16 Dec 2025
In October 2025, our expert team of medics – who provide complex medical care on scene to save lives where others can’t – treated 164 patients.
These individuals are so critically injured they don’t have time to get to hospital, so our team bring procedures to the roadside. In this month, treating these patients involved administering 36 rapid sequence intubations, 31 arterial lines, 29 blood transfusions, one thoracotomy (open chest surgery) and more. Some of these procedures only our team are able to provide on scene in London.
Westminster was the most attended borough during October, followed by Camden, Lambeth, Newham and Tower Hamlets. After we’ve stabilised the patient, we usually accompany them in a road ambulance to the nearest major trauma centre.
This month, 54 of our patients were taken to The Royal London Hospital (43.2 per cent), 37 patients were taken to St Mary’s Hospital (29.6 per cent), 18 patients to King’s College (14.4 per cent) and 15 to St George’s (12 per cent). We did not fly anyone back to hospital during October, as this is not our main role on scene.
In terms of mechanisms of injury, in October assault resulted in the most patients: 43 patients (26 per cent). Medical-related injuries resulted in 31 patients (19 per cent), transport-related injuries 27 patients (16 per cent), falls 20 patients (12 per cent) and accidents 14 (nine per cent). There were also 29 patients who had other or unknown injuries (18 per cent), which includes burns and industrial injuries.
Sadly, trauma does not stop. But with your help, neither do we. We’re a charity, with 95 per cent of our funding reliant on donations.
With your help we can continue to bring hope to every emergency.