Beeline: Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance Magazine, Spring 2016

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WHO WE ARE About us The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is YOUR service – provided for people in YOUR area – with YOUR support orset and Somerset Air Ambulance is a D registered charity, established to provide relief from sickness and injury for the people of Dorset and Somerset, by the provision of an air ambulance. We receive no direct funding from the Government or the National Lottery and rely entirely on the generosity of the public for support. Our operational costs are over £2 million a year. Operations Since our launch in 2000, we have flown more than 11,000 missions. The average cost per mission is approximately £2,500. We are tasked as part of the normal ‘999’ emergency process by a dedicated Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) desk located at Ambulance Control and can attend up to eight or nine incidents in a single day during the summer months. Our airbase is situated at Henstridge Airfield on the Dorset/Somerset border. From there, we can be at any point in the two counties in less than 20 minutes of receiving an emergency call. More importantly, the helicopter can then take a patient to any one of the Major Trauma Centres in the South West within a further 20 minutes. Pilots Our pilots are provided by Bond Air Services, who operate our aircraft. They are carefully selected because air ambulance flights are typically more challenging than regular non-emergency flight services. They will have a great deal of experience in low-level operations and instrument flying. Providing critical care Our Critical Care Paramedics are employed by the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT). As well as being very highly qualified and experienced 6 01823 669604 | www.dsairambulance.org.uk
WHO WE ARE Your helicopter heroes paramedics, they are also trained to assist the pilot with navigation and the operation of some of the aircraft systems. The doctors are a mixture of senior emergency physicians, intensive care consultants and anesthetists from hospitals across our region. From April 2016, our on-duty crew will consist of a pilot, one Critical Care Paramedic (CCP) and one doctor on shift at any one time. An exciting year ahead At the end of this year, we will be replacing our EC135 helicopter with an AgustaWestland 169 (AW169). Operating a larger and more powerful aircraft and conducting operations at night will increase our cost of operations. However, we believe that the increased cost will be more than matched by the enhanced level of patient care that we will be delivering. We will also, soon, begin carrying blood on the aircraft for administering to patients who require it. This is a very significant development and has required a great deal of work and co-operation between a number of organisations. We will share all the details in due course. Recognition In 2013, the Charity sponsored a three-year post-graduate education programme for our paramedics. This innovative project has received much recognition and was awarded top prize at the 2015 HSJ Awards in the ‘Improving Outcomes through Learning and Development’ category. Read more on page 16. The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance team. Left to right from top: Pilots Max Hoskins and Phil Merritt Clinical Support Officer Paul Owen and Critical Care Paramedics Leonie German, Claire Baker, Michelle Walker, Mark Williams and Neil Bizzell Doctors Tony Doyle, Jeremy Reid, Farhad Islam (Izzy), Rob Torok, Ian Mew, Phil Hyde and Dave Martin Code of conduct Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is a member of the Association of Air Ambulances (AAA). Members are governed by a code of conduct requiring air ambulances to meet the standards set by UK regulators for medical care, aviation practices and fundraising activity. We are also a member of the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB), which means that we adhere to best practice, honesty, transparency, clarity and accountability in all our fundraising activity. Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance @dsairambulance 7
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