Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance

We're so excited to share with you what our charity team have been up to! Recently the team took to the streets around the county to raise awareness of the Operation Airbase Appeal. You may have seen us visiting locations in Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth and Eastleigh projecting the appeal video. Watch now and let us know in the comments below if you spotted us. Please donate to Operation Airbase Appeal today and help us save time and save lives - https://lnkd.in/dv9HfW7y

Coming soon! Our charity team have been up to something very exciting. Keep an eye on our social media tomorrow evening. 🚁📹👀

MISSION REPORT: Last week, we responded to 55 emergencies across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. This included: 26 incidents by air. 🚁 29 incidents by road. 🚗 Thank you for keeping us flying and saving lives. 💚💛🚁

With the evenings getting darker earlier, more of our flights will look like this. But our helicopter is fully equipped and optimised for night operations, allowing us to land at the scene of an incident safely. This includes a Trakka high intensity searchlight to help find a suitable landing site in unlit locations. 🚁🌃🌙 #ViewFromTheCrew

We've so far responded to more incidents by road than air this year. We've responded to: 1,007 incidents by road. 🚗 993 by air. 🚁 But what equipment do our Emergency Response Vehicles carry? All of our vehicles carry the same equipment as the Air Ambulance, such as blood products, defibrillators and our cars are essential in reaching harder to access urban areas. Any patient we attend by road, receives the same critical care delivered by the helicopter. 💚 📸 Specialist Paramedic Jim

September was another busy month for our life-saving service. We responded to 205 emergencies across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and beyond. 🚁 108 incidents by air. 🚗 97 incidents by road. 📅 Sunday was our busiest day. 🕘9am and 1pm were our busiest hours. It was your support that helped us be there 205 times last month, thank you. Watch our video to see September's full mission breakdown.

Last Thursday an incredible group of thrill-seekers walked over hot coals and broken glass to support your Air Ambulance. The event this year was in support of our Operation Airbase Appeal and the group, including teams from Whispers Care, Applied Driving and City College Hospitality, have raised more than £2,240 towards our relocation. Well done to everyone involved and a big thank you for braving this challenge for our charity! Read more about the event on our website. https://lnkd.in/eZ_TeJMY

We were so pleased to receive an amazing donation of more than £6,500 from NFU Mutual New Forest, Isle of Wight and Bournemouth Office recently. Their generous donation will help us bring our new CPR Skills for Life programme to people in our community. #ThankYouThursday It's because of generous support like this that we're able to teach potentially life-saving CPR skills to the community. Read more about their amazing donation and our CPR Skills for Life programme on our website - https://lnkd.in/e6S-7Hg9

To kick off today's Thank You Thursday we would like to say thank you to the New Forest Business Partnership for nominating our charity as a finalist in the Brilliance in Business Awards in the New Milton Advertiser and Lymington Times Award for Not-for-Profit Organisations category. We're so grateful to be a nominee and look forward to the awards ceremony on the 28 November. Read more about the awards on the New Forest Business Partnership website - https://lnkd.in/eAeevd8K

MISSION REPORT: Last week across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight we responded to 43 emergencies. This included: 12 incidents by air. 🚁 31 incidents by road. 🚗 Thank you for keeping us flying and saving lives. We're your Air Ambulance and we're #ThereForYou 💚💛