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Jonny Longfellow is raising money for Association of Anaesthetists
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I am doing an Iron-man triathlon (3.8km swim, 180km bike, 40km run)
on Sunday 8th August.
I would like to raise money for the Overseas Anaesthesia Fund (Association of Anaesthetists great Britain & Ireland)
Why the Overseas Anaesthesia Fund?
Whilst honeymooning on Kilimanjaro, I developed severe altitude sickness, with pulmonary and cerebral oedema and ended up on an intensive care unit in Moshi, Tanzania. I was aware of the limited resources they were dealing with there, but still received the best care they were able to deliver. As a result of this, and the fact my wife is an anaesthetist, I have chosen the Overseas Anaesthesia Fund as my charity. The ethos of the OAF is grassroots training and education in the poorest developing countries - ultimately meaning a better quality of care for very sick patients, like I was.
I feel I have come a long way since that episode of altitude sickness; for weeks after I was short of breath just walking down the street. Six years on things have improved and I am now poised to embark upon another endurance event....
I would like to raise money for the Overseas Anaesthesia Fund (Association of Anaesthetists great Britain & Ireland)
Please sponsor me!
For more information please see: http://www.aagbi.org/foundation/oaf.htm
Why the Overseas Anaesthesia Fund?
Whilst honeymooning on Kilimanjaro, I developed severe altitude sickness, with pulmonary and cerebral oedema and ended up on an intensive care unit in Moshi, Tanzania. I was aware of the limited resources they were dealing with there, but still received the best care they were able to deliver. As a result of this, and the fact my wife is an anaesthetist, I have chosen the Overseas Anaesthesia Fund as my charity. The ethos of the OAF is grassroots training and education in the poorest developing countries - ultimately meaning a better quality of care for very sick patients, like I was.
I feel I have come a long way since that episode of altitude sickness; for weeks after I was short of breath just walking down the street. Six years on things have improved and I am now poised to embark upon another endurance event....
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