The East Anglian Air Ambulance is called out approximately 4 - 5 times a day.  

However, there are sometimes occasions when the helicopter is subsequently stood down.  This could be because as the control room recieves more information as different emergency services arrive at the incident its staff may conclude that the air ambulance could be better utilised elsewhere. 

Not all attendances to emergencies by the helicopter results in a patient being air-lifted.  The speed of the air ambulance means they may arrive before the land ambulance, and be able to assess and stabilise patients, alongside the land crew who may then take the patient to hospital by road, but sometimes with an air ambulance clinician in the vehicle.   At the very serious incidents with multiple casualties the clinicians work together to ensure all are transferred to hospital with the most appropriate care for their injuries.  

10/3 10.07am Anglia One attended a 14 year old girl at the Royal Hostpial School, Holbrook, Suffolk.  She had suffered a fall of around 15 feet and was flown to Ipswich hospital with concussion.

08/06 3.14pm  Anglia One airlifted a 13 year old girl who suffered a convulsion while at school in Hartismere, Suffolk.  The helicopter landed on the school playing field and the girl was assessed and monitored by the paramedics before being flown to Ipswich Hospital.

03/07  10am Anglia Two attended a single vehicle crash in Wisbech.  A man in his 30s had suffered chest injuries.  He was flown in a serious but stable condition to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.

11/07 9.24am A woman in her 60s was airlifted after she suffered a head injury in a fall at an equestrian endurance event at Rushford Hall in Norfolk.  Dr Pam Chrispin and paramedic Jemma Varela treated the woman before she was flown by Anglia One to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge with serious injuries.

The doctors on Anglia Two are from the medical charity MAGPAS.  For reasons of patient confidentiality we do not publish any further details of our recent missions on this site, but some patients have given their permission to be featured on our 'Patients' Stories' page 

On Thursday 15th July Anglia One was called to a 76 year old man who had been blown over a cliff at Scratby, Norfolk, while out for a walk.  He was reported missing three hours later and was found 20 feet down the cliff slope.  The EAAA was tasked because of accessibility issues.  The man was treated by the clinical team of Dr Jeremy Mauger and paramedic Andy Downes and flown to hospital in Norwich in 11 minutes. 

The rescue was filmed by Lyn Cowley who has very kindly allowed us to use the film here.  Conditions on the day meant the rotors of the aircraft had to remain running while the patient was transferred to the helicopter.