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A cycle responder is a medically trained responder, such as a paramedic or first aider that uses a bicycle to respond to a medical emergency. They are used by professional ambulance services to respond to emergency calls and also by private and voluntary providers of medical cover at events. Cycle responders are provided in order to provide fast, effective medical assistance to patients in areas in which a traditional road ambulance or response car would have a delayed response time, and where responders on foot may not be fast enough, or cannot provide sufficient cover over an area. This means that they are primarily deployed in areas of high traffic congestion, such as city centres with large cities such as London and Manchester making extensive use of them.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Who will treat you: Cycle responders )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Two-wheeled medics cover more ground in the capital )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Square-Mile cycle paramedics become the new City-Slickers )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cycle response unit )〕 They are also used in specialist applications such as inside large shopping precincts and airport terminals, and for covering first aid at events. ==History== First aid response on bicycle has been used by event first aid organisations since at least the 1990s,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cycle Response Unit - Staffordshire )〕 to provide rapid response over an event site. Cycle responders for ambulance work were piloted by London Ambulance Service in 2000, as the idea of paramedic Tom Lynch, based at the Waterloo ambulance station.〔 The trial successfully demonstrated that response times to pedestrianised areas were reduced, and with the responder able to deal with a number of illnesses and injuries, the single cycle saved over 250 hours of ambulance availability per 6 months.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cycle responder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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