Re: “Air ambulance saving lives in the Fraser Valley.” (Chilliwack Progress, July 7),
I am very pleased you wrote the article about the air ambulance saving lives as I have wanted to speak publicly to the whole crew and hospital staff for saving my life on Saturday, July 2, 2011.
I am one of those people out of the six you spoke about. On Saturday I had gone into high blood pressure and a possible blood clot in my artery and rushed to the hospital. They immediately took me in E.R. and the professional staff worked fervently to save my life and prevent my heart from going into cardiac arrest. They made the decision to air lift me in the air ambulance and in minutes I was whisked off to RCH. They thought I had a blood clot and gave the proper meds that help relax the muscles and arteries.
Before I knew it I was before a team of heart specialists and on a table at Royal Columbian Hospital with a wire in my artery sending the dye up to see if I had a blocked artery.
I am alive today because of quick thinking and professionally trained nurses and doctors. They kept me calm and did the right thing, saved me! I wish to publicly honour them today and to encourage them to keep the level of professional health care B.C. needs. It is important to have such a service as Air Ambulance in the Fraser Valley.
Mike Tucker