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WHO WE ARE About us The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is YOUR service – provided for people in YOUR area – with YOUR support orset and Somerset Air Ambulance is a D registered charity, established to provide relief from sickness and injury for the people of Dorset and Somerset, by the provision of an air ambulance. We receive no direct funding from the Government or the National Lottery and rely on the generosity of the public for support. Our operational costs are over £2 million a year and the approximate cost per mission is £2,500. It is inevitable that these costs will rise significantly in the coming year as our clinical team will almost double in size due to an increase in our operating hours, the new aircraft is bigger and uses more fuel per hour and we have invested in a great deal of new clinical equipment and training activities. Operations Since our launch in 2000 we have flown nearly 12,000 missions. We are tasked as part of the normal ‘999’ emergency process by a dedicated Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) desk located at Ambulance Control (paid for by the South West Air Ambulance Charities) and can attend up to eight or nine incidents in a single day during the summer months. Our airbase is situated at Henstridge Airfield on the Dorset/Somerset border. From there, we can be at any point in the two counties in less than 20 minutes. More importantly, the helicopter can, if required, then take a patient to the nearest Major Trauma Centre in the South West within a further 20 minutes. Providing Critical Care Our cohort of clinicians include a mixture of Senior Emergency Physicians, Intensive Care Consultants and Anaesthetists, Specialist Paramedics (Critical Care) and a small number of Paramedics and a Nurse who are working towards the ‘specialist’ qualification. All form part of the air operations crew and, as part of their role, assist the pilot with navigation and operation of some of the aircraft systems. We aim to provide a Critical Care Team, consisting of at least a Doctor and Specialist Paramedic, for each mission. The doctors are drawn from NHS Hospital Trusts across the region and the paramedics are from the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT). Pilots Our pilots are provided by Specialist Aviation Services Ltd, who operate our aircraft. They are carefully selected because air ambulance flights are typically more challenging than regular non-emergency flight services. They will have a great deal of experience in low-level operations and instrument flying. Operational hours Our operational hours are steadily increasing to 19 hours a day (07.00am – 02.00am). Currently we operate a day shift on the aircraft and a late shift during weekends on our Critical Care Car (CCC). Code of conduct Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is committed to maintaining the highest standards of fundraising behaviour and adhere to the standards set by the Fundraising Regulator. We are also a member of the Association of Air Ambulances (AAA). 6 01823 669604 | www.dsairambulance.org.uk 06-07 DSAA About us.indd 6 09/03/2017 08:52
Welcome aboard! A warm welcome to the following new members of our crew. A full listing of our Critical Care Team can be viewed by visiting our website: www. dsairambulance.org.uk Unit Chief Pilot: Mario Carretta Pilot: Dan Kitteridge WHO WE ARE Critical Care Doctor: Nick Foster Critical Care Doctor: James Keegan Critical Care Doctor: Sean Santos Trainee Specialist Paramedic (Critical Care): Lauren Dyson Trainee Specialist Paramedic (Critical Care): Steve Westbrook Trainee Specialist Paramedic (Critical Care): Ollie Zorab Trainee Specialist Practitioner (Critical Care): Owen Hammett Education Facilitator: Emily Cooper Clinical Administrator: Jo Walker Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance @dsairambulance 7 06-07 DSAA About us.indd 7 09/03/2017 09:15
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