A Frailty Nurse Practitioner with 25 years’ experience in the NHS who survived a sudden cardiac arrest has been reunited with the ambulance crews who saved her life, describing their care as “outstanding” and their actions as the reason she is here today. Now 52-year-old Dee was at home in East Sussex when her husband Will found her unresponsive in June 2024. Dee’s husband immediately raised the a
A young man from Dover whose heart stopped for six minutes after being rushed to hospital has been reunited with the SECAmb colleagues who played a part in saving his life. Aydan Adams, now 23, was invited to the Trust’s Ashford Make Ready Centre recently – more than a year after he was found unresponsive at his grandmother’s house and taken to hospital, where he later suffered a cardiac arr
A Brighton family’s worst nightmare turned into a story of survival, thanks to the actions of the SECAmb team who brought their baby daughter back from the brink after she suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at home. Seven-month-old Chloe Jackson collapsed on 12 April 2024, prompting a desperate call to 999 from Chloe’s mum, Heather. Thanks to the swift actions of emergency call handler, Beth P
The quick-thinking of a wife saw her husband receive the life-saving treatment he needed and go on to be reunited with his life-savers recently. Carol alerted the ambulance service when she found her husband, Kevin, (76) unresponsive on the sofa at home at home on the afternoon of 27 November 2024. Getting him to the floor and calling 999, Carol was connected to Emergency Medical Advisor Team Lead
A schoolboy who was thrown into the air after being hit by a car has made a miraculous recovery and has now reunited with the ambulance crews who helped to save his life. Henry, from Snodland, Kent, was just seven years old when the accident happened on 14 July 2024. Henry was with his dad, Chris on their way to watch the England Euro Final at their local football club when Henry stepped into the
A new mum had the opportunity to thank the crews who came to her aid after she suffered a life-threatening postpartum haemorrhage, just moments after welcoming her baby daughter into the world. What should have been the most joyous moment for 27-year-old Rebecca King quickly turned into a terrifying ordeal. With the midwife by her side at her home in Gillingham, all seemed well but shortly after g
An Ashford woman who suffered multiple organ failure and is lucky to be alive was reunited with the team who helped her recently. Married for 50 years to husband Richard, Susan’s (72) chance of survival was as low as 30 per cent – a harrowingly low statistic when four or more organs fail. Susan had been struggling with severe abdominal pain and exhaustion for days when her husband, Richard, grew i
A dash to the hospital turned into a dramatic roadside birth for one Kent mother, who has now reunited with the team who helped bring her baby into the world in the back of an ambulance. Lisa and Ant from Teynham, Sittingbourne had been to William Harvey Hospital on 14 January but was discharged to rest at home. However, soon after arriving, her waters broke. She and her husband, Ant, set off for
When now 78-year-old Chris Mills collapsed in Chatham last October, he had no pulse and his heart had stopped. But thanks to the swift actions of an off-duty nurse who immediately started chest compressions, and the rapid response of emergency crews, Chris survived against the odds. Now, on Valentine’s Day, he and his wife Brenda were reunited with the team that helped to save his life, sending a
A chance CPR course hosted at a Kent fire and rescue service station was put to the test when a Hadlow woman used it to save her husband’s life and ensured they got to spend Christmas together as a family. Hadow resident, Kirsty Finch, had no idea that a CPR course she completed just four weeks prior to her husband’s arrest would prepare her for this ultimate test. When Cliff Finch suffered a sudd