Worthing sepsis survivor meets '˜heroes' who saved him

Jason with SECAmb staff who helped save him, Calum Burnett and Phil Swarbrick

A man who nearly died of sepsis has finally been reunited with the ambulance crew who helped to save his life.

Jason Beeching, 46, from Worthing became so ill his family were told he might not survive and he lost his lower right leg as a result of the deadly infection.

Incredibly he returned to work after a year.

Jason, an IT software developer, developed a heavy cold, sickness and diarrhoea in November 2015 and went home from work early.

After taking the Friday off sick, Jason remembers waking up early the next day on his bathroom floor.

Knowing by now something was seriously wrong, he called 999.

Paramedic Calum Burnett was first to arrive at Jason’s flat, where he was backed up by ambulance crew Phil Swarbrick and Ray Pate.

The team were quick to spot the signs of sepsis and made use of SECAmb’s ‘code yellow’ sepsis diagnosis tool.

Jason was rushed to Worthing Hospital, where he was diagnosed with meningococcal septicaemia.

His parents and then girlfriend were told he might not survive the weekend.

Jason, however, defied the odds and spent the next five weeks receiving expert treatment in ICU before being transferred to Royal Sussex County Hospital ICU in Brighton for an operation to remove his damaged tissue.

Just prior to Christmas he left ICU but underwent an operation to amputate his right leg below the knee on December 30, 2015.