DSAA Beeline, Issue 1 2017

why we do it
On her sponsored
walk, Anita
was joined by
DSAA Critical
Care Paramedic
Michelle Walker
Against all odds
In October 2014, Anita Wyburgh was fighting for her life. The police report
from the road traffic incident stated ‘Death is imminent’. However, with amazing
courage and determination, Anita is here today, defying all predictions
nita’s incident took place near Wareham in
A
Dorset. She had little or no recollection of it,
but has since been told that she was found
by two cyclists (both doctors) who called the emergency
services for help.
“I was flown to Southampton Hospital by Dorset and
Somerset Air Ambulance and have recently found out
how wonderful the crew were, to keep me alive until I
arrived. My family were called to the hospital; my son
Zach was playing rugby at the time and was called off
the pitch and told I had been in an accident. A dad from
the opposing team kindly offered to drive Zach to the
hospital where he met my two brothers, two sisters,
my mum and stepdad. It was then that they were told
that due to the severity of my injuries, I was unlikely to
survive and that they should say their goodbyes. Together
they waited several hours not knowing if I was going to
make it or not.
Over the next week I underwent three operations to
basically put me back together. The consultants and staff
at the hospital were amazing. My twin sister Den took
Zach under her wing and cared for him. They were kept
up to date on my condition and visited me every day for
two weeks.
It was after this that the family were told to prepare
for the fact that, although I had survived, I would never
walk again due to the severity of my injuries. They
were: L1, L2, L3 - transverse process fractures; left rib
fracture; bilateral pelvic bone fractures; left multiple
fractures and acetabular fracture; right posterior femoral
head dislocation; posterior pelvic bone fractures with
sacroiliac joint disruption; right femoral fracture; right
knee extensor surface degloving injury with exposure of
patellar tendon; medial perivascular haematoma; right
isal patellar pole fracture; bilateral above knee occlusive
DVT; left sciatic nerve injury with foot drop.
Basically I was a complete mess. Den was told that
the consultants had never worked on a pelvis so badly
crushed and damaged; in normal circumstances the
patient would have been deceased.
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