Five people have been conveyed to hospital following a fire in Walsall on Saturday evening.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called by the fire service at 10.16pm to Redwood Road in Walsall and sent five ambulances, four paramedic officers, the Hazardous Area Response Team and two Critical Care Cars from Midlands Air Ambulance Charity to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Upon arrival ambulance staff discovered nine patients.
“Firstly, a child who was assessed and had sustained potentially life-threatening injuries.
“He received advanced trauma care from ambulance staff at the scene before being conveyed to Birmingham Children’s Hospital with medics travelling on board for further treatment en route.
“Four further patients; two women, a man and a teenage male were assessed and received treatment for the effects of smoke inhalation from ambulance staff at the scene before being conveyed to Walsall Manor Hospital for further assessment.
“A further four patients were assessed by ambulance staff at the scene and did not require further treatment. They received self-care advice before being discharged at the scene.
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is an independent healthcare provider. We work in close partnership with NHS Ambulance Services, including West Midlands Ambulance Service and South Western Ambulance Service, to deliver advanced pre-hospital emergency care across the six counties we serve, as well as supporting national responses during major incidents. We are dispatched to cases of the highest severity, where our Critical Care Paramedics and HEMS Doctors – deployed by helicopter or critical care car – work alongside NHS ambulance crews at the scene. Together, we provide specialist interventions, bringing hospital-level emergency medicine directly to incidents in our communities and workplaces when it is needed most.
