PEDESTRIAN AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL
A woman has been airlifted to a major trauma centre after being involved in a road traffic collision in Stoke-on-Trent earlier today.
West Midlands Ambulance Service received a 999 call reporting a collision involving a van and a pedestrian on Tesco car park on Baths Road in Longton at 11.48am this morning. An ambulance and the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity Helicopter from Cosford with a Doctor and Critical Care Paramedics on board attended the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Tesco staff and an off-duty nurse were caring for the female pedestrian when ambulance staff arrived on scene.
“The team of ambulance staff administered trauma care to the woman who was in a serious condition. Once stabilised, the woman was airlifted to Royal Stoke University Hospital for further emergency care.”
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is an independent healthcare provider. We work in close partnership with NHS Ambulance Services, including West Midlands Ambulance Service and South Western Ambulance Service, to deliver advanced pre-hospital emergency care across the six counties we serve, as well as supporting national responses during major incidents. We are dispatched to cases of the highest severity, where our Critical Care Paramedics and HEMS Doctors – deployed by helicopter or critical care car – work alongside NHS ambulance crews at the scene. Together, we provide specialist interventions, bringing hospital-level emergency medicine directly to incidents in our communities and workplaces when it is needed most.
