Archives: Incidents

Our RAF Topcliffe-based aircraft and crew were called out at 1:32 pm on Thursday 1st August 2024 to Ripon, to a person who was fitting. They provided support on scene before the patient was taken to hospital by road ambulance.

At 5:33 pm on Wednesday 31st July 2024 our RAF Topcliffe-based aircraft and crew were called to York to a person who had suffered a cardiac arrest. Sadly the patient passed away.

At 4:40 pm on Wednesday 31st July our aircraft and crew based at our Nostell Air Support Unit were called to Sowerby near Thirsk where a person had suffered a cardiac arrest. Our medical crew treated the patient at the scene before travelling with them to hospital in the road ambulance.

Our aircraft and crew based at our Nostell Air Support Unit were called at 1:31 pm on Wednesday 31st July to a person who had become crushed between machinery. The patient had a suspected broken femur. Our crew provided support at the scene before the patient was transported to hospital via road ambulance.

Our RAF Topcliffe-based aircraft and crew were called out at 11:59 am on Wednesday 31st July 2024 to a person who was found to have suffered a broken ankle. They were treated at the scene before our team flew them to hospital.

At 6:47 pm on Tuesday 30th July 2024 the aircraft and crew based at our Nostell Air Support Unit were called to a motorcyclist who had been involved in an accident in Pontefract. They were treated at the scene before being flown to Hospital.

At 6:30 pm on Tuesday 30th July 2024 our RAF Topcliffe-based aircraft and crew were called to a person who had fallen from an e-bike and was reported to be unconscious. Our team provided on-scene support before the patient was taken to hospital by road ambulance.

At 2:23 pm on Tuesday 30th July 2024 our Nostell-based aircraft and crew were called to a person who had fallen from a ladder and was having breathing difficulties. Our team provided on-scene support before the patient was taken to hospital by road ambulance.

Our aircraft and crew based at the Nostell Air Support Unit were called at 11:59 am on Tuesday 30th July 2024 to a patient in Accrington who had suffered a cardiac arrest as the team on scene had requested an RSI (Rapid sequence intubation). Our team attended and carried out the RSI before flying the patient to hospital.

At 11:29 on Monday 29th July 2024, the aircraft and crew based at our Nostell Air Support Unit were called to assist a road ambulance crew who were attending a patient who had suffered a cardiac arrest. Sadly the patient passed away.

Our RAF Topcliffe-based aircraft and crew were called to a road traffic collision involving a motorcycle at 4:16 pm on Monday 29th July 2024. The collision had happened close to Whitby on the Fylingdales Moor. Our crew provided support at the scene before the road ambulance team transported the patient to hospital.

At 2:33 pm on Monday 29th July 2024 Great North Air Ambulance requesting our assistance at a call out to a patient who had been involved in a stabbing. Our aircraft and crew based at RAF Topcliffe attended and provided on-scene support, before handing the patient over to the Great North Air Ambulance clinical team.