Bottle plan 'will help save lives'.MORE than 60,000 bottles designed to store vital patient details in fridges have been given out across South Wales. The message in a bottle scheme is designed to give emergency services easy access to essential medical information. The special green bottles are stored in people's fridges and can hold details about emergency contacts, medical history and medicines. A label is also put on the inside of the front door which emergency services can recognise. The scheme, run by the Cardiff Bay Rotary Club and backed by Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust is an NHS Trust in Wales. The headquarters of the Trust is in the University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff. It is the largest NHS Trust in Wales, and one of the largest in the UK. It has around 12,000 staff. and the Welsh Ambulance Service The Welsh Ambulance Service (also called the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust or Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Gwasanaethau Ambiwlans Cymru) was established on April 1, 1998 and has 2,500 staff providing ambulance and related services to the 2.9 million residents of Wales. , is aimed at vulnerable adults, including elderly people who live on their own. Chris Moore, of the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust, said: "The information in the bottles can mean the difference between life and death. "When a paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic , or other health professional, gets to the scene it's vital they know as much as possible about the patient - medical history, allergies, crucial details which can save time and ultimately a life. Sue Gregory, nurse director at Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, said: "It's instances like this that prove working with partners and other organisations have fantastic results for the community." |
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