Posts by Lydia Crump
The need for our vital 24/7 service continues
Last week (4th – 11th May), the Magpas Air Ambulance advanced medical team were called to serious medical emergencies in Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Our Magpas doctor and critical care paramedic teams were activated to patients with accidental injuries, in cardiac arrests, medical incidents, road traffic collisions and to a number of assaults. Last week,…
Read MoreThe Magpas Blog: On the night shift with the Magpas team
Having just graduated with an English Language and Communication degree, the last thing I expected in my first office job, was to be observing some of the most talented Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) doctors and paramedics in the UK; literally saving lives in front of me. I had been in the Magpas Air Ambulance charity…
Read MoreCambridgeshire couple’s visor venture – from their garage!
[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1563541714106{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1563541563014{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1563541663973{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1587118343629{background-image: url(https://magpas.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-newland-family.jpg?id=25791) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]“I am exhausted! It’s like having a 2 year old again, you have to get up early to set everything up and get…
Read MoreCommunity Unity – Your innovative fundraising!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We know this is a difficult time for everyone, but despite the challenges we’re all facing, at Magpas Air Ambulance we have seen the communities we serve really pull together. Not only supporting each other, but supporting Magpas Air Ambulance too; individuals, community groups and businesses are coming up with exciting and inventive fundraising ideas…
Read MoreBourn Golf & Country Club in full swing!
[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1563541714106{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1563541563014{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1563541663973{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Bourn Golf & Country Club, just outside Cambridge, were busy with their home-based golf challenge over the Easter weekend; so much so, all involved have raised well over £1,500.00 as a result! To…
Read MoreHe may be in lockdown, but nothing’s stopping this fundraiser!
When Nick Johnson’s family friend Jimmy had a cardiac arrest at work, Magpas Air Ambulance flew hospital level care to his side, airlifted him from Wisbech to Royal Papworth Hospital, and he’s since made a miraculous recovery. Nick was so blown away by the advanced care the Magpas medical team provided Jimmy that he…
Read MoreMask Appeal for Magpas Air Ambulance
[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1563541714106{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1563541563014{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1563541663973{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1584986528827{background-image: url(https://magpas.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Team-in-PPE-at-incident-2-1-scaled.jpg?id=25672) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Magpas Air Ambulance are activated, on average, 4 times a day to critically ill and injured patients across the region. They are specially…
Read MoreSupport Magpas Air Ambulance through Give As You Live
For the time being we’ve had to stop lots of our normal fundraising activity 🙁 However, you can still support Magpas Air Ambulance every time you shop at some of your favourite retailers, at no additional cost to you! It’s quick and easy to sign up for Give As you Live! Once you’ve completed the…
Read MoreSupport Magpas Air Ambulance through Amazon Smile
For the time being we’ve had to stop lots of our normal fundraising activity 🙁 However, you can still support Magpas Air Ambulance every time you shop online at Amazon, at no additional cost to you! It’s quick and easy to sign up for Amazon Smile! If you sign in to Amazon Smile, through this…
Read MoreOur critical service continues: Magpas Air Ambulance fly to a man in cardiac arrest – Peterborough
On 17th March, Magpas Doctor Charlotte Haldane and Critical Care Paramedic Dan Read flew to Peterborough to treat a man who had suffered a cardiac arrest… At 4:07pm on Tuesday afternoon (17th) Magpas Doctor Charlotte Haldane and Critical Care Paramedic Dan Read landed in Peterborough via the Magpas Air Ambulance. They had been called to…
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