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A Word From The Director
Built From Farming Experience And Frontline Emergency Care
Thank you for choosing Vortex Agri Aid, a specialised division of Vortex Medical Ltd.
I created Vortex Agri Aid because I understand both sides of this problem. Before my medical career, I spent six years working on farms, and with an Agricultural Resource Management degree, I still keep my hands in the dirt whenever I can. Today, I serve as a Critical Care Paramedic on the air ambulance, after years of training and responding to serious agricultural incidents right across Yorkshire.
Farming remains one of the most dangerous industries out there. As much as we all strive for safety, severe incidents will happen. But what happens next is what changes everything.
Too often, I arrive at a farm and see outcomes that could have been completely different, and far more positive, if simple, critical interventions had been made before the helicopter landed. We are not talking about complex medical procedures; we are talking about basic but specific, highly effective, lifesaving skills and tools that go beyond standard classroom first aid.
Today’s agricultural workforce wants the capability to take action in those vital first minutes. Vortex Agri Aid was built to give you that power, while also tackling the brutal realities of remote work, like lone working, poor phone signal, and the difficulty of locating a casualty on a vast acreage.
We are here to bridge the gap when it matters most.
Sam Berridge BSc (Hons), MCPara, PgDip, ASET, PgCert
Director, Vortex Medical Ltd
Specialist Paramedic in Critical Care