Mission Review

Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance responds to time-critical emergencies wherever they occur in Scotland, often working with colleagues from the Scottish Ambulance Service, Police Scotland, Mountain Rescue teams and other first responder organisations. Here are just a few of the call outs we've responded to recently.

SCAA paramedics recently worked with Scottish Ambulance Service land crew colleagues at the scene of a riding accident in Perthshire. Our helicopter air ambulance was able to land near the young woman, who was injured after she fell from her horse, before she was taken to hospital.

SCAA recently landed on the roadway to reach a motorcyclist injured when his bike struck a sheep in the countryside near Tomintoul. Our helicopter air ambulance then airlifted the injured biker to the Major Trauma Centre at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary - a flight of under 20 minutes compared to the equivalent road journey of over 90 minutes.

SCAA recently flew with a specialist team to the aid of an injured stock car racer at the Crimmond racetrack. SCAA had the doctor-led team on scene within 25 minutes following a flight through challenging weather. After treatment at the track, the injured man was taken to hospital care.

The community hospital on Islay requested air support after seeing a local farmer crushed by a cow who managed to make his own way to the accident and emergency department. SCAA rendezvoused with a land ambulance at Islay Airport and airlifted the patient to the Major Trauma Centre in Glasgow - cutting hours off an alternative journey by road and ferry.

SCAA was recently part of a multi-service response when a walker took seriously ill on a hillside above Callander. SCAA was first on scene, landing on the side of the hill, and was joined by colleagues from the Scottish Ambulance Service, Police Scotland and Killin Mountain Rescue Team before airlifting the patient to critical cardiac care at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow - just a 15 minute flight away.

A man recently injured in a fall during outdoor activities at Loch Tay was airlifted to hospital by SCAA. Our air ambulance helicopter made the flight to trauma care at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee in less than 20 minutes - a quarter of the time taken to make the equivalent journey by road.

Scottish Ambulance Service land crew colleagues and members of the public recently helped at the scene when SCAA landed on Skye to attend to an injured walker. Our helicopter air ambulance initially landed at the car park at a popular walking trail before repositioning further into the hills and nearer the patient. The injured woman was flown to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness in under 25 minutes, negating the need for a lengthy two-and-a-half hour journey by road.

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