GNAAS saved my life and I’m very grateful for their help. My mum, dad, and kids are also very grateful.
Samantha Sugden
Penrith
The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) brings pioneering pre-hospital care to the scene, rescuing hundreds of severely injured or ill patients every year. We are not NHS-funded.
1,173
callouts in 2018
33,414
donors in 2018
£5.1m
cost of the service in 2018
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Lakes caravan crash one of five call-outs on busy day for GNAAS
Three people were injured when two vehicles collided on the A591 at Thirlmere. GNAAS landed on the beach of the lake at 12.05pm, with the two doctors and a paramedic on board joining colleagues from North West Ambulance Service at the collision scene. The aircraft then repositioned to a site south of the lake which … Continued
Bus accident response shows value of live-streaming service
14-year-old Karla Fish has been praised for the cool-headed way she responded after a boy was injured by a bus. The incident happened in Consett on Tuesday July 16. After alerting the North East Ambulance Service to the incident, Karla was contacted by the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) to see if their crew could … Continued
Training to be an air ambulance doctor: Kate’s story
Kate Allen is a registrar in the busy emergency department at Sunderland Royal Hospital. For the last year, she’s also been training as an air ambulance doctor with the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS). It’s fair to say it’s been something of a culture shock to go beyond the relative luxury of four walls … Continued
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