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What do we do?
How do we raise money?
Village Fetes
Car Boot Markets
Christmas Float
Easter Egg Raffle
Social Events
Where does it go?
New Year Party
Knockout
ParaTed
MIAB
Donations to
other Charities
Who can you contact?
Some crew members have been so impressed by the toy that they have
passed on their experiences with Para-Ted to other crews in the County,
and to the Press:
"They certainly help. It is quite daunting for children to go in
the back of an ambulance, so Para-Ted really eases the fear and
sometimes just a little teddy helps".
The Para-Ted Project
A project is being run by Leatherhead Lions - one started by Nottinghamshire
Ambulance Service - to relieve some of the suffering of children who have
to be taken to hospital by ambulance, in possibly frightening circumstances.
Paramedics found a toy very helpful to calm down and communicate with
the child, but even greater distress was caused by asking for the toy
back when the Paramedic left.
The Lions now supply to the Leatherhead and Dorking Ambulance stations a teddy bear in Paramedic uniform, that the child can keep when the Paramedic leaves.
"I attended an incident in the town centre where a mother was unwell.
She was with two children who were quite distresed. While I attended to
the mother my crewmate was able to use the Para-Teds to help calm them down.
They found them a great source of distraction and we could show them, using
Para-Ted, what we were doing to Mum. Really good to have them".
"We've used them a lot with small children; they've worn sats probes,
had plasters and slings put on them - before repeating the procedure with
the real patient".
See the press articles