FirstGroup pledges £100K to London’s Air Ambulance
Source: London’s Air Ambulance, 15-May-13
FirstGroup, the leading transport operator in the UK and North America is providing our charity, with £100k worth of support over four years. Last month one of FirstGroup’s brand new hybrid buses, which is one of 23 which has just entered service in Essex, went head to head with our aircraft at RAF Northolt to [...]
Exclusive – London’s Air Ambulance new livery
Source: HeliHub.com, 12-Feb-13
Gone are the big sponsor logos – but the theme is still very much red. The MD Explorer of LAA (London’s Air Ambulance) G-EHMS has appeared from the paint shop at Gloucestershire Airport in new red paint with a yellow and pale blue “dog tooth” pattern to the aft of the cabin area and to [...]
London’s Air Ambulance to move base
Source: HeliHub.com, 05-Feb-13
London’s Air Ambulance are reportedly moving base to Northolt in the very near future, having overnighted their helicopter – currently an MD Explorer, plus the Dauphin before that – for 24 years at Denham. There are two possible reasons for this – either their contract was with Premiair (who ceased operating from Denham late last [...]
Big Interview: New CEO at London’s Air Ambulance
Source: East London Advertiser, 03-Feb-13
“his long-term mission is to have two helicopters flying simultaneously both day and night. At present the helicopter only operates during daylight hours from around 8am in the morning to around 4pm in winter and 8pm in summer.” Read the full article
London’s Air Ambulance appoints CEO and looks to 2nd helicopter
Source: London's Air Ambulance, 14-Jan-13
London’s Air Ambulance, the Charity that delivers an advanced trauma team to critically injured people in London, is delighted to announce the appointment of Graham Hodgkin to the role of Chief Executive Officer. He joins at an exciting time of rapid transition for the Charity and will lead the service through its next stages of [...]
Bank staff raise over £50,000 for London’s Air Ambulance
Source: London’s Air Ambulance, 06-Jan-13
Coutts has exceeded its annual target of raising £50,000 for this year’s chosen charity, London’s Air Ambulance. Coutts’ Products, Services & Marketing team dug deep to raise more than double last year’s charity donation, culminating in a grand total of £51,705.60. Numerous fundraising activities were organised throughout the last twelve months, including comedy nights, a [...]
London’s Air Ambulance supports “medical skills for young offenders” project
Source: London's Air Ambulance, 23-Sep-12
As London saw this year’s youngest victim of knife crime, 14-year-old Kevin Ssali, sadly die on Sunday, the need to ensure immediate, on the scene medical aid for victims of violent attacks seems to be more urgent than ever. The Liverpool project aims to train young offenders, who are often present at the scene of [...]
London’s Air Ambulance supports ‘medical skills for young offenders’ project
Source: London's Air Ambulance, 19-Sep-12
We are pleased to announce our collaboration with The Liverpool Project, that has been set up to teach young offenders the basic medical skills necessary to manage victims of violent attacks. Young offenders, who are often present at the scene of violent incidents are trained to provide immediate haemorrhage control in the vital minutes after [...]
London’s Air Ambulance trials pocket-sized visualization devices
Source: GE Healthcare, 03-Sep-12
Five portable, pocket-sized visualization devices that can help physicians identify fluid presence as well as other life threatening conditions are being trialed by London’s Air Ambulance charity. London’s Air Ambulance, which provides pre-hospital medical care to victims of serious injury throughout London, has experienced increased demand during the Olympic Games and expects similar during the Paralympic [...]
London’s Air Ambulance launches “Wear Red” day
Source: London’s Air Ambulance, 31-Aug-12
Wear Red Day launches on Friday 28th September, for the first time in its history and it is a day which we hope will become an annual fundraising event. Simply by wearing red to the office, school or on a night out, you can raise awareness and money for our life-saving service. ‘Wear Red Day’ will become [...]
London’s Air Ambulance providing advanced care for the Olympics
Source: London’s Air Ambulance, 17-Jul-12
London’s Air Ambulance, the Charity which runs London’s helicopter emergency medical service, is proud to announce that it is the designated air ambulance for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (“the Games”). In addition to providing Major Incident and serious injury cover for London during this time, London’s Air Ambulance medical teams will provide [...]
