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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially adopted on January 24, 1997. | |||
The shield is divided into two by a symbolic lightning strike indicating the use of electricity in accident and emergency, both for instrumentation and defibrillation. | |||
The two halves of the shield are symbolically coloured as night and day (silver). On the sinister half, in the argent part of the shield is a poppy flower, representing the use of opiate analgesia. | |||
The crest consists of a waxing and waning moon on either side of a symbolic sun. This depicts the fact that accident and emergency work goes on by night and day. | |||
The dexter supporter is a wounded man, showing the numerous types of wound to which man may be subjected. The supporter on the sinister side represents a healthy man. | |||
The compartment has on the dexter side nettles and on the sinister side dock leaves, indicating harm and the folklore cure for the harm caused by nettles. | |||
The motto "Semper succurimus aegris" means “We always help the sick.” | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : | [[Literature]] : Thurston, 1997. | ||
[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1997]] |
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