The Health Hub is proud to support Suffolk Accident Rescue Service (SARS), taking part in Saddle Up For SARS this April.

Our aim is to cycle as far as we can in April on our spin bikes, in the gym, or out on the road. There is no entry fee to join The Health Hub Team but we would encourage each participant to raise as much as they can for this great charity to help us achieve our goal of £1,000.

Sadly it is unusual now to speak to anybody local who doesn't know of at somebody who has been touched by this service, often with patients unaware as the incredible work is carried out while they are at their most vulnerable.

SARS is an emergency medical charity providing specialist volunteer responders to assist the East of England Ambulance Service at the scenes of serious incidents - in the home or at the roadside.

SARS members include anaesthetists, critical care paramedics and other clinicians with enhanced prehospital skills. SARS responders carry items of lifesaving equipment and drugs not found on our front-line ambulances. This allows the clinicians to carry out advanced procedures at the scene which are normally only undertaken in a hospital environment. This can mean truly lifesaving interventions, particularly when patients are trapped and rapid evacuation to hospital isn't possible.

SARS members fill a vital gap by providing advanced emergency medical aid within their catchment areas. In addition to helping save lives, the presence of a SARS specialist at an incident scene can also reduce the chances of patients suffering permanent disability or unnecessary pain. This is an enhanced medical resource which the ambulance service can call upon 365 days a year.