The pioneering trauma and emergency care provided by the London’s Air Ambulance and Barts Health NHS Trust features in forthcoming BBC series An Hour To Save Your Life. The three-part series, which returns to BBC Two on Tuesday 2nd June at 9pm, captures life-saving medical innovations at the roadside and in hospital at The Royal London in Whitechapel and St Bartholomew’s in the City — two of Barts Health NHS Trust’s hospitals.
Former Formula One racing driver Sir Stirling Moss has joined the London’s Air Ambulance ‘Your London, Your Helicopter’ campaign. West Kensington born, Sir Stirling was treated by the charity’s advanced trauma team when he suffered a terrible fall in his home in 2010. He joins Graham Norton, Richard Branson, Twiggy and Larry Lamb in supporting the charity’s call for a second emergency medical helicopter for London.
To celebrate National Volunteers week we would like to share the work of some of our individual volunteers. Victoria’s story has been written by Meera, another London's Air Ambulance Volunteer.
‘London’s Air Ambulance relies on donations from the public. By volunteering and raising both money and awareness, you could help save the life of someone in your family, someone at work, the stranger sitting next to you, or indeed help save your own life.’
A London Ambulance Service paramedic visited our offices last week to give emergency life-support and defibrillation training.
Paramedic Lynsey Grant explained to charity staff and volunteers ‘the chain of survival’. She talked about how to recognise early the symptoms of cardiac arrest, through to how to deliver cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).
In his continuing efforts to support the charity, Larry Lamb — well known for playing Archie Mitchell in EastEnders and Mick in Gavin and Stacey — will be abseiling off The Royal London Hospital on Friday 19 June.
Born in Edmonton, Larry will be launching our annual abseil to help raise awareness for the charity. He’s encouraging the public to get involved too.
Following on from his support of Your London, Your Helicopter campaign, Larry will be joining 200 other abseilers to descend the 270ft drop to the bottom.
Having trained and worked as a helicopter pilot in the RAF for eleven years, you would think that Sam Thompson had seen it all. However, as he explains, delivering an advanced trauma team to critically injured people in London presents a whole new set of challenges.
Contracted specifically to cover the extended flying hours, Sam joined London’s Air Ambulance in March this year. Up until this time, the aircraft had to stop flying at 18.45.
The life and pension firm Phoenix Group has extended its corporate charity partnership with London’s Air Ambulance and Midlands Air Ambulance Charity for a further two years.
The partnership, which started in March 2014, has raised over £232,000 for both charities to date. This has been raised primarily through the fundraising efforts of the 750 employees based at the Group, together with company matching.
A St Helier-based paramedic, who helped introduce our life saving dispatch app, has been recognised for his work.
London Ambulance Service Clinical Team Leader, Jason Morris, worked with colleagues to introduce the app, which cuts the time it takes for the advanced trauma team to be dispatched via air or road by up to two minutes. In some cases doctors and paramedics are dispatched in rapid response cars to trauma incidents in less than 10 seconds.
UPDATE: Our 'Your London, Your Helicopter' campaign in 2015 successfully raised the funds required to purchase our charity's second helicopter, G-LNDN. Click here to read more about the success of the second helicopter campaign, and the arrival of the helicopter in January 2016.
London born actor Larry Lamb and entrepreneur Richard Branson have joined our ‘Your London, Your Helicopter’ campaign — calling for a second medical emergency helicopter for the capital.
UPDATE: Our 'Your London, Your Helicopter' campaign in 2015 successfully raised the funds required to purchase our charity's second helicopter, G-LNDN. Click here to read more about the success of the second helicopter campaign, and the arrival of the helicopter in January 2016.
