Today, London’s Air Ambulance, will make history as the first air ambulance in the UK to carry blood on board its aircraft and cars.
Every day in London, victims of major trauma are attended by London’s Air Ambulance. Many of these patients are suffering from catastrophic bleeding. Some die at the scene from blood loss and never make it to hospital.
London’s Air Ambulance opened London trading in the London Stock Exchange’s Market Open Ceremony on 23rd March 2012. To mark this special occasion, London’s Air Ambulance invited ex patient, four year old Liam, to open the market together with the doctor and paramedic who helped save his life.
London’s Air Ambulance has been the London Stock Exchange Group Charity Partner for two years and has received a generous donation of £100K annually.
On Sunday 22nd April, London's Air Ambulance will have 13 supporters running the Virgin London Marathon in aid of the Charity.
We have now launched an Interactive Mission Map on our website. Each postcode area will show a breakdown of missions that London’s Air Ambulance has attended in that vicinity since 1st January 2012.
We attend over 2,000 missions in the Capital per year, only tending to those patients who are critically injured and in whom every minute counts. Missions commonly involve serious road traffic collisions, falls from heights, incidents on the rail network and assaults.
On 9th June 2012, London Paramedic Tony McColley will be paddling a kayak from London to Manchester to raise funds for London’s Air Ambulance. He will paddle over 240 miles of the British Waterways canal network, carrying the boat around 190 locks and several tunnels, with little support and no back up crew.
On 14th and 15th June 2012, 200 people braved the 585ft leap off Broadgate Tower, in London, when they took on an abseil to show their support for London’s Air Ambulance. The event raised a staggering £94, 000 for the Charity, the largest amount raised from a single event ever.
Ashurst, a leading international law firm, booked out most of one day with almost 100 of its employees and friends taking to the skies. There was also great support from other London organisations including the London Stock Exchange, Aberdeen Asset Management and Coutts.
On Thursday 21st June, Coutts held a Wine Challenge & Charity Auction at their Strand office which raised £22,000 for our charity. Coutts Products, Services & Marketing began their support when they selected us to be their Charity partner for 2012. The success of last week’s event combined with numerous other funding raising activities so far this year, they have now raised £35,000 of their £50,000 target.
On 12 July 2012 London Members of Parliament, Peers and Council Leaders demonstrated their support for the London's Air Ambulance Charity's contribution to the Capital's safety. The event was hosted by Mary Macleod, Brentford & Isleworth MP, and Rushanara Ali, Bethnal Green & Bow MP, and was kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Asset Management.
We are proud to announce that we are the designated air ambulance for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (“the Games”). In addition to providing Major Incident and serious injury cover for London during this time, our medical teams will provide additional medical care at the Mountain Biking, BMX, and Equestrian (cross country).
The Freemasons Grand Charity has donated £4,000 to London’s Air Ambulance. The donation was made at the annual Middlesex Grand Family Fete held at The Royal Masonic School for Girls, Rickmansworth on Sunday 15th July.
