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Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance attends farming accident
Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA) was today called out to Lutton, near Peterborough to attend to a 21 year old male who had become trapped in a tractor.
The crew were called at 13.28 and were on the scene within 23 minutes from their base at CoventryAirport.
The casualty had suffered a serious injury to the foot. Together with ambulance crews from East Midlands, East of England Ambulance NHS Trust and East Anglia Air Ambulance, WNAA crew stabilised the patient and kept him pain free, while the fire service dismantled the machinery.
The patient was conveyed by East Anglian Air Ambulance to AdenbrokesHospital, Cambridge.
This incident demonstrates that services across the region are working together to save lives. Agricultural accidents are often complex due to the size and weight of the machinery involved. This all needs to be taken apart slowly to minimise pain and the risk of further injury.
Editors and journalists please note, we are not able to give any more detail on the incident in order to preserve patient confidentiality
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