Flying squad to the rescue.
Set up following a serious train crash at Sutton Coldfield in January 1955, the accident and emergency department at the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary was the first such department to organise and operate an accident flying squad. On its 25th anniversary Tim Brett, deputy administrator at the hospital, looks at its development and the role it plays today.
D000552:Ambulances; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004739:England; D010348:Patient Care Team