May 2012 - Police Aviation News

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As a result charity chiefs have decided they need a new 20,000sq ft operational base to replace
their cramped facilities.
The group continues to pile the pressure on the rest of the UK air ambulance community
with recent announcements about high profile ambassadors for their cause. A leading
sportsman with important connections, Mike Tindall, has become an ambassador for The
Air Ambulance Service.
The rugby ace - who is married to Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara Phillips, who has
also featured in air ambulance promotion - will support the charity by helping raise awareness
of the service, and fundraising.
Simon Le Bon from Birmingham pop group Duran Duran is also reported to have taken up
the role of ambassador with the Air Ambulance Service and the Children’s Air Ambulance
as well as being linked with the separate County Air Ambulance. [see also items under Midland AA]
CHANNEL ISLANDS: A new state of the art stretcher and transfer equipment has
been bought for Jersey’s air ambulance service by the League of Friends. They gave a donation
of £10,000 for the purchase of the stretcher, which is made by the American company
Lifeport, along with special mounts for monitoring equipment and new equipment
bags. In the past, the League of Friends has supported the JETS team by providing other
essential equipment, such as an incubator for babies who need specialist treatment in the
UK.
Jersey’s Emergency Transfer Service (JETS) set up over 300 air ambulance flights between
Jersey and the UK, nearly one every day of the year.
ESSEX & HERTS: The Hertfordshire Air
Ambulance (HAA) launched as a HEMS service
in November 2008, has flown over 1,000
life-saving missions.
The landmark call-out was on Thursday 12 th
April where the aircraft was despatched to
provide critical care to a patient in cardiac arrest.
Herts Air Ambulance is part of the Essex &
Herts Air Ambulance Trust, a Charity responsible
for operating two Air Ambulances and
providing free life-saving Helicopter Emergency
Medical Services (HEMS) for Hertfordshire,
Essex and surrounding areas. The
Herts Air Ambulance is operational 5 days per week from its base at North Weald Airfield.
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