A Bognor man and avid runner recently reunited with the life-savers who came to his aid when he suffered a cardiac arrest following one of his regular runs. Now 75-years-old, Philip Heath-Coleman and his family visited SECAmb’s Tangmere Make Ready Centre on Friday, 4 April where they met Associate Ambulance Practitioner (AAP), Jacqueline Nisbet, and Dispatch Team Leader (DTL), Peter Coldicott – t
Image by Peter Cripps An outstanding 54 SECAmb volunteers were presented with awards for their life-saving skills recently, highlighting their significant impact within local communities. The return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) awards were presented by Chief Paramedic Officer, Jaqualine Lindridge, at the Trust’s second annual volunteer conference at the East Sussex National Golf Course on Sat
A first aid trained man from Brighton, who was reunited recently with his life-savers, knows only too well the benefits of CPR training. Now 64-year-old, Trevor Howell, and his wife Dawn recently visited SECAmb’s Brighton Make Ready Centre on Wednesday, 2 April 2025 to thank the clinicians that saved his life – only five months after he suffered a cardiac arrest at work. With fewer than one in 12
A Hastings woman has a second chance at life and an opportunity to enjoy her first grandson thanks to the life-saving efforts of SECAmb clinicians. 54-year-old Amanda Burns and her husband John, met her life-savers at an emotional reunion held at the Trust’s Hastings Make Ready Centre on Friday, 28 March. But with just 10 per cent of people surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, Amanda knows
A Crawley man who was first on scene of a cardiac arrest, after being alerted via the GoodSAM app by South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb), is urging others to sign up to the initiative. Cub and Scout leader, Callum Hawker, responded to the alert following reports of a cardiac arrest in the Crawley area in January. GoodSAM is an app used by SECAmb to alert trained responders to cardiac arres