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Emergency air ambulances are generally helicopter based, and used to respond to medical emergencies in support of local ambulance services. In England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, all of these services are charitably funded, and either directly owned by the charity, or operated under contract with a private provider. [3]
The charity runs three services, two are emergency helicopters covering Warwickshire & Northamptonshire and Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland, and the third is the Children's Air Ambulance that covers Great Britain and provides an emergency transfer service for seriously ill babies and children.
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London's Air Ambulance Charity is a registered charity that operates a helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) dedicated to responding to serious trauma emergencies in and around London. [4] Using a helicopter from 08:00 to sunset and rapid response vehicles by night, the service performs advanced medical interventions at the scene of the ...
The air ambulance service began in 1994 with the leased Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopter G-NAAS. [19] MBB Bo 105 helicopters were operated from 2003, and an MD 902 from 2006. 2006 also saw the introduction of the first Dauphin helicopter, G-HEMS. In 2010, the charity consolidated around a fleet of three Dauphin N2 helicopters, which were ...
The Kent Air Ambulance Trust became a registered charity established in 1989, serving only Kent. The trust was founded by Kate Chivers, [11] [3] and was originally called the South East Thames Air Ambulance. [12] It initially operated on a part-time basis, but became a seven-day service in January 2000.
The current helicopter is a twin-engined Airbus H135, [7] a type often utilised as an air ambulance. It is usually airborne within four minutes and flies at a cruise speed of 157 mph (253 km/h; 136 kn), allowing it to reach most locations in Hampshire within fifteen minutes, though flights to the Isle of Wight may take longer.
The East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) is an air ambulance providing Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) across the English counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire. The appeal to fund the service was launched in the summer of 2000 by top jockey Frankie Dettori , who had been injured in a serious plane crash in June ...