Midlands Air Ambulance

Statistics

MIDLANDS AIR AMBULANCE HAS ATTENDED 3,000 CALL-OUTS OVER THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS.

Each of our three Air Ambulance aircraft is called out on a flying mission on average 4 or 5 times a day. On occasions the flight crew is stood down for reasons such as a land ambulance is nearer to an accident or arrives first on the scene to assess the situation, releasing the Air Ambulance to be utilised elsewhere.

April 2008 – March 2009 - Number of missions in the covered areas:

A table showing missions flown in % in different counties, full colour image

April 2008 – March 2009 - Types of the Missions undertaken:

1,462 Road Traffic incidents
219 Horse riding incidents
8 Climbing incidents
206 Sporting incidents
247 Falls
26 Collapses
3 Fires

32 Burns
175 Industrial accidents
100 Hospital transfers and medical emergencies
9 Railway incidents
12 Aircraft incidents
20 Drownings

To view data on missions by percentage in each county for Apr '08 - Mar '09 click here.