The Guardian of the North II will be based at the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) base near Eaglescliffe, Stockton. The £5m aircraft will work across the charity’s entire area which includes Cumbria and North Yorkshire as well as the North East. The £5m Dauphin N3+ helicopter is the newer version of the charity’s … Continued
Martin Norris, 66, from Cockermouth has built and restored more than 10 boats over the past 40 years. His latest boat called Pilgrim was built in the aftermath of a fall from a ladder in 2014 as he was clearing the gutters. He said: “A neighbour had seen me fall and called the ambulance, but … Continued
Nick Copson, 47, originally from Woodland, near Bishop Auckland, survived a head-on collision near Witton-le-Wear on the A68 on 13 September 2018. Two critical care teams from the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) came to his aid and worked alongside the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) and fire and rescue teams. GNAAS paramedic Marcus … Continued
Orla Capstick was only 11 months old when she was scalded by a cup of coffee in her home in Tebay on 22 June 2018. Recalling the incident, her mother Vicki Capstick said: “She was around 11 months old and just learning to walk. We were all getting ready for bed, and a fresh cup … Continued
Jeff will be taking on two bike rides, the GYROplus (101 miles), and the GYRO base2base challenge (150 miles) as well as running 13.1 miles, the same length as the Great North Run. We caught up with Jeff to find out more about his challenge which has been dubbed ‘Go BIG or (Can’t) Go Home’. … Continued
Andrew Newson, 52, from Ashington, Northumberland was riding his motorbike alongside his son Stephen in the Lake District when his bike slid and he crashed into a wall near Troutbeck, Windermere. He said: “We were going over Kirkstone Pass and my son decided that he was going a little bit too fast so we missed … Continued
Pete Coady, 37, from Darlington, was driving down the B6270 between Low Row and Gunnerside in Swaledale with his nephew Joe when his vehicle left the road and he crashed into a wall and down an embankment on 28 December 2017. Joe managed to get out of the car and only suffered a nasty cut … Continued
Asha Richardson, aged 26, of Kirkby Stephen, walked and occasionally ran more than 154 miles with her son, Lennox, and raised more than £600. Lennox was born 10 weeks premature on 27 October 2017 in Lancaster due to his mum Asha suffering from pre-eclampsia, a pregnancy disorder. He weighed only 3lbs 4oz and was in … Continued
Kacper Krauze from Appleby was 13-years-old when he was pulled from the River Eden in cardiac arrest in February last year. The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) worked alongside fire crews, police, ambulance and staff from an Appleby medical practice in the aftermath of the incident. After being pulled from the river, the resuscitation … Continued
Simone Celi, an advanced nurse practitioner, works for the Regional Emergency-Urgency Agency (AREU) in the Lombardy region in Northern Italy. He originally visited GNAAS with a colleague to learn about delivering blood transfusions in a pre-hospital setting and observed the critical care teams at both Langwathby and Teesside International Airport for four days. Simone recently … Continued
