Patient Transport Service
Formerly known as Non Emergency Service
The Patient Transport Service, formerly
known as Non Emergency Service
transports a wide range of patients including:
- Out Patients
- Disablement Service Centre patients
- Routine discharges and admissions
- Geriatric and psycho geriatric day
care
- Non urgent inter hospital transfers
- and those unable to attend hospital
by any other means
PTS ambulances are manned by Ambulance
Care Assistants who are trained in the particular needs of these patients as
well as in comprehensive first aid, specialist driving skills, patient moving
and handling techniques, basic life support and patient care skills. Although
this work does not involve emergency duties it is crucial to most ambulance
services and provides opportunities to support and give assistance to those in
need.
The Patient Transport Service use
specially designed vehicles, usually with fold down ramps or tail lifts to
provide high levels of comfort for patients, whilst the attendant will travel
with the patients so that they may relieve anxiety during the early stages of
hospital admission. In some services a number of PTS crews are specially trained
as high dependency teams which are available for patients with specific clinical
needs during transport.
A 2005 Renault Master PTV 2
The Patient Transport Service was renamed the Non Emergency Service in 2002 but after some consideration it was decided to revert back to the old name, this was decided in November 2005.
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