A MAN “in his 30s” was taken to hospital following “a medical emergency” that saw hazardous area response and an air ambulance deployed to Selborne Road, Worcester, yesterday.

At least four ambulance vehicles and a helicopter attended the scene, including West Midlands Ambulance Service’s Hazardous Area Response Team (HART).

HART paramedics are specifically trained and equipped to work in hazardous areas where traditionally it would be unsafe to, including behind police cordons, chemical incidents, widespread flooding, complex road traffic accidents and patients injured or ill in hazardous environments.

The updates come after a police forensics van was seen parked near the scene yesterday afternoon (Sunday, March 7).

An West Midlands Ambulance Service statement read: “We were called to reports of a medical emergency at a property on Selborne Road West at 4.10pm yesterday.

“Two ambulances, two paramedic officers, the Trust’s Hazardous Area Response Team, the Midlands Air Ambulance Critical Care Car and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham attended the scene.

“On arrival we discovered one patient, a man.

“Following treatment at the scene, he was taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital by land ambulance.”

The ambulance service politely declined to comment on why HART paramedics had been required to attend. 

A West Mercia Police statement read: “Officers responded to calls for a person’s welfare at a property in Selborne Road, Worcester yesterday at around 4pm.

“A man in his 30s was taken to hospital where he continues to receive treatment.”