Ian and Wendy's Story
On average, EAAA crews attend more than one person every day who has suffered a cardiac arrest. Your donation will ensure we can deliver the advanced care needed at the scene, so everyone is given the very best chance of survival.
Your donation saves lives
Against the odds
A cardiac arrest is consistently the highest cause for EAAA taskings. In 2023-24, our crews delivered advanced critical care by air and road to 538 people in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, thanks to you.
No matter how impossible the situation may seem, your support means we will be there for people when they need us most, delivering advanced skills, medication and equipment. We can perform critical care interventions, normally only seen in a hospital emergency department and transfer people rapidly to the most appropriate hospital for their ongoing treatment and care.
All of the things I thought I would do in retirement, none of it's a given. It's a second chance.
— Ian, cardiac arrest survivor
Watch Ian and Wendy’s story
Ian was one of the 538 cardiac arrest patients that our crews treated after he went into cardiac arrest in the middle of the night. Ian is alive today because he received immediate CPR from his brave wife Wendy, followed by the advanced critical care from EAAA that you help fund. Together, we established Ian’s chain of survival and saved his life.
Your support today will save lives
Make a donation to help us provide out-of-hospital critical care when every second counts.
