University of Birmingham medics receive training from ambulance service

Mar 11 2010 by Jasbir Authi, Birmingham Mail

STUDENT medics at Birmingham University will be responding to 999 calls as part of their training.

A dozen final year students will be working in Selly Oak and Harborne as community first responders on Mondays to Thursdays, after undergoing a course in lifesaving techniques from West Midlands Ambulance Service.