Sania Aslam, Physio Wallingford Community Hospital

Sania’s nomination

Sania was undertaking an urgent visit to assess the mobility of a patient on the 25th October 2023.

On arrival the gentleman was unconscious and slipping out of his chair. Sania called 999 and they guided her to start performing CPR, Sania continued to perform CPR for 5 minutes then the paramedics arrived and continued with them conveying the patient to ED.

The patient stayed in the hospital until the 17th November and was discharged home.

The Community Therapy service received a referral for mobility assessment and provision of equipment. Assorted members of the CTS team have seen the patient and ensured he and his wife had a suitable bed , stair rails and carer support also identified and requested.

All these measures assisted the patient to be able to be comfortable and to achieve the goal of being able to undertake the stairs safely.

While the whole of the CTS team have made a difference to this gentleman and his wife by providing excellent bespoke interventions, this nomination is specifically for Sania Aslam.

Without Sania responding to the situation she found herself in and taking immediate action the outcome for the patient may have been very different.

Indeed, the patient and his wife sent some flowers to Sania to say thank you for what she did.

The patient is now doing very well and is back driving.

This incident is not an isolated one for all community teams who visit patients in their own homes, as we often do not know what is awaiting us behind the front door, however on this occasion I can say honestly that Sania saved this gentleman’s life!