M2 - Scene preservation

The first officer on the scene must record the time, date and weather condition. Then they must cordon and preserve the scene to the largest extent. this is important because it ensures that no one can enter the scene and contaminate or destroy any physical evidence which may jeopardise the investigation. specialist units also take a part in preserving the scene. The police have a specialist unit who are trained to deal with scenes of crimes they are trained in looking and detecting almost invisible evidence, they are also trained in how to handle the evidence they they don't contaminate or destroy it themselves. The fire serive water rescue unit assit if there is a spillage which could result in evidence being destroyed. The police serive personel are not allowed to intervene with casulties as it may still contaminate evidence.

M1 - The Role of the Ambulance Service

1. To save life along with all the other emeregncy services


2. To provide treatment, stabilisation and care of those injured at the scene


3. To provide appropriate transport, medical staff, eqipment and resocurses


4. To establish effective traige points and systems and determine the priority evacuation needs of those injured


5. To provide focal point at the incident for all National Health Service and other medical resources


6. To provide communication facilities for NHS resoucres at the scene, with direct radio links to recive those injured to hospital, control facilites and any other agencey as required;


7. To nominate and alert the reciving hospitals from the officail list of hospitals to recive those injured.


8. To provide transport to the incident scene for the medical incident officer (MIO), mobile medical/surgical teams and their equipment.


9. To arragnge the most appropriate means of transporting those injured to the reciving specialist hospitals.


10. To maintain emergency cover throughout the area and return to a state of normality after the earliest time.