Saw this air ambulance today around 4pm. Hope everyone is safe..

I am curious, Tufnell Park is 4mn from Whittington hospital, what would prompt an air ambulance to come? (Medic were already at the scene) To provide blood support or some equipment? Thought?


Air ambulance in London, Tufnell Park
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  2. Don’t know what happened but they can provide some serious treatment that might not wait for the time of an ambulance being available, and then driving there and back. Can take an hour for an ambulance these days.

  3. Air ambulance have specialist crew/doctors on board that can provide certain care/medication that other paramedics are not able to provide, the air ambulance also have a car unit as well but when possible and appropriate through a helo they can get to a traumatic scene quicker and provide that specialist care sooner, and when needed also convey the PAT to a hospital that has a suitable landing pad as well

  4. The Whittington doesn’t have a helipad. This was probably the closest place for the air ambulance to land after bringing in a casualty that couldn’t be brought in by road (often a car crash that meant the roads were also closed).

    Basically it’s bringing a patient as close to the hospital as it could safely land. They’d then be transferred by road to the hospital.

  5. The air ambulance turns up to trauma and takes patients to Major Trauma Centres.
    The Whittington is not an MTC.
    That pt was very unwell and needed specialist care.

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