{"id":10359,"date":"2016-10-26T07:37:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T07:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=10359"},"modified":"2016-10-26T07:37:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T07:37:12","slug":"welsh-ambulance-trust-booklet-app-to-aid-communicating-health-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/welsh-ambulance-trust-booklet-app-to-aid-communicating-health-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh Ambulance Trust booklet &#038; app to aid communicating health needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambulance.wales.nhs.uk\" target=\"_blank\">The Welsh Ambulance Trust<\/a> developed a bilingual <strong>Pre Hospital Communication Guide<\/strong> in the form of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyreadhealthwales.org.uk\/media\/237818\/pre-_hospital_communication_guide_welsh_ambulance_service.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">small booklet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They have now developed an App version of the guide, which is available for everyone to use, you can download it to your phone for free!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10363 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/pre-_hospital_communication_guide_cover-247x300.jpg?resize=247%2C300\" alt=\"pre-_hospital_communication_guide_cover\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/pre-_hospital_communication_guide_cover.jpg?resize=247%2C300&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/pre-_hospital_communication_guide_cover.jpg?resize=123%2C150&amp;ssl=1 123w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/pre-_hospital_communication_guide_cover.jpg?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 247px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 247\/300;\" \/>The App is a tool to help para medics and other healthcare staff to communicate with those who have additional communication needs including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People who are Deaf or hard of hearing<\/li>\n<li>People for whom English is not their first language<\/li>\n<li>People with learning disabilities<\/li>\n<li>People whose illness or injury affects their communication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A person may use a mixture of speech, gesture and pictures to communicate. The App uses images and a small amount of text to help you find out important information about someone or what has happened if they have had an accident.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0App can be used\u00a0to identify if the person uses a specific communication method or the language they speak. Anyone can download and use the App for free! Its available on iOS, Android and Blackberry.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>iOS &#8211; search for \u2018PreHospApp\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Blackberry \u2013 search for \u2018pre hospital app\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Android \u2013 search for \u2018Pre-Hospital Communication App\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2013 The Welsh Ambulance Trust developed a bilingual Pre Hospital Communication Guide in the form of a small booklet. They have now developed an App version of the guide, which is available for everyone to use, you can download &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/welsh-ambulance-trust-booklet-app-to-aid-communicating-health-needs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3232,1881],"class_list":["post-10359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-pre-hospital-communication-app","tag-welsh-ambulance-services-trust"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-2H5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10359"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10364,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10359\/revisions\/10364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}