As some of you know I am currently working as a Doctor in A and E at The Royal London Hospital, home of London's Air Ambulance.

I have been totally inspired by the HEMS Team and would really like to raise some money for the charity, whose work is incredibly worthwhile. London's Air Ambulance really does make an enormous difference to those patients, and their families, who receive emergency medical treatment both at the roadside and in the Emergency Department at the Royal London Hospital.

If you would like to sponsor me to run the Cardiff Half Marathon and by proxy make a donation to LAS I would be really grateful! No amount too big or too small.

I have included some more information about LAS below and you can also read further on the charity webpage.

Many thanks in advance!

Vanessa

London’s Air Ambulance is a registered charity which runs London’s only helicopter emergency medical service, providing life saving care to victims of serious injury throughout London - serving the 10 million people who live, work and commute within the M25.

Based at the Royal London Hospital and founded in 1989, the service is unique in that it operates 24/7, with the helicopter running in daylight hours and rapid response cars taking over at night. The Team, which at all times includes a senior trauma doctor and a specially trained paramedic, attends an average of seven missions every 24 hours.

London’s Air Ambulance has an international reputation for clinical excellence and delivers pioneering procedures which have been adopted across the world.

London’s Air Ambulance was the first air ambulance service in the UK:

• with a doctor and paramedic team;
• to deliver high standard pre-hospital anaesthesia;
• to have a clinical governance programme;
• to perform a thoracotomy (open heart surgery) at the roadside;
• to perform thoracostomy (to drain collapsed lungs);
• to use check lists to improve patient safety;
• with air & land based response; and to provide 24 hour cover.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.