{"id":344,"date":"2025-08-01T14:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taasprd.wpenginepowered.com\/childrens-air-ambulance\/appeals\/national-appeal\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T08:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T07:35:19","slug":"national-appeal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/appeals\/national-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"National Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<style id=\"strategiq-content-strip-style\">@font-face{font-family:\"Souvenir\";src:url(\"\/wp-content\/themes\/the-air-ambulance-service\/assets\/fonts\/souvenir.woff2\") format(\"woff2\");font-display:swap}.block-content-strip{padding-top:1.5625rem;padding-bottom:1.5625rem;padding-left:var(--outside-padding);padding-right:var(--outside-padding)}@media (min-width: 992px){.block-content-strip{padding-top:5.625rem;padding-bottom:5.625rem}}@media (max-width: 992px){.block-content-strip.--reverse-columns-mobile 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class=\"block-content-strip__column --type-text\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styles block-content-strip__column-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"h2\">WILL YOU <span class=\"underline-highlight\">help us<\/span> TO KEEP A CHILD ALIVE?<\/h1>\n<p>When Oscar was born, there were concerns that her was seriously unwell. At just a few days old, we flew him 168 miles to receive the specialist care he urgently needed.<\/p>\n<p>Our helicopters are flying intensive care units for babies and children. We urgently need you to say \u201c<strong>yes<\/strong>\u201d and help to provide this lifesaving support.\u00a0We receive no government funding and rely on your donations to help us save more lives together<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn--solid btn--amber btn--green\" href=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/donate\/\">Donate Today<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 mb-4 mb-lg-0 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-strip__column --type-video\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ityRe5Vp3GI\" class=\"block-content-strip__column-video --aspect-ratio-landscape\" data-lity>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture class=\" behave-as-bg\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/347\/Oscar-E-3-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/347\/Oscar-E-3-2800x2000.webp 2.000x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/347\/Oscar-E-3-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/347\/Oscar-E-3-2800x2000.webp 2.000x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/347\/Oscar-E-3-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/347\/Oscar-E-3-2800x2000.webp 2.000x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 576px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/347\/Oscar-E-3-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/347\/Oscar-E-3-2800x2000.webp 2.000x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/347\/Oscar-E-3-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/347\/Oscar-E-3-2800x2000.webp 2.000x\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/347\/Oscar-E-3-1400x1000.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/347\/Oscar-E-3-1400x1000.webp 1.000x,https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/bis-images\/347\/Oscar-E-3-2800x2000.webp 2.000x\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1000\" class=\"\"><\/picture>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-strip__play-button\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t\t<section style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\" class=\"block-content-strip wp-block-strategiq-content-strip has-background has-white-background-color\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container p-0\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-between align-items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 col-xl-7 mb-4 mb-lg-0 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-strip__column --type-text\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styles block-content-strip__column-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Oscar&#8217;s Story<\/h1>\n<p>Oscar was just three-days-old when he was flown from the Royal Cornwall Hospital to Bristol Children\u2019s Hospital \u2013 168 miles away \u2013 so he could receive the specialist treatment he desperately needed.<\/p>\n<p>Within hours of being born by C-section, baby Oscar started making grunting noises when he was breathing and his oxygen saturation levels plummeted. After being transferred to the neonatal unit he was given antibiotics and oxygen, but he didn\u2019t improve.<\/p>\n<p>His doctors, began to suspect that he might have something wrong with his heart.<\/p>\n<p>In collaboration with a specialist pediatric cardiac team at Bristol Children\u2019s Hospital, it was discovered that Oscar had a rare congenital malformation and the team in Bristol wanted Oscar there within 48-hours.<\/p>\n<h4>That is when the Children\u2019s Air Ambulance was mobilised.<\/h4>\n<p>The Children\u2019s Air Ambulance is a national inter-hospital transfer service that flies critically ill babies and children to receive the lifesaving treatment they need.<\/p>\n<p>The helicopter took off from its base in Oxford and flew to Bristol to pick up a specialist retrieval team to fly them to Royal Cornwall Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>On arrival in Cornwall, the team prepared Oscar for the flight back to Bristol Children\u2019s Hospital and accompanied him in the helicopter \u2013 which took just 54 minutes to complete the transfer. The same journey by road would have taken nearly three hours.<\/p>\n<p>The Children\u2019s Air Ambulance work with 10 NHS paediatric and neonatal retrieval teams across the UK, enabling them to bring their specialist equipment on board to safely transfer their patients from one hospital to another.<\/p>\n<p>Your donations ensure the Children\u2019s Air Ambulance can help children like Oscar, so please donate today.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-5 col-xl-4 mb-4 mb-lg-0 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-strip__column --type-image\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-strip__column-image --aspect-ratio-square\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture class=\" behave-as-bg\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" 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data-end=\"274\">Without donations, the Children\u2019s Air Ambulance would not have been able to say yes and help save Oscar. <strong>Each rescue mission costs over \u00a35,500<\/strong>, but your donation today, whatever the amount, will help keep us flying for more families like Oscar&#8217;s, offering a future filled with hope.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"520\" data-end=\"553\"><strong data-start=\"520\" data-end=\"553\">Together, we save more lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn--solid btn--amber btn--green\" href=\"https:\/\/theairambulanceservice.org.uk\/childrens-air-ambulance\/donate\/\">Donate Today<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-6 mb-4 mb-xl-0 block-donation-strip__image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-donation-strip__image\" data-speed=\"0.3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" 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