Event Medical · Event First Aid · Nightclubs · Sports
Scotland's most trusted event medical provider
A close-knit, skilled and committed team with decades of event medicine experience, many working within the NHS and Ambulance Service. Unrivalled event medical and first aid cover across Scotland and beyond.
- Established 2013
- Defibrillator at every event
- Frontline 999 clinicians
What we do
Medical cover for events of every size, anywhere in Scotland
From local gala days to Scotland's biggest festivals, Glasgow, Edinburgh, the Highlands and Islands, and we're happy to travel the UK and Europe for our clients.
Event Medical Cover
The highest standards of event medical and first aid, nationwide, highly trained first aiders, responders and frontline 999 ambulance clinicians.
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Nightclub Medical Cover
Skilled, trusted club medical and welfare staff specialising in environments with exposure to alcohol and drug toxicity.
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Medical Management
Event medical planning and management at festivals around the UK, booking, risk assessment, planning and on-the-day oversight.
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Film & TV Production
Specialist production medical cover on film and TV locations nationwide, set medics, stunt cover and ambulance standby.
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Sports Medical Cover
Enhanced sporting cover tailored to all sports and levels, from amateur through to professional leagues and international competitions.
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Mental Health & First Aid Training
Accredited mental health and first aid training courses delivered to workplaces and organisations across Scotland.
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Est. 2013
Scotland's longest-operating dedicated event medical provider
Every event
Defibrillators carried at all events, without exception
1,000+
Patients treated per year by our nightclub medics alone
NHS-experienced
Most of our team are current or previous NHS/Ambulance staff
Why local matters
Based in Scotland. Not a branch office.
West Coast EMS was founded in Glasgow in 2013 and has specialised in Scotland's events, film and TV industry ever since. Our team live and work here: they know the venues, the festivals, the licensing landscape and the terrain, from city-centre superclubs to remote Highland film sets.
- Born in The Arches, in partnership with Police Scotland and the NHS
- Staff who work in Scotland's NHS, with local A&E relationships
- Local set medics for productions filming anywhere in Scotland
- No travel and accommodation costs from the other end of the UK
Glasgow
Our home city: venues, nightclubs, festivals and productions.
Event medical cover in Glasgow
Edinburgh
From Hogmanay to the Queensferry Crossing opening ceremony.
Event medical cover in Edinburgh
Highlands & Islands
Island festivals, remote film sets and open-water events.
Event medical cover in Highlands & Islands
Who we've worked with
Trusted at major events and productions nationwide
Our team have also been subcontracted by both British Red Cross and St John Ambulance, a mark of the trust placed in our clinicians across the industry.
- Glasgow 2014
- Tour de France
- Edinburgh's Hogmanay
- The Arches
- Tiree Music Festival
- Oban Live
- Queensferry Crossing Opening
- National Theatre of Scotland
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Scottish Gymnastics
Testimonials
What our clients say.
“The team at West Coast are always helpful, efficient, friendly and highly professional. As well as participating in the multi-agency planning group, they created a robust Medical Plan to ensure the correct level of cover was provided. We would not hesitate to engage West Coast EMS for future high profile, outdoor events.”
“They proved to be conscientious, diligent and genuinely invested in the wellbeing and safety of the team; always taking questions and requests from the cyclists seriously. This instilled confidence and was thoroughly reassuring throughout. I would not hesitate to use the team again on a similar event.”