Midland Air Ambulance sees increase in call-outs
The Midland Air Ambulance has attended 23 per cent more missions in the last 12 months and went on its 50,000th mission.
Midland Air Ambulance has seen a significant rise in the number of trauma and accidental incidents.
The figure rose to 1,749 in the last year, 736 of which were road traffic collisions, which is up 20 per cent in comparison to the years 2016/17.
Stabbings and violent crime were also responsible for the rise in call outs, making up almost seven per cent of missions throughout the year.
On average, Midlands Air Ambulance Charity now airlifts a biker every three days, and a horse rider every four days.
Also in March, the charity went on its 50,000th mission.
Ian Roberts, air operations manager for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, said: “It’s clear from these statistics that the need for the support of the critical care paramedics and doctors on board our helicopters is higher than ever, which is why we are constantly looking to improve our operational and clinical services to ensure we can keep saving lives every day.
“The skilled aircrew, together with state of the art equipment and helicopters, ensure a patient’s chances of survival are vastly increased, but in order to stay operational we need to raise in excess of £9million each year.
"Thankfully, the general public and local businesses across the six counties we cover do an amazing job every year to raise funds for the charity.”
