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Medical advisor for GWAS in Bristol plans for better pre-hospital service

Medical advisor for GWAS in Bristol plans for better pre-hospital service

Friday, November 28, 2008

J onathan Benger is a busy man. He is an A&E consultant at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, involved in training and research at the University of the West of England and is the medical advisor for air operations at Great Western Ambulance Service, attending emergencies with...

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Crew profile: Simon Gough

Crew profile: Simon Gough

Thursday, October 23, 2008

SimonGough, 41, has swapped Army missions in the Arctic, Middle East, jungle and desert for a new role as the air ambulance's pilot.

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Crew profile: Rhonda Collins

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Rhonda Collins, 29, joined the ambulance service in 1998 and has progressed through the ranks to being clinical team leader of air operations and...

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Crew profile: Kate Sharpe

Crew profile: Kate Sharpe

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Kate Sharpe, 30, is a registrar anaesthetist at Frenchay Hospital, working day and night shifts and studying for exams.

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Crew profile: Jules Blackham

Crew profile: Jules Blackham

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Jules Blackham, 37, is a registrar in emergency medicine at Gloucester Royal Hospital.

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Crew profile: Danny Hopkins

Crew profile: Danny Hopkins

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Air operations director for Great Western Ambulance Service (GWAS), Danny Hopkins, heads up the team, and looks after the other two helicopters in the...

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The Evening Post has joined forces with the Great Western Air Ambulance to help them raise the more than one million they need each year to keep their helicopter flying.
The service flies a crew of doctors and specialist paramedics to emergencies to provide A&E standard care at the scene, helping save lives and minimise the possibility of more serious injury.
They can stabilise patients and help them breathe and in the most serious cases can anaesthetise people and carry out other emergency procedures while they are still in their home, on the roadside or sports pitch.
Patients are then transported to the most appropriate hospital for their injuries rather than the nearest because the initial preparation has already been carried out at the scene.
It also enables a casualty to be taken straight into the operating theatre, scanner or intensive treatment unit when they arrive at the A&E rather than waiting to be prepared.
Great Western Air Ambulance was launched in June and has already been called to more than 200 incidents and helped save lives but other than the salaries of the paramedics who fly as part of the crew, there is no NHS funding for the service and the team relies on its own dedicated charity and the goodwill of the public to raise the funding needed each year.
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