We have joined together with air ambulance charities across the UK to celebrate the first ever National Air Ambulance Week, 24th-30th September, which has been organised by the Association of Air Ambulances to raise awareness and funds for these charities that save lives daily.
Drawing on the Capital’s Olympic spirit, London’s Air Ambulance is hoping that the seven day event will encourages London communities and businesses to support their local air ambulance charity.
Wear Red Day launches on Friday 28th September, for the first time in its history and it is a day which we hope will become an annual fundraising event. Simply by wearing red to the office, school or on a night out, you can raise awareness and money for our life-saving service.
We have been trialing GE Healthcare’s pocket-sized ultrasound device, Vscan, during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The device allows our doctors and paramedics to easily and non-invasively inspect the inside of a patient’s body on scene, assessing the presence of internal bleeding as well as other life threatening conditions prior to hospital.
We have experienced increased demand during the Olympic Games and expects similar during the Paralympic Games period when London sees a significant increase in visitors.
Whether it is children’s rugby training or a business breakfast, Saracens will pay a tailored visit to the group with the most participants wearing red in support of our charity. For your chance to win a Saracens visit, submit a photo of your school, organisation or family members dressed in red on Wear Red Day - 28th September. As in rugby, score matters and the photo with highest number of participants in red wins.
In 2010 Sir Stirling Moss suffered a terrible fall in his home in London. Within minutes our specialist doctor and paramedic trauma team were at his side providing advanced medical care. Sir Stirling has since made a full recovery and yesterday visited our operational helipad to thank the team and find out more about our service.
On Saturday 15th September, Saracens Rugby Club kindly invited London’s Air Ambulance to be part of their big game against Leicester Tigers at Wembley. Our team were out in force to raise money and awareness about our charity to over 40,000 spectators.
Not only did Saracens let our team of 40 volunteers collect donations at the event, London’s Air Ambulance was also featured on Wembley’s big screen and our Executive Director, Dr Julian Thompson, got into the spotlight pre-match when he was interviewed right on the pitch.
Commenting on the news of London's second helipad at St George’s Hospital London, Dr Gareth Davies, Medical Director and Chair of the London’s Air Ambulance charity, said: “London’s Air Ambulance is a London charity that delivers advanced trauma care to critically injured patients when minutes are vital to survival. 
We are pleased to announce our collaboration with The Liverpool Project, that has been set up to teach young offenders the basic medical skills necessary to manage victims of violent attacks. Young offenders, who are often present at the scene of violent incidents are trained to provide immediate haemorrhage control in the vital minutes after injury until the arrival of the emergency services.
Saracens rugby star Nils Mordt urged Londoners to support London’s Air Ambulance, the charity that delivers an advanced trauma team to critically injured patients in London, after Saracens F.C. appointed it as their official charity. The rugby union team will get involved in the charity’s activities to help London’s Air Ambulance raise money for a second helicopter.
From 24th to 30th September, we will run a week of entertainment and fundraising with medical demonstrations on ‘dummies’ and artistic performances right in front of The National Gallery. So far, London’s Air Ambulance could only be seen at Trafalgar Square in cases of medical emergency. During National Air Ambulance Week, our red routemaster will become one of Trafalgar’s landmarks and will accommodate the celebrations of our life-saving charity.
When: 24th - 30th September, 11am - 6pm
