Thames Valley Air Ambulance

The Thames Valley Air Ambulance (TVAA), previously the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance, is an organisation providing emergency medical services through the provision of a helicopter-based air ambulance covering the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire in the South East England region.

Thames Valley Air Ambulance
G-TVAL, the current EC135 operated by the charity.
AbbreviationTVAA
Formation2011
Legal statusRegistered charity
PurposeTreating and transporting critically ill patients to hospital
Location
Region served
Thames Valley
Royal Patron
Sophie, Countess of Wessex[1]
Main organ
Thames Valley Air Ambulance Charitable Trust
Revenue (2019)
£8.7 million[2]
Staff (2019)
64[2]
Volunteers (2019)
164[2]
Websitewww.tvairambulance.org.uk

Operations

The charity's helicopter is night-capable and flies a Eurocopter EC135[3] between 7 am and 2 am,[4] from its base at RAF Benson – roughly halfway between Oxford and Reading – with two pilots and a medical team. It also operates four emergency response vehicles (ERV), which, like the helicopter, carries a doctor and paramedic.[3] The service is operational between 7 am and 2 am.[3]

In the year ending September 2019, TVAA's income was £8.7 million, against expenditure of £8.7M, of which £5.3M was spent on operating the charitable emergency service.[2]

G-HBOB, the previous helicopter used by the charity

Media

In 2018, the charity appeared on Channel 4's TV programme Emergency Helicopter Medics, which follows the crews responding and treating emergency patients.[5] Other air ambulances that featured in the show include Great North Air Ambulance and East Anglian Air Ambulance. In 2019, TVAA responded to 2,670 incidents.[6]

See also

References
  1. https://www.royal.uk/countess-wessex-becomes-royal-patron-thames-valley-air-ambulance?page=6
  2. "Charity Overview: Thames Valley Air Ambulance". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. "Our Vehicles". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  4. "TVAA starts night flying". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  5. "Emergency Helicopter Medics". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  6. "About Us". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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