WITH OVER 24 YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE, Midlands Air Ambulance Charity has achieved a strong reputation for delivering the very best pre-hospital emergency care to patients across the Midlands region of the United Kingdom (UK). From just one Bolkow 105 helicopter flying out of a temporary airbase in Shropshire, to three state-of-the-art EC135 helicopters serving the largest air ambulance region in England with a population exceeding 6 million people, Midlands Air Ambulance Charity certainly has come a long way since 1991.
During this time, the service has proudly undertaken over 42,000 air ambulance missions, a third more than any other UK-based air ambulance. Covering Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, the West Midlands, and Worcestershire, Midlands Air Ambulance’s medical aircrew attend an average of six lifesaving missions each day, equating to over 2,000 flights each year.
The charity’s three airbases are strategically located in the west, north, and south of the Midlands region: at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, Tatenhill Airfield in Staffordshire, and Strensham in Worcestershire respectively. This configuration enables Midlands Air Ambulance’s EC135 helicopters to reach 90 percent of the Midlands region within eight minutes flying time, supporting the golden hour principle, whereby if a patient reaches a hospital within an hour of their incident, their chances of survival are greatly increased. In addition to undertaking helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) missions, the service’s helicopters are also used to carry out critical care transfers to the most appropriate trauma hospital for patients’ specific needs.
46 October 2015
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