London’s Air Ambulance trialling brain-cooling device
Source: London’s Air Ambulance, 02-May-12
London’s Air Ambulance, the Charity which runs London’s Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, has become the first in the UK to trial a novel device for directly cooling the brain using evaporative, nasal spray technology, the RhinoChill® IntraNasal Cooling System in pre-hospital cardiac arrest patients. London’s Air Ambulance will conduct this study on its Physician Response [...]
London’s Air Ambulance launches interactive mission map
Source: London's Air Ambulance, 20-Apr-12
We have now launched an Interactive Mission Map on our website. Each postcode area will show a breakdown of missions that London’s Air Ambulance has attended in that vicinity since 1st January 2012. We attend over 2,000 missions in the Capital per year, only tending to those patients who are critically injured and in whom every minute counts. [...]
London’s Air Ambulance has 13 runners in the London Marathon
Source: London's Air Ambulance, 18-Apr-12
On Sunday 22nd April, London’s Air Ambulance will have 13 supporters running the Virgin London Marathon in aid of the Charity. Out of hundreds of applicants, three runners were selected for our official places in the marathon, each aiming to raise £2012.There are an additional ten runners that have secured their own place who will be donating [...]
London Stock Exchange opened by London’s Air Ambulance
Source: London’s Air Ambulance, 26-Mar-12
London’s Air Ambulance opened London trading in the London Stock Exchange’s Market Open Ceremony on 23rd March 2012. To mark this special occasion, London’s Air Ambulance invited ex patient, four year old Liam, to open the market together with the doctor and paramedic who helped save his life. London’s Air Ambulance has been the London Stock Exchange [...]
Uk’s first air ambulance to carry Blood on Board
Source: London’s Air Ambulance, 06-Mar-12
Today, London’s Air Ambulance, will make history as the first air ambulance in the UK to carry blood on board its aircraft and cars. Every day in London, victims of major trauma are attended by London’s Air Ambulance. Many of these patients are suffering from catastrophic bleeding. Some die at the scene from blood loss [...]
Transport group launches annual sponsorship of London’s Air Ambulance
Source: National Express, 05-Feb-12
National Express Group, a leading bus, coach and rail transport provider, is delighted to have launched a £25,000 annual sponsorship of London’s Air Ambulance yesterday. Commenting on the sponsorship, Charity Director, David Oakley said: “London’s Air Ambulance relies heavily upon corporate support and donations from the public to ensure the continued provision of this life-saving service. [...]
London’s Air Ambulance makes appointment to lead financial sector fundraising
Source: London's Air Ambulance, 30-Jan-12
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Julian Thompson as an Executive Director of the Charity. Julian previously worked as a doctor on London’s Air Ambulance in 2010 and has returned to lead an enhancement of the capacity and funding of the service in partnership with senior figures in the City of London. [...]
London’s Air Ambulance depends on Versapak bags
Source: Versapak, 23-Dec-11
When it comes to saving lives, having the best preparation and equipment available is paramount to a successful rescue. For London’s Air Ambulance, the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) charity that provides 24-hour specialist trauma care to the people of London, this understanding is what allows them to provide their patients with the best possible [...]
London’s Air Ambulance moves to new rooftop helipad
Source: London’s Air Ambulance, 15-Dec-11
Today marked a moment in history when London’s Air Ambulance, the world’s leading air ambulance, began operating from its new home on top of the new Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. The helicopter landed at 8.05am for service. At 284ft high, the helipad is one of the highest in Europe and is almost the same [...]
London’s Air Ambulance Consultant & Trustee made first pre-hospital EMS professor
Source: London’s Air Ambulance, 18-Aug-11
Dr. David Lockey, London’s Air Ambulance Consultant & Trustee and Research & Development lead, was made Honorary Professor of Trauma and Prehospital Emergency Medicine by the University of Bristol. This is believed to be the only Professorial appointment in the UK in the new medical speciality of Prehospital Emergency Medicine. The General Medical Council have [...]
