SCAA is incredibly honoured to have been shortlisted for two national awards recognising the heroic life-saving actions of one of our crews. Former SCAA pilot Captain Shaun Rose and paramedics John Pritchard and Rich Garside are finalists in the 999 services category at both the "Scotland's Champions"...

Air Ambulance Week is the only week in the year dedicated to raising awareness and funds for the vital life-saving work of air ambulance charities across the UK. Air Ambulance Week 2021 takes off from 6th to 12th September 2021, with air ambulance charities from across the UK coming together to...

Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance operates two helicopter air ambulances - Helimed 76 based in Perth and Helimed 79 based in Aberdeen. Tasked through Scotland's 999 emergency response network, here are just some of the call outs we've responded to recently. The speed of our air ambulances recently proved...

Air Ambulances UK, Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland and Raffolux, the online raffle company, have partnered to launch a new national prize draw called the ‘Every Second Counts Raffle’, where people can enter to win a luxury car while supporting the lifesaving work of their local air ambulance...

Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance operates two helicopter air ambulances - Helimed 76 based in Perth and Helimed 79 based in Aberdeen. Tasked through Scotland's 999 emergency response network, here are just some of the call outs we've responded to recently. SCAA's Helimed 76 was first on the scene when...

Owners of some of the country's most extreme super sports cars gathered at Perth Airport to make a donation to Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance. The Lamborghini Edinburgh Scottish Tour opened its four-day event in Scotland with a visit to the SCAA's Perth Airport headquarters to learn of the...

Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance operates two helicopter air ambulances - Helimed 76 based in Perth and Helimed 79 based in Aberdeen. Tasked through Scotland's 999 emergency response network, here are just some of the call outs we've responded to recently. Our Helimed 76 crew responded to a young man...

Julia Barnes is unique among SCAA's paramedics.
For, having left the charity crew after two years for personal career development, she then opted to return, having "missed everything" about the air ambulance role. "I was working 10 hour shifts at SCAA and driving over an hour at the beginning and end...

No two days are ever the same for the crew of Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance's Helimed 79 at Aberdeen. And that constant sense of expectation is one of the many aspects of life as an aircrew paramedic that convinces Rich Forte he has the best job in the world. "It's a job that takes you from zero to...

Edinburgh mother Fiona Thomas is donating a percentage of takings at her specialist textile printing company during SCAA Week to support the charity that came to her aid after a fall on a freezing hillside. Fiona's thoughts as she made her way down the Braid Hills at Edinburgh were of the bacon rolls...