What sort of call outs does the Air Ambulance get?

• Road traffic accidents
• Industrial accidents
• Farming accidents
• Collapses - i.e. medical cases, heart attacks, allergic reactions
• Aviation, including, gliders, planes, hand gliders and parachutists
• Horse riding accidents
• Walking - i.e. falls while in difficult /remote access, heart attacks
• Who is on board the aircraft?
• Two paramedics
• One pilot

How quickly can you get to an incident?

• Blackpool - Preston 7 mins
• Blackpool - Burnley 14 mins

How difficult is it to treat someone whilst the helicopter is in the air?

• We only have a maximum of ten minutes (flying time to nearest hospital, anywhere in the North West).
• We deal with the most serious casualties and we are kept busy for the short journey.

What are some of the treatments the aircrew do?

• Advanced life support
• CPR
• Defibrillation
• Intubation
• Administer life saving drugs
• Monitor patient signs and symptoms

Where are some of the strangest places the helicopter has ever had to land?

• Canal banks
• Car parks including pubs, and factories
• Cliff edges
• Motorways
• Country roads
• River banks

What difference can the Air Ambulance make to a patient?

• Rapid treatment from the paramedics.
• Rapid transfer to hospital
• Smooth journey i.e. spinal/ fractures
• Transfer to specialist units, negating secondary transfer by land ambulance later

How many times does the air ambulance get called out in a day?

• On average 3/4 jobs a day. In summer we have done 8/10 jobs in one weekend.