The Air Ambulance Service

The Air Ambulance Service operates the national Children’s air ambulance and the local air ambulance services for Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Rutland. Their national program, the children's air Ambulance, transports critically ill children from one hospital to another for specialized care. They are a pediatric helicopter emergency transport service. The helicopter's bespoke, specific equipment serves as a flying intensive care unit for children. They send a specialist team to a child who is too unwell to fly. With aircraft times frequently exceeding four times that of a road transfer, time saved is often a life saved. Their two helicopters provide a rapid response to trauma and medical emergencies over an area of 3850 square miles. They cover many of the UK’s major road networks including the M1, M6, M69, and M42. With an average response of just 13 minutes, between them, they attend on average six missions a day.

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