An air ambulance service covering the south-east of England is hoping to introduce new equipment which will help treat cardiac arrest patients.

Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) wants to have an on-site survival kit called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to help improve the “speed and effectiveness” of its care.

The organization, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this month, raised £1 million earlier this year to purchase a second rescue helicopter.

David Welch, chief executive of the KSS, said the service would “continually strive to collaborate and innovate to improve the care we provide”.

Duncan Bootland, medical director of the charity, said: “We are looking at innovations around the world and technological advances in how we can support the hearts and lungs of people who have suffered a cardiac arrest. »

The charity said it had carried out more than 46,000 missions since its founding in 1989.

He responds to about nine emergency calls every day.

Sam Jenner, a former patient, is at the center of the charity’s Christmas fundraising appeal this year.

She was six months pregnant when she collapsed following a cardiac arrest.

“Without KSS, many families like mine would face a very different future,” she said.

Kate Chivers, who set up the organization as an independent charity, said: “Who would have thought our young eagle would become such a beautiful eagle?

“Anyone who was there at the beginning would be amazed and delighted at what has been achieved.”

More than 80,000 people participated in the recent KSS Restart a Heart campaign, which provided CPR training sessions, including one with Brighton & Hove Albion footballers.