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Miracle Escape: Paramedics Save Man Minutes From Death
17 Apr
Summary
- Air ambulance paramedics saved a man given minutes to live.
- He spent nine weeks in a coma after a brain haemorrhage.
- A £8.2 million fundraising appeal is underway for the service.
A man has shared his incredible survival story after air ambulance paramedics saved his life when he suffered a severe brain haemorrhage. Jonathan Moran, then 36, was told he had mere minutes to live before emergency responders broke down his door. The East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) intubated him at the scene, facilitating a rapid transfer to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
Moran subsequently spent nine weeks in a coma, underwent surgery, and faced a lengthy period of rehabilitation, learning to walk again. He suffered haemorrhages on both sides of his brain and had three aneurysms. The EAAA, which operates across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk, is now fundraising for a new base.
A £8.2 million appeal has been launched to help raise the total £14 million needed for land acquisition and construction of a new facility. This new site in Fulbourn is intended to meet increasingly complex operational needs. Moran emphasized the vital role of the service, stating, "my daughter still has a father - thanks for the air ambulance."
