In September 2022, everything changed for 36-year-old Jonathan when he suffered a life-threatening medical emergency in the middle of the night at his home in Peterborough.
Jonathan lived alone but was able to call 999 before losing consciousness. On arrival, emergency services had to break the door down to gain access to Jonathan’s home and immediately called for the advanced care from East Anglian Air Ambulance.
The critical care interventions that the EAAA crew provided at scene were essential steps in helping to give Jonathan the best possible chance of survival, when his life hung in the balance.
Thanks to supporter donations, Jonathan was given an emergency anaesthetic, before being intubated and ventilated and then transferred to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, the region’s Major Trauma Centre.
After spending nine weeks in a coma and undergoing neurological surgery, Jonathan recovered having suffered a haemorrhage on both sides of his brain and three aneurysms.
East Anglian Air Ambulance is a charity which is independent from the NHS and receives no regular government funding. Every incident we attend in the region costs (on average) £4,250 and the EAAA crews treat, on average, six people, like Jonathan, every day.
Content warning: Video contains audio from the actual 999 call.
We care deeply about the work we do and the people we help. And we do more than you might think; providing aftercare, community lifesaving training and undertaking clinical research too. We rely almost entirely on public donations to do our work and don’t receive regular government funding.
Fuelled by supporter donations, we partner with the ambulance service across the most serious of incidents including road traffic collisions, cardiac arrests and other medical emergencies. When someone needs us, it’s usually the worst moment of their life, and their family’s. That’s why our specialist doctors, critical care paramedics and pilots bring the advanced skills, equipment and medicine directly to the patient’s side in the fastest time possible, providing care normally only found in a specialist emergency department. The equipment carried by our helicopters and critical care cars enables enhanced care at the incident scene – when the patient needs it most – such as blood transfusions, advanced pain relief, sedation and anaesthesia, and surgical interventions.
This, combined with quick onward transfer to the most appropriate hospital, gives every patient the best possible chance of surviving and recovering a life-threatening emergency.
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