Thames Valley Air Ambulance say they've had their busiest year ever
Most call outs were to Berkshire closely followed by Buckinghamshire
Thames Valley Air Ambulance say their crews were called out 2,880 times in 2021, the highest number ever.
1,125 call outs took place in Berkshire, with 1,018 in Buckinghamshire and 640 in Oxfordshire.
Crews delivered critical care to 1,819 patients, attending the most serious incidents across the community.
Call outs included 922 cardiac arrests, 643 medical emergencies, 493 accidental emergencies and 367 road traffic collisions.
The team saw a surge in activity when lockdown restrictions eased in spring, but the busiest months of the year were actually December and November, with 295 and 276 call outs respectively.
TVAA Chief Executive Amanda McLean told us:
"We saw an initial drop off in lockdown but once things started to pick up again they just carried on getting busier and busier people still having road traffic collisions, still having cardiac arrests, still having accidents their having the worst moment of their lives and we need to be their to give them the best possible chance when that happens"
2021 by numbers
2880 - the total number of call outs
1,819 - the number of patients treated
1,125 - the most call outs were to Berkshire
1,018 - the number of call outs to Buckinghamshire
240 - the average number of calls out each month
Thames Valley Air Ambulance is a charity and receives no Government or National Lottery funding. It costs £3,750 to send the helicopter on each mission.
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