Today we are calling on you to become a lifesaver by helping to fund a Chest Compression system for your North West Air Ambulance Charity. This vital equipment delivers automated CPR and helps improve a patient’s chance of survival.     

Cardiac arrest remains a leading cause of death across the UK affecting even the young and athletic. Devastatingly 95% of patients die before they reach the hospital. This is when our crew and the speed of our aircraft can give the gift of time and make a lifesaving difference.    

The small cabin of the aircraft can make the delivery of consistent CPR challenging, even for our highly experienced crew.  This sometimes means that a patient in cardiac arrest will travel by land to maintain regular CPR, losing vital time in the process.    

Having a chest compression device on board our helicopter would enable cardiac arrest patients to receive effective, sustained CPR throughout their treatment, whilst allowing our crew to navigate to the right treatment center for their care and perform other treatments that may be vital in an emergency.     

This lifesaving equipment costs £7,500 and with your support today, we hope to raise enough to purchase a chest compression device for one of our helicopters. A device that will enable your North West Air Ambulance Charity to save even more lives.     

Your North West Air Ambulance charity brings advanced health care to the scene and just as many critically injured patients would not survive without our service, we would not be here without you!   

You can also donate by Texting NWAA17 and the amount you want to give to 70070.   

Thanks to a pledge of £5,000 from  B&M Retail PLC and donations from supporters like you, we have raised over 70% of our target - can you help us raise those final pounds,  so we can make a lifesaving difference tomorrow?