Patient, 87, died after paramedics couldn't find the KEYS to their ambulance The case is one of eight serious incidents that happened in three days in the East Midlands one of the country's worst performing ambulance services Ambulance bosses said they have now submitted a plan to improve performance and claim they can turn the organisation round An 87-year-old patient died after paramedics couldn't find the keys to their ambulance The case is one of eight serious incidents in three days that happened in East Midlands Ambulance Service one of the country's worst performing ambulance services. The man was at a golf pavilion in Derbyshire when he had the cardiac arrest and, despite receiving 'advanced life support', he later died. Bungling: The deaths were revealed to a 'risk summit' last month by regional health bosses - to develop a recovery plan for the organisation, picture posed by models Another incident included a 41-year-old patient with chest pains who had a cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital and died following a decision by a solo paramedic to drive him in by himself without help. The deaths were revealed to a 'risk summit' last month by regional health bosses - to develop a recovery plan for the organisation. Ambulance bosses said they have now submitted a plan to improve performance and claim they can turn the organisation round. Must improve: East Midlands Ambulance Service say they have now submitted a plan to improve performance Chief executive Sue Noyes said: 'We took the risk summit very seriously. We were challenged hard on a number of areas but were commended on our honesty and insight into the causes of our issues. We are confident our programme, together with a number of other improvements to strengthen our clinical quality, will give us the right conditions to improve our organisation over time and allow it to perform efficiently and successfully in future.