Mission Review

Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance is an integral part of Scotland's 999 emergency network. Our air ambulances can quickly reach those ill or injured, even in challenging weather conditions. Here are just some of the emergency call outs we've responded to recently.

Ice and snow recently brought treacherous conditions across Scotland, with SCAA responding to many accidents as a result. After slipping on ice outside his house near Keith, our Helimed 79 air ambulance was able to transfer one patient safely and comfortably to advanced care at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in under 20 minutes - a journey that would have taken over an hour by road.

SCAA's Helimed 76 air ambulance recently ensured that a woman on Mull requiring mainland hospital care following a fall was quickly airlifted to advanced facilities. The woman was transferred from Glenforsa airfield on the island to specialist care at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley on a flight that took around 30 minutes.

SCAA recently responded to a medical emergency involving a little girl in Stonehaven. SCAA paramedics worked alongside Scottish Ambulance Service land crew colleagues at the scene before the youngster was taken to hospital.

SCAA proved its worth when the first heavy snows of the winter caused severe travel disruption across many parts of Scotland, with road access to patients sometimes proving difficult or impossible for road ambulances. Our helicopter air ambulances are able to fly over blocked roads, taking emergency medical care quickly to those in need.

SCAA recently worked alongside colleagues from the Scottish Ambulance Service Special Operations Response Team (SORT) and Police Scotland in challenging weather to reach and rescue a walker injured in a fall on the hills near Banchory. SCAA rendezvoused with the rescuers at the foot of the hill and airlifted the injured man to advanced hospital care in Aberdeen.

SCAA recently flew to Islay to airlift a patient who required urgent hospital care on the mainland following an accident. Our air ambulance helicopter transferred the man from the island to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow in under 20 minutes, giving him rapid access to advanced care.

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