Wear red for Cornwall Air Ambulance’s Fund a Flight Week

Cornwall Air Ambulance wants to turn the county red in a bid to raise money for the lifesaving charity during Fund a Flight Week (11 – 17 September). People are urged to raid their wardrobes and get sponsored to wear red hats, shirts, shorts, skirts, onesies and even wigs to proudly show they are supporting […]
Signing off: Saying goodbye to paramedic Paul

In 2002, Paul Symonds joined the ambulance service with the dream of one day making it onto the crew of Cornwall Air Ambulance. A decade later he fulfilled that dream, climbing onboard the helicopter for the first time as part of a tightknit team on their way to help someone in desperate need of help. […]
Injured surfer and cliff fall patient among Cornwall Air Ambulance missions

The crew of Cornwall Air Ambulance was called into action 17 times last week to medical emergencies including an injured surfer and a woman who had fallen from a cliff. Between Monday 26 June and Sunday 2 July, the crew flew 15 missions on the air ambulance helicopter and responded twice in the critical care […]
Fly a Cornwall Air Ambulance mission at the Royal Cornwall Show

Visitors to the Royal Cornwall Show will for the first time will be able to fly an emergency mission as a member of the Cornwall Air Ambulance crew, thanks to the launch of a new 360 degree virtual reality film. The 360 film will be unveiled at stand 471 on the morning of Thursday 8 […]
Cornwall Air Ambulance called to reports of child in collision with car

Cornwall Air Ambulance was called into action following reports that a child had been involved in a collision with a car on Henver Road in Newquay. The crew on board the charity’s helicopter took to the skies following a 999 call for help at 3.07pm on Thursday 26 January. They arrived on scene within minutes where the youngster was being […]
26,000th Mission Accomplished

In August 2016 Cornwall Air Ambulance undertook its 26,000th mission since it began as the UK’s first air ambulance service in 1987. The milestone mission was to aid a toddler who had injured his head in a fall from a wall in Boscastle while on holiday. The paramedic aircrew was the first emergency service on […]
Air Ambulance Busy in Cornwall During 2015

Cornwall Air Ambulance flew to the aid of 710 patients throughout the county during 2015. While one in four emergencies were cardiac related, the medical helicopter service attended 410 patients with illness and 276 with injury. 91 patients had suffered serious falls, 81 had been involved in road traffic collisions and the paramedic crew aided […]