EXPERIENCED trauma doctor Ed Valentine has been appointed as the base doctor at Wiltshire Air Ambulance.
In the part time role, Mr Valentine, 35 will be carrying out a minimum of two days flying a month with WAA, providing on-going support to the air ambulance paramedics.
As a member of SWIFT Medics, Mr Valentine has worked with WAA for the last four years by providing pre-hospital care to sick and injured people alongside his full time job is as a Consultant in emergency medicine at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Wales.
Mr Valentine, who lives in Corsham, has previously received a Chief Ambulance Officer’s Commendation, along with the WAA crew and land ambulance crew, for the life-saving treatment he gave to 18-year-old Dylan Jones, who suffered catastrophic injuries in a road traffic collision at Lechlade, Gloucestershire, in August 2012.
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