In circumstances where locally available antibiotics fail to provide relief for sufferers of a persistent infection, the next step is to offer a treatment using donor materials. One such situation occurred recently where a patient on the Isle of Wight required this treatment, only available from the University of Birmingham Microbiome Treatment Centre. The ‘notContinue reading “When you absolutely need a fast motorbike and a much faster aircraft, and nothing else will do…”
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Civil Air Support Pilot Is The Fastest Milkman From The West!
Healthcare professionals have always promoted breast milk as the optimal source of infant nutrition and immune protection, but when mother and baby are separated by more than 220 miles of land and open sea, presenting baby to her mother’s breast is simply not an option! This became the case for a young mother at aContinue reading “Civil Air Support Pilot Is The Fastest Milkman From The West!“
Pilot And Bikers Race Against Clock In Life Saving Dash To The North
Civil Air Support (CAS) and SERV Wessex (a member organisation of the National Association of Blood Bikes) have united once again to deliver time-critical blood stem cells from a healthy donor in Salisbury District Hospital to a waiting patient in Newcastle Upon Tyne. With the NHS and Emergency Services under considerable pressure through the CovidContinue reading “Pilot And Bikers Race Against Clock In Life Saving Dash To The North“
Wheels And Wings When Minutes Matter!
Civil Air Support (CAS) and the National Association of Blood Bikes (NABB) united with the Northern Ireland Community Rescue Service to deliver time-critical bacteria from a healthy donor in Birmingham to a patient with an urgent need in an acute hospital in Belfast. There can be few better examples of voluntary organisations working together inContinue reading “Wheels And Wings When Minutes Matter!“
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