A crew treats an incident victim who has had a bottle of ammonia thrown in her face

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Glasgow Street Aid

Cameron Scott | United Kingdom

Glasgow Street Aid is a charity set up and staffed by medical professionals whose aim is to provide first response assistance to those in need in Glasgow city centre during weekend nights. As a charity they rely solely on donations and fundraising efforts to finance their operations and yet they provide vital emergency services normally reserved for the ambulance service and accident and emergency departments at hospital, annually preventing thousands of cases impacting the wider Scottish National Health Service. Beyond immediate medical needs they provide other vital services such as mental health support and needle exchange. They operate from a base in the city centre which houses fully equipped emergency treatment bays and a control centre and they have their own private ambulance. I have been documenting their work for nearly two years now, which involves shadowing the two-person crews as they patrol the streets of Glasgow city centre at night. The photography is used for educational purposes in lectures, social media feeds and newsletters and helps illustrate the remarkable work carried out by this dedicated team, something that words alone cannot do justice to.

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