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Cornwall Air Ambulance
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| Founded | April 1987 |
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| Type | Charitable organisation |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 50°25′58″N 4°59′02″W / 50.4329°N 4.9838°W |
Area served | Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly |
Aircraft operated | Leonardo AW169 |
Patron | Queen Camilla[1] |
Key people | Tim Bunting (CEO)[2] Colonel Sir Edward Bolitho (President) Barbara Sharples (Vice President)[3] |
| Revenue | £10.1 million[4] (2023) |
| Staff | 53[4] (2023) |
| Volunteers | 230[4] (2023) |
| Website | cornwallairambulancetrust |
The Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust is a charity that provides a dedicated helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.[5] The service operates a Leonardo AW169 helicopter and two critical care cars that are utilised when the helicopter is unable to fly.[6] Together they attend about 1,100 incidents per year.[6] As of December 2018[update], the helicopter service had flown over 28,000 missions since 1987.[7]
When introduced on 1 April 1987, Cornwall's air ambulance was the first dedicated HEMS operational in the United Kingdom.[8] The helicopter enables a fast response to the most critically ill or injured and can facilitate access to isolated locations, such as beaches, cliff-tops and moorland areas, which are less accessible by road.
- ^ "Meet The Cornwall Air Ambulance Abassadors & Patron". Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Meet The Cornwall Air Ambulance Leadership & Governance Team". Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Meet The Cornwall Air Ambulance President & Vice President". Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
ccoverviewwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Hargreaves, Andy (11 June 2015). "Busy week for Cornwall Air Ambulance". Scilly Today. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Annual Report 2019". Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Annual Report 2018". Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "National Air Ambulance Week". Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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