Thread by @alistairsteel

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My story about why Magpas is amazing...

My interest in prehospital medicine started in 1990 when I undertook some work experience with a GP who responded on behalf of the ambulance service. I qualified in 1999 and was working as an SHO at @TeamQEH

Late one night, a prehospital doctor from Magpas, @RodMack2, arrived at @TeamQEH with a young man who’d been involved in an RTC. He was severely injured. Dr Mackenzie was at the scene and took away his suffering by giving pain relief and anaesthesia at the roadside.

Watching Dr Mackenzie deliver such care was the inspiration for joining Magpas in 2004. This is the team I trained with – a team of paramedics and doctors that wanted to volunteer in support of the NHS ambulance service by joining Magpas.

The training lasted 28 days, the detail and organisation of which was way beyond anything I’d ever experienced within the NHS, even twenty years later.

The eagle-eyed @EDQEH1 team will spot my longstanding friend, the awesome @AngeloGiubileo

And so began my prehospital emergency medicine journey.

Running the Cambridge Half Marathon is just an excuse for me to talk about what an amazing charity Magpas is, and how over the last 50 years it has saved countless lives, relieved untold suffering and trained hundreds of clinicians to deliver the best care they can to the NHS.

Magpas receive no funding from the government and relies on the generosity of folk to keep delivering this care. Over the next four weeks I’ll explain more about why Magpas is so amazing. Oh, and if you’re able to donate, please do. Thank you!

Alistair

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