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Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (ABHQ) Airbase Headquarters

Neachley Lane, TF11 8UR, Shifnal, England, United Kingdom

Midlands Air Ambulance Charity

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Saving Lives by Saving Time, today, tomorrow and in the future.Midlands Air Ambulance Charity operates and funds three air ambulances covering six Midlands counties including Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands.Each year it costs £13-14 million to maintain the three aircraft and the provision of a lifesaving service. Each air ambulance mission costs an average of £2,950. Each critical care car mission costs £288 on average. The charity does not receive funding from the Government or National Lottery for its daily missions so relies entirely on the support and generosity of local people and businesses.Since 1991, we have responded to more than 75,000 missions, making us one of the busiest air ambulance services in the UK.Each aircraft carries a crew comprising a pilot, two paramedics or a paramedic and flight doctor, plus full life-support medical equipment. Three rapid response vehicles are deployed when the helicopters are unable to fly, due to bad weather for example.In addition, the charity has a fleet of critical care cars, which operates between 7pm until 7am by critical care paramedics.Every second counts in an emergency and on average, our crew arrive on scene within ten minutes, whether by air ambulance or in one of our critical care cars.