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Severn Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service is a Blood Bikes charity based in the Severn Valley in western England. Founded in 2007,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk/archive/2007/09/18/Round-up+%28redd_news_roundup%29/1696381.The_wheel_thing_/ )〕 it provides a free motorcycle courier service to hospitals in the region, operating a fleet of emergency-equipped motorcycles which are ridden and co-ordinated by volunteers. Severn Freewheelers is a founder-member of the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes (NABB) and co-operates with similar organisations in the area including Freewheelers EVS (Bristol and Somerset), SERV (south England) and Midland Freewheelers (north-west Birmingham). ==Operations== Severn Freewheelers works for hospitals in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and north Wiltshire, with its operations extending into southern Birmingham and Coventry. Major hospitals served include Gloucester Royal, Cheltenham General, Worcester Royal, Redditch Alexandra and Swindon Great Western, with many smaller hospitals also served including Kidderminster, Bromsgrove, Malvern, Tenbury Wells, Evesham, Pershore, Tewkesbury, Moreton-in-Marsh, Cinderford, Stroud, Dursley, Cirencester, Chippenham and Savernake. Operating between 7 pm and 7 am on weekdays and 24 hours at weekends and public holidays, the charity provides a fast and reliable service enabling hospitals to avoid the need to use taxis or commercial couriers, saving the NHS an estimated £150,000 each year across the area. All riders hold an advanced motorcycling certificate from RoSPA or the IAM, or an equivalent police qualification, and riders are regularly re-assessed to ensure high standards are maintained. By June 2015, the charity had covered over 1,000,000 miles, had responded to more than 25,000 calls,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/archive/2011/10/01/Kidder+News+Latest+%28kidder_news_latest%29/9276421.Voluntary__Blood_Bikers__take_10_000th_call/ )〕 and was receiving 330 calls each month. Items carried include samples for pathological or micro-biological analysis, blood and blood products for transfusion, patient notes, drugs, scans and medical equipment. A recent development has been the collection of human breast milk from donors’ homes and its transport to human milk banks at Oxford, Bristol and Birmingham. 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「Severn Freewheelers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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