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Magpas is an Emergency Medical Charity that provides pre-hospital critical care and retrieval in the East of England with its main area of operations being in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and the neighbouring parts of Norfolk, Suffolk and Bedfordshire. It trains, equips and deploys a physician-paramedic team known as Helimedix to any medical emergency, illness or accident where the NHS Ambulance Service asks for on-scene medical support. ==History== Magpas was founded as the Mid Anglia General Practitioner Accident Service in 1971 by Dr Neville Silverston OBE and Dr Derek Cracknell. The origins of the name relate to a close historical and geographical association with Cambridgeshire Constabulary which, up until 1974, was known as the Mid Anglia Constabulary. The service was originally provided by General Practitioners from across the Mid Anglia area who were activated by the police and ambulance services to attend serious accidents and provide on-scene care. The charity is now simply known as Magpas:The Emergency Medical Charity. Image:Neville Silverston.jpg|Neville Silverston Image:Magpas control.tif|Early Magpas control Image:Volunteer doctor 1980s.jpg|Volunteer 1980s Image:Volunteer 1990s.jpg|Volunteer 1990s In 1977, Magpas contributed to the foundation of the British Association for Immediate Care (BASICS) and it has remained a member of BASICS ever since. As NHS Ambulance Service Paramedics developed so did the charity. It undertook detailed research into its effectiveness and reviewed the way it operated. In 1997 the charity entered a new partnership with Cambridgeshire Constabulary to use the Police Helicopter for helicopter deployment of medical staff and patient transport. In 2007 the East Anglian Air Ambulance agreed to provide an Air Ambulance helicopter, dubbed Anglia Two, to be based out of RAF Wyton for Daytime missions. Although this was withdrawn in 2010, and Magpas went back to providing the whole service, in conjunction with the Police. From 2000 until 2010 the charity developed a network of Community First Responder Schemes across Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire. These local volunteers were trained by Magpas and then responded to medical emergencies such as chest pain and breathing difficulties in their local area. Their role was to treat the patient until the ambulance service arrived. In 2010 the Magpas First Responders were joined with other schemes under the leadership of the East of England Ambulance Trust who will now look after the scheme. Magpas was the first Pre Hospital Emergency Medicine provider to be inspected and approved by the Healthcare Commission and subsequently the Care Quality Commission.〔 〕 This means the governance and quality assurance of the care it provides meets national standards. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Magpas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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