Border Great North Air Ambulance

Combined efforts by a community first responder, a passing doctor and the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) are likely to have saved the man's life.

Derrek Carruthers was flown from Penrith Golf Club to James Cook University Hospital after having a heart attack while playing golf.

Three patients were 'unexpectedly saved' during a trial in which blood plasma was carried on the region's air ambulances.