Staff worked 'tirelessly around the clock'
Over 400 lifesaving missions by air ambulance in Northamptonshire last year. The Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance and the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance, worked "tirelessly around the clock" in 2022.
The highest number of callouts were to Leicestershire and Rutland with 732, Derbyshire had 558 callouts, Northamptonshire 405 and Warwickshire had 386. A further 397 incidents were responded to across the West Midlands, 472 across Nottinghamshire, 81 across Lincolnshire, and many more split across other neighbouring counties.Similar to 2021, the highest number of callouts were to medical incidents at 34% then road traffic collisions at 27%.
“Our 24/7 frontline services were enhanced in 2022 as we made clinical developments through bringing blood products onboard and training our critical care paramedics in the use of ultrasound equipment. We have plans to further develop in 2023 by bringing new Critical Care Cars online as well as introducing new medical equipment such as ventilators and cardiac monitors, amongst other things, as we head towards our 50,000-mission milestone this year.
As he worked his way up from the windowsill, the blade got wedged in the brick and spun out of his hand. It caught his face, neck, arm and chest as it fell onto the floor. Injuries included cuts to his windpipe, ligaments and muscles in his neck.
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