• Welcome to SARS, Suffolk's Emergency Medical Charity

    SARS volunteer clinicians provide immediate and advanced medical care to patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions or trauma.

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  • Help Save Lives by Recycling your Christmas Tree!

    Each year SARS raises essential funds by collecting and recycling Christmas Trees in and around Suffolk. 

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  • Read some of the amazing stories from people we've helped!

    Since 1972, SARS volunteer clinicians have treated thousands of patients, all without charge.

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SARS provides specialist clinicians to assist the East of England Ambulance Service at the scenes of incidents where patients require an enhanced level of medical care before they reach hospital.

Graeme's Story

Watch our new video on how SARS saved Graeme's life.

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Meet the Team

SARS responders include Anaesthetists, Consultants in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Paramedics.

Meet our team

Public Education

SARS offers talks, in-house presentations and CPR awareness sessions.

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Make a donation

We rely on donations to support our life-saving activity.

SARS receives no central government funding. We rely on voluntary donations to fund equipment and training for our clinical volunteers. Please help us offer the best possible service to the people of Suffolk and its surrounding areas. 

Call outs

SARS volunteers were mobilised 525 times between April 2022 – March 2023. In 30% of the incidents attended, SARS were first on scene.

CPR Sessions

Bystander CPR increases the survival rate of patients who have suffered a cardiac arrest. Learn how to do this vital life-saving skill, here.

Latest News

Tuesday - January 30, 2024 3:12 pm

2023 Call Out stats

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Wednesday - August 2, 2023 1:48 pm

Local businesses and organisations pledge funds to support SARS Volunteer Clinicians whilst providing life saving training for their teams.

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Tuesday - May 30, 2023 2:08 pm

Tony Michell had a cardiac arrest in 2022 and a volunteer SARS team was mobilised to help save his life.

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