The Magpas Air Ambulance medical team responds to patients in life-threatening emergencies by helicopter and rapid response vehicles.
Our helicopter
We operate an AW109SP aircraft, which has been carefully fitted to allow our doctors and critical care paramedics to bring what is effectively an A&E department to our patients, wherever their incident occurs.
It can fit up to four people in the cabin—including a patient on a stretcher—and is flown by a Magpas Air Ambulance pilot and technical crew member sitting in the cockpit.
Our air ambulance can be airborne within 3 minutes and flies at speeds of 170-200 miles an hour, landing in places not always accessible by land ambulance.
Our rapid response vehicles
Our rapid response vehicles (RRVs) have exactly the same kit bags inside as our air ambulance, meaning the Magpas Air Ambulance team has access to the same level of equipment and drugs they do on board the helicopter.
Depending on road conditions and proximity to the incident scene, sometimes it’s even quicker for our team to reach patients via RRV.
The rapid response vehicles are an authority’s division version of the Volvo XC90 SUV with benefits over the standard road car such as a larger fuel tank and bigger brakes, and all three have the same recognisable orange white striped livery as our air ambulance.
Each Magpas Air Ambulance mission costs £3,000 on average.
If you would like to help fund our lifesaving service, please donate today.