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A morning rush for community carer, Karen, saw her waking up in hospital a week later

Our new H145 Helicopter is ready to bring emergency care to Devon patients.

When young Noah’s bike ride turned into a helicopter ride post-lockdown, his family were keen to pass on an important message.

Alex Tapp of Awliscombe, near Honiton, needed the Devon Air Ambulance nearly 20 years ago. He now runs a farm machinery sales business and decided to mark the 20-year anniversary of the incident with a generous donation. Alex tells the story…

We don’t always need to convey a patient by helicopter for them to receive expert critical care from us. Margaret Paramore describes her accident in the first part of 2020 – just before lockdown.

Charlie and Julie Geach from Exminster often watch television programmes about hospitals, ambulances and emergency helicopter services, but they didn’t anticipate similar drama in their own lives…

There has been a lot in the press recently about the danger of lasers, with aircraft often being the target. But did you know that all bright lights can be a potential danger? We were recently targeted in this way.

After nearly three years in design and development, Devon Air Ambulance has formally taken ownership of its new Airbus H145 helicopter at the Airbus Helicopter UK base at Oxford airport.

John is a Tavistock charity box collector and decided to support us after his grandad was airlifted.

Loud cheers went up around the Devon Air Ambulance airbase at Exeter airport last Thursday, as our new Airbus H145 helicopter flew down the runway and settled onto the helipad – it was the first time this new generation aircraft had landed in Devon.