Английская Википедия:Great North Air Ambulance

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Update Шаблон:Infobox organization The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) is a registered charity and air ambulance based in the United Kingdom. It operates a dedicated helicopter emergency service for the North of England with three aircraft. It serves North Yorkshire, the North-East, Cumbria, the Scottish borders and the Isle of Man.[1]

Current operations

GNAAS operates three Dauphin helicopters from its two bases at Langwathby, near Penrith in Cumbria, and Urlay Nook, near Eaglescliffe in County Durham.[2] Between July and December 2021, the service had an average of 85 helicopter call-outs per month.[3]

A helicopter is seen landing in a spots field. Goal posts and a small hill are seen at the end of the field behind the helicopter, and in the far distance larger hills or mountains
A helicopter landing in response to a call-out in Patterdale.

In hours of darkness, when the helicopters do not fly, North East Ambulance Service funds a Medical Emergency Response Incident Team (MERIT),[4] which is staffed by a doctor and paramedic team from GNAAS.[5] The MERIT service extended in November 2018 to cover Thursday to Sunday nights, which were previously covered on an on-call basis.[6] The service uses Volvo XC90 vehicles.[7]

In 2014Шаблон:Ndash2015, GNAAS had operating costs of £4.6Шаблон:Nbspmillion and an income of £6.2Шаблон:Nbspmillion.[8] In 2021Шаблон:Ndash2022, the operating costs were £6.6Шаблон:Nbspmillion against an income of £8.4Шаблон:Nbspmillion, which included a total of £380,000 from government contracts and grants.[9]

In 2020, GNAAS began trials in using jet suits to get from landed helicopters on call-outs to casualties in locations difficult to access.[10] The simulation exercise showed a casualty, whose position it would take 25Шаблон:Nbspminutes to reach on foot, could be reached in a jet suit in 90Шаблон:Nbspseconds.

Current helicopters[11]
Registration Model Year built Year entered service Nickname Base location
G-NHAE[12] AS-365N-3 Dauphin 2 2007 2021 Pride of Cumbria II Langwathby
G-NHAD[13] AS-365N-3+ Dauphin 2015 2020 Guardian of the North II Urlay Nook
G-NHAC[14] AS-365N-2 Dauphin 2 1996 2010 None Urlay Nook

History

The former helicoper of GNAAS, G-GNAA, shown landed in a field in Darlington. A man in hi-vis clothing is leaning in its opened side door.
G-GNAA on a call-out in 2008.

The air ambulance service began in 1994 with the leased Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopter G-NAAS.[15] MBB Bo 105 helicopters were operated from 2003, and an MD 902 from 2006. 2006 also saw the introduction of the first Dauphin helicopter, G-HEMS. In 2010, the charity consolidated around a fleet of three Dauphin N2 helicopters, which were the first aircraft it owned. This ended the practice of leasing aircraft, which created financial issues. Two of these three Dauphin N2 helicopters were later replaced by newer Dauphin N3 helicopters G-NHAD and G-NHAE between 2019 and 2020. This was done to mitigate the risk involved with flying older aircraft.[7]

Former helicopters (incomplete)
Registration Model Year built Year entered service Year left service Nickname Base location
G-NAAS AS-355F-1 Twin Squirrel 1982 1994 2003 Blyth Northumberland
G-PASH AS-355F-1 Ecureuil 2 1981 2002 Teesside International Airport
G-WYPA Bo.105DBS-4 1989 2003 2006
G-WAAN Bo-105DB 1971 2004
G-GNAA MD-902 Explorer 2000 2006 Guardian of the North Teesside International Airport
G-HEMS SA-365N Dauphin 1982 2006 The Pride of Cumbria Langwathby
G-NHAA AS-365N-2 Dauphin 1991 Guardian of the North Teesside International Airport
G-NHAB AS-365N-2 Dauphin 1991 2021 The Pride of Cumbria Langwathby

In the media

From 8 March 2018, the charity appeared on Channel 4's TV programme Emergency Helicopter Medics, which followed the crews responding and treating emergency patients.[16] Other air ambulances that featured in the show include Thames Valley Air Ambulance and East Anglian Air Ambulance.

See also

References

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External links

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Шаблон:Air ambulances in the United Kingdom

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