Calls for Air Ambulance assistance in Borders almost triple
Six patients in total were airlifted to hospital from the Borders by SCAA - the majority being flown to the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh.
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Six patients in total were airlifted to hospital from the Borders by SCAA - the majority being flown to the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh.
Six patients in total were airlifted to hospital from the Borders by SCAA - the majority being flown to the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh.
20-May-2021 Source: Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance A hillwalker injured in a fall on Ben Vorlich yesterday evening prompted the landmark 3,000th rapid emergency response from Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance. One of our two charity-funded helicopter air ambulances was scrambled from its central base at Perth Airport when emergency services received a call to a man injured on the hillside high above Lochearnhead. SCAA landed on the hillside, 200 metres below the patient, and paramedics worked with two mountain rescue team members to stretcher the injured man to the helicopter. SCAA then a...