2 results for month: 09/2014

Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance commits to full night flying capability

Night-time flying takes Air Ambulance into new era 23rd September 2014: Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance (TVACAA) has today announced its commitment to full night-time flying. Together with its operational partner Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA), the Charity will extend its relationship with Bond Air Services Ltd, upgrading to a new helicopter with full night flying capability. This will enable TVACAA to realise its long-term ambition of extending its life-saving service into the hours of darkness as well as in daylight and provide a gold standard of patient care to people in emergency situations - no matter who, no matter ...

Lee’s story

On the 17th July 2012, just over a year ago, I was involved in a very serious motorcycle crash and had to be airlifted by the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance. I was on my way home from work, travelling on my motorcycle, when suddenly I was involved in a head-on collision with an oncoming a car. Despite the heavy collision, I actually remember the crash and as I laid on the floor I knew instantly my leg was badly broken. Amazingly, given the predicament I was in, I couldn’t actually feel any real pain. The first ambulance responder on scene was a paramedic who had arrived on his bike. I remember him asking if there was an ambulance on ...