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unusual facts about Air ambulance



Exotic Feline Rescue Center

The unidentified 21-year-old woman was airlifted to Wishard Memorial Hospital and was in critical, but non-life threatening condition.

Heinkel HD 21

One HD 21 (registered SE-ACY) was flown as an air ambulance by Carl Gustaf von Rosen for the Red Cross during the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 1935.

Highland Emergency

Filmed aboard the search and rescue aircraft of the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and HM Coastguard as well as the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) air ambulances, the show follows the teams on emergencies in the Highlands.

Necip Torumtay

On 24 June 2011, Necip Torumtay suffered symptoms of coronary artery spasm during his stay at the Aksaz Naval Base in Marmaris, and was transferred to the Gülhane Military Hospital, Ankara, by an air ambulance.

Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance

The Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance is an organisation providing emergency medical services through the provision of a helicopter air ambulance covering the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire in the South East of England.


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Emergency medical services in Iceland

Mýflug has one dedicated air ambulance in Iceland, based at Akureyri, the site of the country's second largest hospital.

Helicopter Heroes

They have flown more than 2,000 missions in the Yorkshire Air Ambulance's two MD900 Explorer helicopters.

Hickling, Nottinghamshire

£4,500 was handed over in February 2010, at a ceremony at the Plough Inn, to each of the Meningitis Trust, the Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire Air Ambulance, and a further 14 village groups.

North West Air Ambulance

The Paramedics who provide the life saving treatment on board the Air Ambulance are provided on two year secondments by the North West Ambulance Service.

Norwegian Air Ambulance

Air ambulance services in Norway have been operated by private companies and the military since the 1920s, but the first dedicated service came in 1972 when the Air Force 330 squadron was equipped with Westland Sea King helicopters.

Sara Blizzard

Her main charity is the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance, whose other notable patrons include BBC South Today's Laura Trant.

Sentara Healthcare

Sentara's air ambulance Nightingale, named for Florence Nightingale, began in late-February 1982 as the region's first air ambulance and the 38th air medical program in the country.

Yorkshire Air Ambulance

The Air Ambulance is also the subject of BBC One programme Helicopter Heroes, which follows the crew during a typical working day.