Air ambulance scrambled after man collapses (From This Is Local London)

Air ambulance scrambled after man collapses

6:10pm Friday 27th February 2009 in News By Tom Pochciol

The ambulance taking-off

A HELICOPTER ambulance had to be scrambled this afternoon after a man collapsed in High Wycombe.

Paramedic Marc Lister arrived by car in Micklefield Road after the ambulance service received a call at 3.15pm.

He said the man appeared to be in his 50s: “He was seen to collapse. When I got there he was unconscious and had sustained a head injury.”

Mr Lister said he put the man on a spinal board to prevent him moving and aggravating any injuries to his back.

Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance dispatched a helicopter which landed on the Rye.

However, when the man was brought to the helicopter he was found to be in a fit condition to be moved to Wexham Park Hospital by land.