Paramedic prepares to pound the pavement in honour of patient

A North East Ambulance Service paramedic is tackling the Great North Run in honour of a very special patient. Four-year-old Kacie Martin, from Wallsend, who has a rare muscle wasting illness called Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type1, has been in and out of hospital since she was a baby. On one of those occasions, in January this year, Kacie was treated by North East Ambulance Service paramedic Marie Trotter for a collapsed lung. Despite only being with Kacie for less than an hour, Marie was so ...