Our paramedic and doctor team assessed and treated a patient before airlifting them to hospital. Incident timeline: 17:38 Mobile to incident from Teesside International Airport 17:44 On Scene 18:26 Take off from scene, transporting patient by air 18:34 Arrive at hospital 19:02 Returning to base 19:08 On base
Our paramedic and doctor team assessed and treated a patient before airlifting them to hospital. Incident timeline: 15:06 Mobile to incident from Teesside International Airport 15:17 On Scene 15:48 Take off from scene, transporting patient by air 16:02 Arrive at hospital 16:19 Returning to base 16:28 On base
Tommy Hodgson, who lives in Cleator Moor, performed the daring stunt on 7 July with his friend John Wharton, who works at Mitchells Livestock Auction. Mr Hodgson was born on 30 June 1919, the same year that the First World War ended, and joined the Royal Engineers in 1940 at the age of 19. He … Continued
The charity recently purchased the MEQU blood warming system to bring further improvements to the way it performs blood transfusions throughout the region. The system includes a power pack and single use warmers, and can be easily set up in 30 seconds. In the pre-hospital environment, every minute counts, and it was previously identified that … Continued
The event was organised by the Great North Air Ambulance Service, which is currently hosting clinicians from around the country as part of an annual training course. The course participants were faced with dozens of ‘patients’ with realistic, bleeding wounds, who had been injured in the simulated terrorist incident. The patients were played by student … Continued
Earlier this year we welcomed two Italian clinicians who work in pre-hospital care to our base, so they could find out how GNAAS uses blood products in the pre-hospital environment. Simone Celi, an advanced nurse practitioner, and Christian Salaroli, an anaesthetist, work for the Regional Emergency-Urgency Agency (AREU) in the Lombardy region in Northern Italy. … Continued
Gareth lives in Gateshead and will be taking on the biggest half marathon in the UK as a guide runner with his friend David Walton. The two met six years ago, and at the time David had around 50% of his vision, but his condition is degenerative and now he only has around 11%. During … Continued
September 13th 2018 when life changed forever. I was driving to work – 7.30am. Beautiful morning, driving down a hill and a lorry was coming the other direction, a car went head on into me. A lot of moons collided at that point which enabled me to be writing to you now. The initial impact … Continued
On 22 April 2018, Nicole Law’s mother Abi Law was in a car with her friend, when they were involved in a head-on collision with a van in Cambois, Northumberland. GNAAS was called to the scene. Its critical care team assessed and treated Miss Law before airlifting her to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. … Continued
On Saturday our critical care team were activated at 9.40am to Garrigill, Alston. Due to the bad weather in the morning, our team transferred from the helicopter to the rapid response vehicle and drove off-road to reach the scene. A patient was assessed and treated by our team before being taken to hospital by a … Continued
