Running for Life
Organised by Bravo MedicsThis closed group run will raise awareness of the benefits of running and raise funds for Bravo Medics.
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Pre-hospital critical care is not available through the NHS. Road ambulances do not always carry doctors and paramedics cannot administer some medications, give emergency anaesthetics, sedate people or perform emergency surgery. Our local air ambulance charity - who does provide critical care, does not fly after 01.00am. So what happens when somebody is seriously ill but other services cannot help? Bravo Medics steps in.
Their highly trained and equipped volunteer doctors are on call to drive on blue lights to emergencies across Bristol; North Somerset; South Gloucestershire; Bath and North East Somerset; parts of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. They work full time for the NHS and volunteer in their own time, often after a long hospital shift. 90% of people they treat survive to hospital and around one in four would be left with life-changing injuries or sadly pass away, without Bravo Medic's intervention.
Dr Andrew Heavyside says:
We attend cardiac arrests, premature labours and traumas like car accidents and stabbings - were seeing a worrying increase in stabbings. Some scenes will stay with me forever because they were so horrific. But I do this because people deserve the best critical care when they need it. If somebody I knew was sick, Id want the highest level of care for them whatever time of day that happened to be. Air ambulances do a phenomenal job but not all work 24 hours or overnight as its too expensive, so our services are vital.