Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust
Save A Life In Cornwall This Christmas
Please help save a life in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly this Christmas. Everyone knows someone who has been airlifted and no one knows who may need that mission next. By funding our missions, you can double your donation to help seriously injured or ill individuals in their hour of need.
It ran from 12:00 PM, 1 December 2020 to 12:00 PM, 8 December 2020
Registered Charity in England and Wales (1133295)
Match funded Campaign target
£75,000
Amount raised
£76,049
Donations
140
Championed by The Reed Foundation
Location
United Kingdom
Campaign overview
Aims
Where's the money going?
Impact & reporting
Situation
The rural, geographical landscape in Cornwall mean many people live more than an hour’s drive from a major hospital. From the Isles of Scilly this distance is even greater. For seriously injured or ill adults, children and older people with time-critical medical needs, every minute really does counts. Early medical treatment not only saves lives but can improve patients’ chances of long-term recovery.
Solution
Cornwall Air Ambulance Paramedics are the only critically care trained Paramedics in Cornwall. With their enhanced skills and a state-of-the-art air ambulance, we can take the resources of the Emergency Department to the scene of the incident. Critical care at scene and rapid transfer by air to hospital is vital to saving hundreds of lives of local residents and visitors across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly every year.
“People with less injuries have died. Someone was looking over me that day. I’m lucky I still have one of my legs. Cornwall Air Ambulance saved my life.”
— Martin Henderson, Critical Care Patient
“We can take people in a moment of crisis and do something that has a real positive impact on their future. When you’re seriously sick or injured every minute matters.”
— Critical Care Paramedic, Jeremy
Cav was thrown from her horse, which trampled on her as it tried to back away from a barking dog. Cav sustained serious injuries to her ribs, arm, spine and head. Cav said: “I feel very lucky to be here. It was great to meet the paramedics again and thank them for saving my life.”
— Cav Hines, Critical Care Patient