• Mission Review

    SCAA was quickly on scene to help a motorcyclist injured in an accident near Kirriemuir. SCAA paramedics worked alongside Scottish Ambulance Service colleagues and Police Scotland before the injured rider was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. A walker injured in a recent fall on Mull was flown...
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  • Without SCAA I Wouldn't Be Here

    When medics examined Debbie’s battered and broken body at her family farm near Tomintoul, they knew that speed would be a determining factor in saving her life – and Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance was there to fulfil that critical race against time. Debbie was tossed and trampled...
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  • Winter Weather Challenges

    Scotland is recognised as presenting some of the most challenging weather and terrain for helicopter air ambulance crews. Factor in winter, and a whole new set of challenges face our pilots and paramedics. Severe weather, difficult terrain, deep snow, driving rain, high winds, blizzards, icy conditions,...
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  • Players of People’s Postcode Lottery life-saving support tops £1 million for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance

    Players of People’s Postcode Lottery have proved they’re worth a million to the life-saving service of Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance. SCAA’s charity-funded operations have been supported by a total of £1,150,000 over the past five years, with funding raised by players...
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  • Mission Review

    SCAA flew to an emergency involving a rider in the recent Cateran Trail cycling event. The cyclist was injured when he crashed his bike at an inaccessible part of the off-road track near Glenshee. Our helicopter air ambulance crew was able to land close to the injured man and place him on a stretcher....
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  • Mission Review

    Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance operates two helicopter air ambulances - Helimed 76 based in Perth and Helimed 79 based in Aberdeen. Tasked through Scotland's 999 emergency response network, we often work with other first responder organisations to get people the help they need, including the Scottish...
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  • SCAA sees increase in responses to road traffic collisions

    Over the past year, Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance has responded to more calls to road traffic collisions (RTCs) than ever before. Accidents involving pedestrians, cyclists and motorists accounted for nearly a fifth of all call outs, as SCAA crews responded to emergencies involving everything from...
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  • Mission Review

    Tasked through Scotland's 999 emergency response network, SCAA can be airborne within 5 minutes of receiving an emergency call. Here are just some of the call outs we've responded to recently. SCAA paramedics rendezvoused with a specialist doctor-led team from Glasgow at the scene of an accident during...
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  • Sir Chris Hoy backs brothers cycle challenge to raise funds for SCAA

    Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy was among the first to wish Tayside medic John Salmond well on his forthcoming marathon cycle to London as he and his brother bid to raise funds for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA). Arbroath brothers John and George will set off this Sunday (July 30) on a...
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  • Action-packed day is all for a good cause at Crieff Hydro

    A leading Scottish hotel group has announced that it will host a charity open day, with all takings going to its new charity partner, Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA). Crieff Hydro Family of Hotels has pledged to donate the funds from visitors attending Action Glen, located at Crieff Hydro...
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