London’s Air Ambulance hosts Norwegian delegation
Source: London's Air Ambulance, 17-Aug-11
We were delighted to host a visit for His Excellency, Kim Traavik, The Norwegian Ambassador for London, in July. He was joined by Steinar Sørlie, General Secretary of the Norwegian Air Ambulance and former Minister, and Professor Hans Morten Lossius, Research and Development Director of the Norwegian Air Ambulance. The visit was arranged to hear [...]
London’s Air Ambulance launches new hard-to-find website
Source: HeliHub.com, 03-Jul-11
London’s Air Ambulance launched a visually appealing new website on 1st July, but you cannot find it on Google! Try looking for it and the old URL LondonsAirAmbulance.com comes up, but that fails. Some careful detective work by HeliHub.com found it at LondonsAirAmbulance.co.uk – and it’s worth checking out. However, we would have expected that [...]
London and Norwegian Air Ambulances collaborate on pre-hospital care R&D
Source: London’s Air Ambulance, 06-Apr-11
This agreement formalises the existing strong links between two long established providers of physician-led pre-hospital care. Both organisations are committed leaders in the field of quality improvement in pre-hospital care and place research and development high on their agendas. London’s Air Ambulance has an international reputation for clinical excellence and has trained the majority of [...]
London’s Air Ambulance reaches 25,000 missions by helicopter and car
Source: London’s Air Ambulance, 22-Mar-11
London’s Air Ambulance, the Charity which runs London’s only air ambulance has today attended its 25,000th mission. The service, which has been in operation for 23 years, also celebrates a year of being a 24hr operation next month, in April 2011, thanks to the continued support of its sponsors and the London community. London’s Air [...]
Coroner at 7/7 terrorism inquest says London Air Ambulance needs “proper funding”
Source: HeliHub.com, 04-Mar-11
On 7th July 2005, the city of London was rocked by a series of terrorist blasts during the morning rush hour, targetting three underground trains and one iconic red London bus. A total of 56 people died, including four suicide bombers. There is currently an inquest in London into the tragic events of that day. [...]
London’s Air Ambulance appoints PR Manager
Source: HeliHub.com, 10-Feb-11
As part of the rejuvenation of the charity, London’s Air Ambulance has appointed Siobhra Murphy as their Public Relations Manager to boost the charity’s profile to the 10 million people who live and work in London. The LAA press release indicated that Siobhra is experienced in Financial and Corporate PR and also has a keen [...]
London’s Air Ambulance appoints Business Development Manager
Source: HeliHub.com, 09-Feb-11
London’s Air Ambulance has appointed Diane Richens as the Charity’s Business Development Manager. The LAA press release indicated that “Diane brings with her over 10 years experience working in Business Development in multi-national organisations in both the Private and Third Sector”. Research on the internet found that she previously worked in a similar Business Development [...]
London’s Air Ambulance rescued by Banco Santander?
Source: HeliHub.com, 08-Feb-11
London’s Air Ambulance (“LAA”) has announced that it has secured financing on its MD Explorer helicopter for the next seven years. The deal, financed through Santander Corporate Banking, and with the support of Virgin Group, will enable the Charity to concentrate its efforts on continuing to develop its service. It has also appointed Banco Santander [...]
London’s Air Ambulance to go 24×7 from next month
Source: HeliHub.com, 04-Feb-10
London radio station LBC is this morning reporting that London’s Air Ambulance will soon be moving to 24 hour operation. In the short news item, the report said that this was the result of the London Ambulance Service agreeing to fund paramedics right through the night, rather than up to 1am as previously. We suspect [...]
London’s Air Ambulance receives ‘advice and guidance’ after commission probe
Source: Third Sector, 21-Jan-10
London’s Air Ambulance has received unspecified ‘advice and guidance’ from the Charity Commission after concerns were raised about the charity’s governance and financial controls.
London’s Air Ambulance board allows sacked CEO to appeal
Source: Civil Society, 10-Dec-09
The board of the London Air Ambulance charity that sacked chief executive David Philpott after he raised concerns about alleged malpractice by some trustees, has reportedly commissioned an independent review into the circumstances surrounding his dismissal.
