Air Ambulance Week 2024
09 September 2024
We are marking Air Ambulance Week 2024 with the announcement that EAAA now treats an average of six people every day.
Air Ambulance Week 2024 takes off across the UK from 9 – 15 September, to raise awareness of the life-saving work of air ambulance charities across the UK. Here in the east of England, EAAA’s 24/7 life-saving service is called to a wide range of medical emergencies across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. EAAA, which receives no regular government funding, is joining other air ambulance charities around the United Kingdom to deliver the message: “Today’s Supporter, Tomorrow’s Life-saver.”
Anyone, anywhere in the UK can become a patient at any time. The message is a reminder that becoming a supporter of EAAA today can help save lives tomorrow. Throughout Air Ambulance Week, the stories of those whose lives have been impacted by critical care medics, who bring advanced skills, medication and equipment directly to the scene of medical emergencies, will be shared.
One of those who has been treated by EAAA is 38-year-old Jonathan Moran, who suffered a life-threatening medical emergency in the middle of the night while at home alone in September 2022. Jonathan had suffered a haemorrhage on both sides of his brain and three aneurysms. The advanced critical care interventions the EAAA crew provided at scene included giving him an emergency anaesthetic, intubating and ventilating him. These were essential steps to give Jonathan the best possible chance of survival – and would not have been possible without public donations and support for EAAA.
After spending nine weeks in a coma and undergoing neurological surgery, Jonathan recovered and is now lending his support to the charity during Air Ambulance Week 2024.
“The help from everyone, including East Anglian Air Ambulance, has meant so much to me and my friends and family,” Jonathan says.
“I never thought something like this would happen to me and that’s why I’m supporting East Anglian Air Ambulance and Air Ambulance Week 2024. I encourage others to get behind the charity as you never know when you, or somebody you love, might need their help. By supporting EAAA today, you really could become somebody’s life-saver tomorrow.”
“Air Ambulance Week is an opportunity to acknowledge the life-saving achievements of East Anglian Air Ambulance supporters. Simply put, we couldn’t respond to medical emergencies and provide advanced treatment and care without the remarkable kindness of people in our communities. EAAA now treats, on average, six people every day and we recognise and give our heartfelt thanks to our supporters for their ongoing impact right across our region. Together, we really do save lives.” ”
Matthew Jones, CEO of East Anglian Air Ambulance, says: “Air Ambulance Week is an opportunity to acknowledge the life-saving achievements of East Anglian Air Ambulance supporters. Simply put, we couldn’t respond to medical emergencies and provide advanced treatment and care without the remarkable kindness of people in our communities.”
Matthew continues, “EAAA now treats, on average, six people every day and we recognise and give our heartfelt thanks to our supporters for their ongoing impact right across our region. Together, we really do save lives.”
EAAA is a 24/7 life-saving charity. Each mission costs on average £3,750 and is funded almost entirely by the generosity of local communities. The charity is calling on people all over Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk for support during Air Ambulance Week 2024 to ensure it can continue to save the lives of people like Jonathan.
Learn more about Air Ambulance Week 2024: 6 lives, 24 hours. Please help us repond.