News from East Anglian Air Ambulance

East Anglian Air Ambulance is still flying and saving lives, thanks to the community

The team at East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) has which put them at a greater risk of coming into been working incredibly hard to keep the charity’s contact with droplets from a patient. helicopters and rapid response vehicles operating Adapting to this need and sourcing and financing throughout the crisis, never missing a shift. the equipment has been a huge task for the charity. The medical teams are available 24/7 (with the rapid Thanks to an overwhelming response to its emergency response vehicles used at night when both helicopters PPE appeal, the community has come through and are offline) and ready to respond when needed. While helped to support the charity at an uncertain time. Covid-19 has been dominating the news, people are However, to keep its helicopters flying and its team still having cardiac arrests, medical emergencies and operational for the rest of the year, continued support accidents at home and road traffic collisions, which from the community will be required. EAAA need to is when the EAAA critical care teams are needed to raise £13 million a year to develop and deliver its lifehelp save lives and get patients to hospital for further saving service. All of its scheduled fundraising events treatment. and bucket collections for 2020 have been cancelled, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire are well served by due to the need to observe social distancing. EAAA, which flies out of Cambridge Airport between To help East Anglian Air Ambulance keep flying and 12pm and 12am with the rest of the day covered by saving lives, please give in any way that you can. rapid response vehicle. The teams Making sure its teams can operate have been tasked to Bedfordshire safely has been the number one 56 times so far this year, and 167 priority. Now, the charity needs to times to Cambridgeshire to provide make sure it can continue to raise emergency care. funds throughout the rest of the EAAA is proud to keep operating year. despite the challenges Covid-19 has There are several ways you can help presented. The main change is that EAAA from home. You can make a its teams now have to wear personal one-off or regular donation, sign up protective equipment (PPE) on all to play its weekly lottery, set up your missions. And will have to do so for own sponsored fundraising challenge the foreseeable future. The risk of or consider leaving the charity a gift being exposed to Covid-19, when in your Will. the teams know very little about the Anything you can do will help to patients they are treating, is going to keep EAAA’s life-saving teams in be high for a long time. Especially as action. Call 03450 669 999 or go the EAAA doctors and paramedics online to www.eaaa.org.uk to help. are delivering critical care procedures Thank you. To advertise in The Villager and Town Life please call 01767 261122 21