Ambulance staff are often the first to attend the site of many difficult scenes. Yau Ming Low/ Shutterstock July 1, 2020 The mental health impact on ambulance staff of responding to suicide calls Carolyn Chew-Graham, Keele University; Pauline Nelson, University of Manchester, and Sharon Mcdonnell, University of Manchester Our study found many ambulance staff felt ill-equipped to respond to these calls.