Daniel Gray, 21, suffered severe brain
injuries when he lost control of his car on a wet road in Ruislip
in January 2011 and crashed into a tree. But thanks to the
immediate lifesaving care by London Ambulance Service staff, the
London Air Ambulance’s medical team and the specialist trauma team
at St Mary’s Hospital, he is able to walk, talk and play
football again only ten months after the accident.
His mother Martina said: “I know for a fact that if he had gone
to a local hospital, time would have been lost. It was very
important that within the first hour Daniel received the correct
care.”
Paramedic Waseem Khan, who treated Daniel, said: “We found him
lying in the middle of the road, barely conscious and with
life-threatening injuries. By giving him vital on the spot
treatment and taking him straight to St Mary’s Hospital, by-passing
his local A&E, Daniel had the best chance of survival and
smaller risk of permanent disability.
“Daniel’s recovery after such serious injuries is a good example
of the ambulance service working together with the major trauma
centres and saving more lives.”