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Frontline insights in the eyes of Doctor Chris Chadwick during Covid-19 Doctor Chris Chadwick shares an insight on what it is like working as an East Anglian Air Ambulance Doctor on the frontline during the Covid-19 pandemic. When I started with EAAA, certain clinical scenarios and presentations could be anticipated - and following some of the best training in my career, I felt ready to be deployed as part of the clinical crew, with a supportive and caring management and operations structure behind me. I think it’s fair to say a global viral pandemic was not something any of us expected! It’s true to say we are a sum of our parts. I am really proud to have been part of a team that has really engaged and tackled every angle of this crisis. Our mettle has definitely been tested. Working alongside some genuinely awesome intellects, and nationally eminent clinicians has been inspiring. Combined with an operations team that has delivered quality assured projects which were seemingly impossible in such short timescales is a real testament to the calibre and attitude of the people working here. Clinically, we have had to find a new way of ensuring
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we deliver the highest quality care that we are rightfully proud of, but in personal protective equipment, or by providing advice and support over the phone. As healthcare professionals, we are trained to deal with a patient in front of us. Some of the expert care we have provided during this crisis has been in the unfamiliar telemedicine specialty. We have an incredible team here that care so deeply about providing the very best care for our patients and has very obviously started with our own staff who are now much more than colleagues. It has been humbling to see how much our wonderful supporters care about us as well, with a staggering response to our emergency PPE appeal and with all sorts of other donations! Thanks to your ongoing support, we have been able to proudly continue to concentrate on the most serious patients in front of us by providing them with critical care in their crisis. Thank you. If you would like to support the work of East Anglian Air Ambulance during this difficult time visit their website www.eaaa.org.uk or call 03450 669 999.
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