They were responsible for tasking the testing teams to meet the requirements given by Merthyr Tydfil Council. They also had to track the teams’ movements, log incidents and liaise with Joint Military Command (JMC) Wales to ensure that all RAF personnel’s welfare was catered for. Sgt Oldham, who also received an award and was one of 170 RAF personnel to support Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, NHS Wales, the Welsh Government and the UK Department for Health and Social Care, said: “We’re proud that we’ve been able to help test thousands of people in Merthyr and help make the military operation there work smoothly. It’s great that as locally-based RAF Reservists we could step in and help in the fight against coronavirus.”
They were responsible for tasking the testing teams to meet the requirements given by Merthyr Tydfil Council. They also had to track the teams’ movements, log incidents and liaise with Joint Military Command (JMC) Wales to ensure that all RAF personnel’s welfare was catered for. Sgt Oldham, who was one of 170 RAF personnel to support Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, NHS Wales, the Welsh Government and the UK Department for Health and Social Care, said: “We’re proud that we’ve been able to help test thousands of people in Merthyr and help make the military operation there work smoothly. It’s great that as locally-based RAF Reservists we could step in and help in the fight against coronavirus.”
Cerys Wilkins and Kayleigh Williams
A nurse who survived a cardiac arrest thanks to her paramedic husband’s quick-thinking intervention has inspired a community’s quest for extra defibrillators.
Cerys Wilkins (above, left), 48, collapsed without warning at her home in Pentrebach, South Wales, in October.
“I’ve been overwhelmed by the community’s support and generosity”
Cerys Wilkins
Her husband, Phil, gave chest compressions and rescue breaths to his wife of 20 years before his Welsh Ambulance Service colleagues arrived and restarted her heart with a defibrillator.
Now, after support from the local council, ambulance service, family and friends, and fundraising organised by niece Kayleigh Williams (above, right), new defibrillators will soon be available in her community.