Charity wants to send more doctors on motorbikes to serious road collisions in Sussex
DocBike hopes to save motorcyclist's lives by being a first response to life threatening incidents.
A charity's hoping to send more specialist trauma doctors on MOTORBIKES to the scenes of serious road collisions across Sussex.
DocBike is raising money to equip more of the specialist bikes, which save motorcyclist's lives by being a first response to life threatening incidents.
The charity also aims to help motorcyclists avoid collisions by launching road safety campaigns and educating them on skills
Dr Ian Mew, co-founder and trustee of DocBike, said:
"Our NHS are struggling.
"We haven't got enough ambulances. The police force haven't got enough police officers.
"And so by preventing people from being involved in a crash actually helps society.
"It helps the families. It means there's a lot of pain and suffering that's avoided.
"But if someone is involved in a crash where we're able to have a critical care team on a bike, then we're able to go and give them the immediate life saving care and hopefully give them the best chance of survival and getting back on their bike again at a later date."
The charity aims to have a DocBike associated with every air ambulance in the country.
It recently received backing from motorbike insurer BikeSure.
Rob Balls, general manager of Bikesure, said: “We are proud to team up with some amazing organisations – and that’s certainly what DocBike is.
“Any effort to save lives is one we can all get behind and it’s no wonder that the public support this great charity by attending ride outs and fundraising in other ways too.
“Naturally, we hope no rider needs to benefit from the expertise of DocBike, but having it available means that lives are being saved. No words can convey the importance and value of that.”