Centre for Excellence

The vision for the Centre for Excellence is to create a community through which pre-hospital care is developed to achieve the best possible outcomes for people in our region and beyond. It will be based on the four ‘Pillars’ of Education & Training, Research & Scholarship, Community and Innovation to create the foundations for three clinical domains, which will explore clinical best practice in patient experience and outcomes, head injuries and cardiac arrest.

Our mission is to develop a framework to improve the health outcomes from illness and injury by striving to reach the highest possible standards of pre-hospital clinical care through research, innovation and education. Furthermore, work collaboratively to share knowledge for the benefit of all.

Research & Scholarship Pillar

The Research & Scholarship pillar will further the academic outputs from EHAAT under a new, formal research strategy. Research will predominantly focus on the domains of “Head Injury,” “Cardiac Arrest” and “Patient Experience & Outcomes.” This pillar will also be central in developing a framework by which clinicians from all professional backgrounds can attain the highest levels of academic achievement.

Innovation Pillar

Innovation is an important part of the work of any Centre for Excellence. We will develop our innovation strategy as we make progress with our pillars, and our domains. The operation of the innovation pillar will be closely dependent on progress within the other areas. We will innovate our education and research, and develop innovative strategies for our community pillar.

Community Pillar

Our Community pillar will operate within two linked sub-pillars. We will ‘give back’ to our community by offering education to the people of Essex and Hertfordshire on how to assist in an emergency. Bespoke packages of training will be developed, including work on CPR, defibrillation, head injury and control of severe bleeding. With an increasing use of technology, we will develop a strategy to deliver mass education programmes using artificial intelligence and other methods. We will explore how EHAAT interfaces with the wider medical community.

Education & Training Pillar

Education & Training will firstly embrace the ongoing needs of our own team. There will be a firm link with the Community strategy. Our own internal courses and events will form part of a strategic education plan. Based on the head injury and cardiac arrest domains, we will develop short courses in the medium term that bring the wider medical community to EHAAT for their education. Conferences, reaching out to an international audience will be aligned with our Centre for Excellence strategy. Furthering the academic education of our team by supporting them through masters and PhD programmes, will enable us to sustain and evolve our Centre for Excellence plans.

“Achieving clinical excellence sits at the centre of our ambitions with patient experience and outcomes encompassing all activity. Through a targeted research strategy across all 3 domains, an active scholarship and academic programme, innovative means to train and educate ourselves, our partners and our wider community and disseminating and sharing good clinical practice we aim to change the face of pre-hospital care within the region and beyond.”

Dr Neal Durge Medical Director