While unlucky for some, Friday 13 December proved to a very lucky day for a retired Steyning woman who was reunited with her lifesavers four years to the day after she suffered a massive cardiac arrest. Delivering a total of 10 shocks to her heart, the SECAmb team were delighted to meet 73-year-old Sue Yarnall at Banstead Make Ready Centre last week. The emotional reunion brought together Advanced
When 76-year-old Harold Lee experienced sharp chest pain and dizziness at his home in Bognor Regis, his wife immediately called 999, recognising something was seriously wrong. Paramedics Megan Bishop and Lucy Lillywhite arrived within minutes to find Harold visibly unwell. An electrocardiogram (ECG) confirmed Harold was suffering from an ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI), a life-threateni
Innovative research into paediatric pre-hospital care took centre stage at the fourth Clinical Research Summit, sparking lively discussions on how to improve emergency care for children. Held on 21 November 2024 at the Holiday Inn, London Gatwick – Worth, and attended by over 50 colleagues, the event featured expert presentations on critical topics such as paediatric head injury management,
A Chertsey paramedic is the inaugural winner of South East Coast Ambulance Service’s Alice Clark Award. The award was introduced in celebration and honour of newly-qualified Paddock Wood Paramedic, Alice Clark, who sadly died in service at the age of 21 in January 2022. Newly Qualified Paramedic (NQP) Nicola Buchan picked up the award at the second of SECAmb’s three annual award ceremonies held at
A Worthing mother who went into labour six weeks early was able to introduce her now young toddler to the SECAmb team who helped safely deliver him. Georgia Tulip, 27, and her partner Craig Murtagh, 28, were reunited with the team who attended the scene back in November 2022, after labour progressed very quickly. Worried about the outcome for their now two-year-old son, Albie, as Georgia experienc
A part-time Horley gardener had the chance to meet his lifesavers thanks to his customer who was once a paramedic and worked for the ambulance service. Thanking the team for their quick-actions, former SECAmb employee Justin Wand had nothing but praise to offer the team who helped his friend and gardener who went into anaphyxic shock following a wasp sting. Marc Caldwell was stung by a wasp while
A grandad who suffered a cardiac arrest has reunited with the “superheroes” who saved his life. Russell Jennings, 62, was watching TV at his home in Brighton Road, Worthing, on the morning of Tuesday 28 May when he went grey and unresponsive. His wife, Kate, 54, rushed downstairs and called for help and their neighbours, Gareth and Gemma, who run Beer No Evil micropub, ran upstairs to help. Garet
Do you want to learn new skills and make a difference to our ambulance service? We are recruiting Chaplains across SECAmb and are keen to hear from anyone who can bring enthusiasm, reliability, and commitment to this role. Chaplaincy volunteers play an important part within our ambulance support network and provide pastoral support and care of staff, assisting them through any life problems or di
SECAmb has welcomed recent sentences for people who have assaulted ambulance crews and other emergency services workers. They include a six-month prison sentence handed to a 24-year-old Bexhill man who assaulted a paramedic by punching them in their upper left arm, and a rehabilitation and community order for a 48-year-old Canterbury man who spat on an emergency care support worker and a police o
A Horsham businessman who suffered a heart attack has been reunited with the SECAmb “angels” who saved his life. Jon Hadaway was in the queue at Strawberry Fields Tea Room in Faygate on June 26, the hottest day of the year, when he collapsed and fell backwards after going into cardiac arrest. Fortunately, off-duty Clinical Supervisor and Paramedic Steff Barlow and Associate Ambulance Practitioner