Mission Review

Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance operates two helicopter air ambulances - Helimed 76 based in Perth and Helimed 79 based in Aberdeen. SCAA also has a Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV) at each base. Tasked through Scotland's 999 emergency response network, here are just some of the call outs we've responded to recently.

A tourist who slipped and fell on a cliff path in a remote corner of Islay was airlifted to hospital by SCAA's Helimed 76 air ambulance. SCAA paramedics supported road ambulance colleagues on the island before airlifting the patient to Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

SCAA landed at a difficult hillside location to reach a woman injured in an all-terrain-vehicle accident near Pitlochry. The woman, suffering back injuries, was quickly airlifted to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee for advanced care.

SCAA was quickly on scene when a man impaled his leg on a broken branch while crossing a stream in a remote part of the country near Balquidder. SCAA paramedics worked with Scottish Ambulance Service road crew colleagues at the scene to stabilise the wound before the patient headed for hospital treatment at Forth Valley Hospital.

SCAA deployed a Rapid Response Vehicle to provide paramedic back-up at a medical emergency in Strathmore recently. A SCAA paramedic then travelled with the patient in the land ambulance to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, providing continuous care throughout.

A rugby player recently injured during a match in Glenrothes was quickly airlifted to trauma care at the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh by SCAA. Our helicopter air ambulance landed on the pitch and made the short flight to hospital in just minutes.

SCAA's Helimed 79 air ambulance rrendezvoused with a land ambulance at a playing field in Portsoy in order to get a seriously ill woman to hospital care as quickly as possible. The Scottish Ambulance Service road crew brought the patient part of the way while our helicopter air ambulance headed towards them from their base in Aberdeen. SCAA then airlifted the patient to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in less than 20 minutes - a journey that would have taken well over an hour by road.

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