Apprentice Programme - Stevie Horton

Stevie Horton

Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust

Based in Maidenhead, the Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust is a charity funded by the people of Thames Valley. It provides a life saving service for the Thames Valley area covering Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and some parts of Northamptonshire.

The Air Ambulance started operating from White Waltham airfield in June 1999 and moved to RAF Benson in Oxfordshire in January 2007. The yellow Bölkow 105 helicopter carries life saving equipment and is crewed by a pilot and two paramedics.

It can transport one patient to one of several hospitals in the area with landing facilities, or to a specialist hospital if required. The paramedics are provided by the NHS; all other costs must be funded by the Trust.

The helicopter is operated in daylight hours and is on call seven days a week. The value of the Air Ambulance is in being able to bring the benefits of rapid Paramedic intervention to a medical situation in order to give primary care and then airlift patients, if required, to the most appropriate hospital within the Golden Hour.

To-date, the helicopter has answered at least 7723 emergency calls within the Thames Valley area, saving lives. Although the helicopter is leased and tasked by RBAT, all the funding for this - with the sole exception of the Paramedics’ time - must be raised by the Trust. There is no support from Government or the National Lottery.

The Air Ambulance lands at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough; Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading; John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford; Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury; Northampton General Hospital as well as Kettering, Milton Keynes and other specialist hospitals as necessary.

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