Operational Update: 1st November 2009

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It has been quite a busy year operationally at both bases. The Surrey/Sussex Air Ambulance has flown a total of 555 missions and carried 88 patients so far this year (1st November 2009).

Of these, 47% were road traffic crashes and 12% medical emergencies, however whatever the emergency, the skills of our medical teams have made a significant difference to the patients that we have carried, some of whom would not have been alive today, had we not been there.

This is a true testament to the skills of our doctors and critical care paramedics and of course the skill of our pilots who are able to land the helicopter in some of the most difficult places.