Publications

In this issue of Lift Off, we find out how bystander CPR can save lives, meet Dr Liam Neale and learn what our crew carry in their kit bags.

This has been a year of growing and adapting as we continue to do the very best for the communities we serve.

By most measures, EAAA has had its busiest year ever. We have undertaken more night missions, treated more patients, trained more members of the community in life-saving skills and forged ahead in our research and audit activities.

Read our 2022-23 annual review to see our financial achievements and everything we have achieved together as a community and team over the past year.

In this issue of Lift Off, we hear from a former patient who suffered a night-time cardiac arrest, from one of our critical care paramedics who has recently become a Consultant in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine and from our aviation expert, Alan Ward, answering some of the most common questions asked about our helicopter missions.

Across the organisation, operating 24/7 has delivered our busiest year yet, including increased activity across our research and Aftercare functions. Our team continue to find increasingly efficient ways of working, but like all organisations, we are facing significant challenges in the year ahead.

Read our 2021-22 annual review to see our financial achievements and everything we have achieved together as a community and team over the past year.

In this issue of Lift Off we share exciting news about our new 5 blade rotor head, including what this means for our patients and reflect on Dr Pam Chrispin’s incredible 40-year medical career as she retires from EAAA. Thank you for your support!

“It has been a year of unprecedented innovation as we have tackled the problems that have faced us”

What we achieved together in 2020-21 is nothing short of extraordinary. Thanks to our supporters, volunteers, dedicated staff and crew, East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) has continued to press forwards despite the ongoing challenges brought by the pandemic. Read about our highlights, challenges and finances in the 2020-21 annual review.

Thanks to your support, we’ve been able to push ahead with key projects such as our new 24/7 base in Norwich (page 21). We have completed our part in the RePhill clinical trial (page 8), strengthened our clinical research arm called RAID (page 13), and implemented a long-awaited designated aircraft hangar at the Cambridge base (page 18), which gives us an extra half an hour of flight time per day. Download edition #59 and find out more.

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, EAAA quickly had to react to several unforeseen challenges. We all discovered completely new ways of working and operationally adapted to a ‘new normal’ of delivering HEMS. Read our 2019-20 annual review to see our financial achievements and everything we have achieved together as a community and team over the past year.

In this issue you will find out the latest news from our frontline crew, our plans to celebrate 20 years of saving lives and how patient Dave’s life was saved by a complete stranger after he lost control on his motorbike and skidded off the road.

We are facing difficult times together, but we’re glad to say that for the time being, things at EAAA are as close to ‘business as usual’ as they can be, thanks to your kindness and support. We are doing everything we can to keep our pilots, doctors and critical care paramedics safe and able to operate as normal and are monitoring the situation closely.

Over the past 12 months East Anglian Air Ambulance has achieved some ground-breaking milestones and made innovative plans that will impact our future. Read our 2018-19 annual review to see our financial achievements and everything we have achieved together as a community and team over the past year.

2019 is going to be an action-packed year for EAAA as we have now officially launched our plans to become a 24/7 service in 2020! In this issue of Lift Off we discuss all things mission 24/7, reveal last year’s mission statistics and catch you up on all the latest EAAA news.

There are plenty of updates to share with you as we dive into the summer season, including the official launch of our First Aid Training programme, updates on our events, latest patient stories, meet the team and the beautiful views from the crew.

Read the latest patient story about Rorik, about the latest plans to build a helipad at Ipswich Hospital and why it is vital to know first aid.

In 2016/17 we were tasked to 3,004 missions – a figure that is up by almost half from the previous year. The charity has continued to push the boundaries of what it can achieve; Saturday 13th May was our most busy day ever with 17 callouts across our two bases.

In the year 2013/14 we have attended 1,730 missions, taking the charity to over 15,000 life-saving missions since its launch in 2000. We recruited 8,000 new lottery players and had strong media coverage including Channel 4’s 24 Hours in A&E.

As a result of the hard work put in this year we are pleased to announce that during 2013, we will become the first dedicated air ambulance to carry out night HEMS operations in England and Wales.