Cornwall Air Ambulance

Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust
FoundedApril 1987
TypeCharitable organisation
Location
Coordinates50°25′58″N 4°59′02″W / 50.4329°N 4.9838°W / 50.4329; -4.9838
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 (2022)
£11.6 million[4]
Staff (2022)
46[4]
Volunteers (2022)
230[4]
Websitecornwallairambulancetrust.org Edit this at Wikidata

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 also has two critical care cars that operate when the helicopter is unable to fly.[6] Together they attend about 1,100 incidents per year.[6] As of December 2018, 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.

  1. ^ {{cite web |title=Meet The Cornwall Air Ambulance Abassadors & Patron |url=https://cornwallairambulancetrust.org/our-ambassadors-patron/ |access-date=12 August 2024
  2. ^ {{cite web |title=Meet The Cornwall Air Ambulance Leadership & Governance Team |url=https://cornwallairambulancetrust.org/team/leadership-governance/ |access-date=12 August 2024
  3. ^ {{cite web |title=Meet The Cornwall Air Ambulance President & Vice President |url=https://cornwallairambulancetrust.org/team/president-vice-president/ |access-date=12 August 2024
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference ccoverview was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Hargreaves, Andy (11 June 2015). "Busy week for Cornwall Air Ambulance". Scilly Today. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Annual Report 2019". Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Annual Report 2018". Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  8. ^ "National Air Ambulance Week". Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2019.