The Courier newspaper covered the presentation of a Defibulator to the Ochil Mountain Rescue from the trust. The presentation took place at the spectacular new Tiso Outdoor Store on the north side of Perth. Chris Tiso presented the defib to Dr Paul Holmes and his enthusiatic colleagues. The trust are indepted to Chris for his continued support.
“Charity has life-saving in the bag”
February 1st, 2012Simply Sparkling
February 1st, 2012
Here we have a selection of extremely reasonably priced merchandise,including T shirts, hoodies, or have your name put down the side of your jodpurs, favourite shirt, the possibilities are endless. For further details telephone Irene Aitkin on 07946377530 or if you are in the ponyclub and are interested in any of the merchandise in the photographs, contact 889addison@gmail.com Lisa Addison.
A Christmas note to The Trust – GP – Arran
January 17th, 2012
A Christmas note to The Sandpiper TrustDavid Hogg,GP – Arran Medical Group
“The Pulse oximeters which you recently funded are a brilliant piece of kit.
A colleague was attending to an unwell child in our community hospital, who had suspected meningitis. We needed to get her to the mainland but the weather was too bad for the Helimed air ambulance to fly. We therefore had to request the Navy Sea King from HMS Gannet. Due to other operational constraints, it was decided that I should travel with the child in case her condition deteriorated en route.
A colleague was attending to an unwell child in our community hospital, who had suspected meningitis. We needed to get her to the mainland but the weather was too bad for the Helimed air ambulance to fly. We therefore had to request the Navy Sea King from HMS Gannet. Due to other operational constraints, it was decided that I should travel with the child in case her condition deteriorated en route.
It was my first helicopter transfer, and I had been warned about the limitations of monitoring patients in the back of such a noisy aircraft. Before leaving we attached my Sandpiper Oximeter to the child as it is particularly lightweight and easy to use. During the flight it enabled me to ensure that basic parameters weren’t changing significantly and enabled me to give relevant information to the hospital on arrival.
Thankfully the child did very well, and was discharged after a short admission. This is just one example of our dependence on Sandpiper kit – not just for treatment but also for reassurance in the context of normal parameters.”
Glenmorangie presents bottle of “Pride 1981″ as well as a cheque.
January 11th, 2012
A few days before Christmas Jessica Dickson met Heather Leask and other members of staff from The Glenmorangie Bottling Plant in Livingston. The staff had chosen to support our charity during 2011. Eric Foster ran in the Berlin Marathon and raised £705.36 . Jessica was presented with a cheque for a further £6431.39 . As a final fairwell we were also presented with a bottle of “Pride 1981” This 28 year old bottle is one of only 1000 . An unparalleled single malt, extra-matured for 10yrs in prized Sauternes casks. “This is a whisky of striking sophistication and complexity.” We look forward to putting this bottle up for auction at a suitable event in the future. In the meantime we would like to say thankyou to Heather Leask and her team in Livingston for their kindness and generosity. We have really enjoyed getting to know them.
Anderson Strathern
January 9th, 2012“
Every year Anderson Strathern selects three charities to receive donations as an alternative to us sending Christmas cards to our clients and contacts. This year I am pleased to advise that The Sandpiper Trust has been chosen as one of our charities.”
They have kindly donated £500 to the trust. Thank you very much indeed for choosing to support our charity.
West Perthshire Ponyclub disco and merchandise
January 7th, 2012
A disco at Blair Drummond hall saw the arrival of a new line in fashion wear. Brandishing the Sandpiper logo the ponyclub members put on a funky fashion show. The (very bad) photo here is to give you a taste of things to come. We will shortly have a gallery with a selection of garments which you will be able to order direct from the supplier with not only Sandpiper logos but others as well. Keep a look out. Thanks to Lisa Addison for getting this together.
Andy Walker- delivers old style bags to high Himalayas
December 19th, 2011
Ok so the Himalayan Rescue Association of Nepal- HRA is a voluntary non-profit organization formed with an objective to reduce casualties in the Nepal Himalayas.
