fire?
@Ldn_Ambulance @NHSEnglandLDN @NHSEngland @SadiqKhan @danielelkeles @andytrotter51 @GreenerNHS @londoncouncils @AmandaPritchard @DavidsonRoger @AACE_org When do you get to charge them? What about long distance emergency patient transfers? In most cases at my station as soon as a crew finishes their shift another crew gets on the ambulance and goes back out.
@Ldn_Ambulance @NHSEnglandLDN @NHSEngland @SadiqKhan @andytrotter51 @GreenerNHS @londoncouncils @AmandaPritchard @DavidsonRoger @AACE_org Really exciting to see this. 3 more of these electric ambulances to join this one in the next few months @AACE_org