BlackRock, one of the world's pre-eminent asset management firms, raised over £260,000 towards our second helicopter campaign. The BlackRock London Office took on challenges to raise money for London's Air Ambulance. From the Virgin Money London Marathon to the British 10K; the BlackRock Cycle Challenge to the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 and even traveling across India in a Rickshaw. Whether they supported their colleagues by donating or took on a challenge themselves, the support has been phenomenal. 

On 3rd September MPs and Peers attended the London's Air Ambulance Reception in the House of Commons to demonstrate their support for our charity. The event was hosted by Mary Macleod, Brentford & Isleworth MP, and Rushanara Ali, Bethnal Green & Bow MP — key supporters of the charity.

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We are pleased to announce the appointment of Charles Newitt to the newly created post of Chief Operating Officer (COO).  The role will have operational responsibility for service delivery, as well as helping to execute the charity’s operational strategy.

“The London’s Air Ambulance team who treated my dad were second to none. I just turned 18, got a bit of money and wanted to help with their fundraising for a second helicopter so that more people could benefit from their incredible work,” says Corrin who raised over £1,000 for London’s Air Ambulance doing a 13,000ft skydive. 

In his 14 years as an emeritus paramedic with London’s Air Ambulance, Steve has treated hundreds of seriously injured patients as well as doing his fair share of fundraising. How does he see the role of our charity’s supporters? “They are us. We are the extended hands of our supporters, of what they have done,” says Steve pointing to a picture of 5-year-old JJ, whose sponsored swim raised enough to send a helicopter to another person after we had treated his uncle.

Brave individuals have been lining up to go off the edge of our helipad to raise vital funds for the service. 

The helipad is 284ft up off the ground, on top The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. It is the highest helipad in the UK and possibly also in Europe. From Thursday through to Sunday over 130 people have faced their fears and scaled down the side of the hospital generating £55,000 in sponsorship.

Our service has performed the world’s first roadside balloon surgery to control internal bleeding.   Use of pre-hospital Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) to control haemorrhage in trauma patients is a ground breaking move by London’s Air Ambulance. Read full story here.

Dr Gareth Davies will take to Twitter to answer any medical questions relating to pre-hospital REBOA today (17 June 2014) between 4-5pm.

London's Air Ambulance Charity's trauma team have performed the world’s first roadside balloon surgery to control internal bleeding.

Use of pre-hospital Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA), a technique used first in the UK at The Royal London Hospital, to control haemorrhage in trauma patients is a ground-breaking move by London’s Air Ambulance.

The pioneering work of London’s Air Ambulance has been celebrated at this year’s Charity Awards. Blood on Board, the initiative to administer blood transfusion at the roadside has been awarded the top accolade for Healthcare and Medical Research.