Staff at Greggs, Balliol Park Industrial Estate, chose Northumbria Blood Bikes as their charity of the year for 2016. The colleagues have raised enough to fuel the charities full fleet for one month. This will enable Northumbria Blood Bikes to complete around 1,000 jobs they receive every month.
The early results of a new trial using plasma onboard the region’s Great North Air Ambulances has seen yet more “unexpected survivors”
The trial, which builds on the life-saving ‘Blood on Board’ technique, saw the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) carry defrosted fresh frozen plasma on board one of its aircraft for the first time, in May last year.
Yesterday Northumbria Blood Bikes transported human milk for the first time, taking part in a 260 mile relay that involved 5 Blood Bike groups across the country. The whole run was carried out by unpaid volunteers, who give their time freely to help make a difference to the lives of others.
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