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Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance

Index Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance

The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is a registered charity, which uses a helicopter to provide an air ambulance service to the English counties of Dorset and Somerset. [1]

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AgustaWestland AW169

The AgustaWestland AW169 is a twin-engine, 10-seat, 4.8t helicopter developed and manufactured by the Leonardo’s Helicopter Division (formerly AgustaWestland, merged into Finmeccanica since 2016).

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Air ambulances in the United Kingdom

Air ambulance services in the United Kingdom are provided by a mixture of organisations, operating either helicopters or fixed-wing aircraft to respond to medical emergencies, and transport patients to, from, or between points of definitive care.

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Air medical services

Air medical services is a comprehensive term covering the use of air transportation, airplane or helicopter, to move patients to and from healthcare facilities and accident scenes.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Charitable organization

A charitable organization or charity is a non-profit organization (NPO) whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. charitable, educational, religious, or other activities serving the public interest or common good).

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Cornwall Air Ambulance

The Cornwall Air Ambulance is a dedicated helicopter emergency service for the region of Cornwall (including the Isles of Scilly).

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Devon Air Ambulance

The Devon Air Ambulance is an organisation providing emergency medical services through the provision of two helicopter air ambulances covering the county of Devon in the South West of England, United Kingdom.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast.

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Healthcare in Dorset

Healthcare in Dorset is now the responsibility of Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group.

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Healthcare in Somerset

Healthcare in Somerset is now the responsibility of three Clinical Commissioning Groups covering Somerset, North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset.

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Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by rotors.

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Henstridge

Henstridge is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated east of Sherborne in the South Somerset district, near the border with Dorset.

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Paramedic

A paramedic is a healthcare professional who responds to medical emergencies outside of a hospital.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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South Western Ambulance Service

The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is the organisation responsible for providing ambulance services for the National Health Service (NHS) across South West England (the counties and unitary authorities of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, the Isles of Scilly, Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire).

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Traffic collision

A traffic collision, also called a motor vehicle collision (MVC) among other terms, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building.

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Wellington, Somerset

Wellington is a small town in rural Somerset, England, situated south west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district, near the border with Devon, which runs along the Blackdown Hills to the south of the town.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorset_and_Somerset_Air_Ambulance

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