FINALIST 2025
Great Western Air Ambulance Charity’s (GWAAC) Critical Care Team was called to a horrific head-on road traffic collision in Cirencester in Gloucestershire.
Specialist Paramedic Pete described their patient, Simon, as “one of the most broken people I've ever seen.” His devastating traumatic injuries meant the GWAAC crew needed to perform surgery on the roadside, give multiple blood transfusions, and take over his breathing.
Watch this film, produced by Zest Productions, to learn how the skills and quick decision-making of the GWAAC Critical Care Team including paramedics and a doctor gave Simon a chance at life. The crew got Simon to hospital alive, and with a fighting chance of survival.
Great Western Air Ambulance Charity attends the most critical incidents not just by our green and blue helicopter, but also by critical care car, serving 2.1 million people across the region of Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, and parts of Wiltshire. GWAAC’s Critical Care Team consists of a highly trained and experienced Pilot, a Specialist Paramedic in Critical Care, and a Critical Care Doctor.
Each mission costs on average over £2,200, the crew gets called out more than five times a day and the charity need to raise over £4 million each year.
Although GWAAC is part of the regional 999 response service and works closely with NHS hospitals, it is a charity entirely funded by local people just like you. Thanks to your generosity GWAAC’s crew not only save lives, they also improve patient outcomes.
Our Critical Care Team stand ready to save the lives of local people. We provide emergency care to people who are in a state so critical that they require the specialist skills of our team at the scene of the accident or medical incident. Though we are part of the regional 999 response service and work closely with NHS hospitals, we are a charity entirely funded by the public.
We align with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:
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