DylanJones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the evening of 6th August 2012, Dylan Jones was riding his motorcycle  home from Lechlade Gloucestershire when he had a collision with another vehicle, from which Dylan suffered catastrophic injuries due to the impact.

 

Wiltshire Air Ambulance received a call about the

accident and made the decision to attend even

though the location was outside of their area.

They arrived at the scene in an amazing 10-15

minutes.

 

The helicopter was manned by a Pilot and two

Paramedics (Richard Miller and Ross Culligan).

Shortly after the air crew arrived, so did Doctor

Ed Valentine from Swift Medics. We were later

told that this helicopter is one of only two air

ambulances in the country that are able to fly

at night.

 

They found my son with several life threatening

injuries. A piece of glass had completely severed

his trachea and oesophagus and had become lodged

against his spinal column. His stomach had been forced

up into his chest rupturing his diaphragm, he had bruised

lungs, bleeding on the brain, two broken arms, a broken

ankle, broken neck, nerve damage to his right arm, internal

bleeding and a life threatening low blood pressure

suggesting a uncontrolled haemorrhage.

 

The medics worked on Dylan for over an hour at the roadside

to make sure he had every chance to survive the air lift to the

hospital. After stabilising Dylan's condition, they flew him to

Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where he underwent a 12

hour operation.

 

Dylan underwent two more long operations and a lengthy

stay in hospital. It soon became clear that Richard Miller,

Ross Culligan and Ed Valentine's speed of arrival, the key

decisions they had to make at the scene, their unbelievable

calmness and their incredible professionalism at the roadside

saved my son's life.