I’ve always believed that if I was a super hero my power would be the ability to fly! So what better way to test this than jump off a 200ft crane!  Funnily enough my grandparents aren’t really up for me doing this but the folks over at The North West Air Ambulance are happy to let me do this in support of them.  So if you have some spare change that you can pop in the pot it would be appreciated.

 

A little about the charity.

The North West Air Ambulance is a charity which has been flying life-saving missions throughout the North West region since 1999.

With two helicopters flying seven days a week, 365 days a year from their bases at Blackpool Airport and City Airport, Manchester, they cover 5,500 square miles and a population of around eight million people. On average the North West Air Ambulance is called out five times a day, rising up to ten in the summer. It costs in excess of £4.2 million per year to maintain both aircraft, but with almost no central government or lottery funding, they rely on the generosity of their supporters.

Because they can avoid problems of distance and congestion, they’re never further than 10 minutes to the nearest hospital in the region, whether flying from the North West’s remote countryside, busy motorways or city centers.

This means that patients involved in major trauma, especially with head or spinal injuries, can receive medical treatment quickly before being transferred to a specialist hospital in record time. By receiving treatment at the scene by highly qualified paramedics using sophisticated equipment and arriving at hospital within the ‘Golden Hour’, the patient’s chances of survival and speed of recovery are dramatically improved.