At their June meeting, the Trustees of the Honourable Company’s Charitable Trust awarded £1,000 to the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC). It had applied for help with the cost (£1,838) of a life-like, specialist, clinical training manikin for training purposes. The manikin is designed to represent a three-months old baby and enables their crew to demonstrate, and attendees to practice, specific skills including resuscitation of a baby in cardiac arrest and preparation for a pre-hospital emergency anaesthetic. This training could make a life or death difference for some of the youngest patients they see.
GWAAC provide the air ambulance and critical care service for a large area of the South West, including all of Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire. Their specialist clinical crew bring advanced care to the scene of a serious accident or medical emergency, giving treatment at the scene that is normally only possible in hospital. They are called to over 2,000 critical patients every year and their intervention means that many patients, who may not otherwise survive the journey to hospital, do survive with good outcomes.
The cheque was presented by Robert Wharton, HCG Trustee, and he and his wife Fiona were shown around the base in South Gloucestershire. The helicopter was grounded during their visit due to wind and cloud.
The photographs show the presentation with Robert Wharton, Kate Baldwin (GWAAC grants manager) and crew members, plus the baby manikin.