Link for further info http://www.himalayanrescue.org
i worked at Pheriche for 3 months in 2009 at a height of 4200m Looking after Local Sherpa People, Climbers & trekkers with a range of problems from life threatening altitude Sickness, Trauma to general ailments, a real mixed bag that sometime involved a walk of up to two hours for us to get to the patient if they were too sick.
Other than this they were delivered to us at all times of day and night on the back of porters or horses that sometimes involved a 5-6hr walk down to the clinic
seeing over 550 casualties in the 3 month stint, located on the everest climb / trek route.
And the Second bag was helicoptered from Kathmandu to Manang the second HRA Clinic on the Annapurna Circuit.
So the Sandpiper Bags will be a great help to the clinics as now they will have a response bag for emergency calls out of the clinic, up until they were delivered by myself we needed to throw Oxygen cylinders and vital gear we may need into our own walking rucksacks and just hope nothing had been forgot.
there will also be a third bag taken out to the Everest Base Camp clinic for the climbing season in 2012 by friends.
So I’m now very proud to say the Sandpiper Trust have now got the highest, remotest located sandpiper bag in the world at the highest medical clinic in the world at Pheriche At 4200m and will soon Have one at Everest Base Camp for the climbing season in march 2012 at 5300m
Woodend Sale
November 26th, 2011
Great day’s shopping at Woodend yesterday and as a result we will now be able to equip another Rural Practitioner with life-saving medical equipment. Thank you to all who helped make it such a successful event. – With Clare Leslie Melville, Miranda McHardy, Jack Maitland, Saskia Robertson, Virginia Fyfe, Bev Remp, Gemma Donaldson, Judith Donaldson, Claire Maitland and Mrs Robb.
State of the Art Emergency Care Centre – Aberdeen
November 21st, 2011
Sandpiper - Grampian team, visit Robertson Contruction
Claire & Robin Maitland, Rick & Virginia Fyfe, Joanna Aberdeen , Miranda McHardy and Kate Robertson are presented with a cheque for £2168 by Robertson Construction. This money was raised by Robertson construction workers taking part in a very gruelly sponsored cycle ride. Thank you to the team.
During this visit the Sandpiper representatives were given a a tour of the new Emergency Care Centre which is under construction in Aberdeen. This is a very exciting project and one which the Sandpiper trust are watching with interest.
Bikers raise £1700 for The Sandpiper Trust
November 15th, 2011
- Bikers raise funds
Motorcyclists in the North-east have dug deep and donated over £1700 to a local charity.
Over the last twelve months Road Safety Grampian along with their partner agencies have raised the awareness among motorcyclists of their vulnerability whilst riding on North-east roads.
Between 2006 and 2010, 34 motorcyclists died and 274 were left with serious injuries as a result of collisions in the area.
To highlight the problem, as part of Operation Zenith, Road Safety Grampian along with their partner agencies have held several motorcycle events such as ‘Safer September’ and the ‘TT Film Night’.
At these events raffle tickets were sold in aid of the Sandpiper Trust, a charity that provides emergency medical response bags to doctors and nurses in the more rural areas of Grampian.
These bags save lives as it can be a period of time before an ambulance can get to the crash scene. Medical staff residing in these areas can respond along with the bags much quicker and provide medical intervention within the very important ‘Golden Hour.’
Constable Neil Robertson from Road Safety Grampian said: “We are delighted that motorcyclists have supported the charity and we are also very grateful to the local businesses and organisations for providing prizes for these raffles.
“So far this year motorcycle collisions are significantly lower than last year and we will strive to keep this reduction continuing over the coming years with the help of our motorcycle community.
“We urge motorcyclists to gain further riding skills and participate in advanced training such as the Bikesafe courses, which will again run during 2012.”
Further information on Operation Zenith can be found on the Grampian Police website WWW.grampianpolice.org/Zenith.