“If I hadn’t got to the hospital as quickly as I did, I wouldn’t be here.”
On the day of his accident, Karl Dexter was enjoying a motorbike ride on a sunny day in February 2017. As he approached a bend on the A39 he had a head-on collision with a car travelling in the opposite direction.
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“Harry is doing very well now and a lot of that is down to the responsiveness of the Cornwall Air Ambulance”
A trip to the coast turned into a lifechanging experience for the Roberts family when they were on holiday in Cornwall last year. Five-year-old Harry was excitedly heading towards Trevone Beach on April 11 when he suddenly fell of the cliff and fell 6 metres on to rocks below.
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“If I went by land ambulance I might not be here; it made a huge difference to me.”
A short trip to the shop turned into a life-changing journey for motorcyclist Tim May when he was airlifted by Cornwall Air Ambulance following a collision with a car.
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“Without Cornwall Air Ambulance we wouldn’t have been able to say goodbye.”
Claire was planning to propose to her partner Mark in May 2016, she even purchased a special engagement watch, but a family tragedy set her plans into disarray.
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“I heard someone saying get the air ambulance. That was quite scary.”
Elva Griffin was on her way to a routine medical appointment when the car she was travelling in collided with a van on the A30 at Connor Downs.
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“I remember hearing the helicopter and thinking ‘thank god’”
Robbie Newby was just 18 when he suffered life-changing injuries after cliff jumping at Prussia Cove went horribly wrong.
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“I don’t think the paramedics realise how special they are- they think it’s just another job.”
Keith Simmonds was on his garage roof on a beautiful summer’s morning preparing to paint the exterior walls of his house in Porthleven when he suddenly developed severe chest pains.
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