Julia Shaw, 59, a former full-time racing cyclist, who specialises in the individual time trial, had travelled from her home in Hampshire with her partner Andrew to a cottage in Ullswater, for a short break away. On 3 September they had embarked on a long walk and were approaching the summit of Place Fell when … Continued
Carl Griffiths, 29, who lives in Middlesbrough, had spent the day travelling to Sunderland with his partner Josh to pick up their Jack Russell, Luna, from Veterinary Vision, after they required an eye operation. The pair also did some shopping and arrived back home at around 3pm, before visiting Josh’s auntie at her home in … Continued
We recently welcomed Sarah to the team as one of our new paramedics. Sarah is originally from Leeds but spent a large portion of her career in London, where she trained to be a paramedic, before moving back up North, and currently resides in Teesside. She will be working across both of our bases, in … Continued
JJ Smith, from the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) was flying over Washington back towards the charity’s headquarters near Eaglescliffe on Monday evening when a laser beam was shone into the helicopter’s cabin. Two doctors and a paramedic were also on board the aircraft and witnessed the green light of a laser pen which … Continued
In October we welcomed Laura to the team as one of our new critical care paramedics working at our base in Langwathby, Penrith. The 28-year-old, who is originally from Carlisle, is no stranger to air ambulances after working at Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, before moving back to her home county. We had a chat with … Continued
The Filth Hounds Scooter Club, based in Cumbria, organised a charity weekend in July 2024, including a ride out past the Great North Air Ambulance Service’s (GNAAS) base in Langwathby. The significance of the ride out passing the base, is because on 28 May 2020, a critical care team from GNAAS came to the aid … Continued
Cameron Wood, from Embleton, near Cockermouth, was only 16 years old and working full time as a bike mechanic when he went out to train on some local dirt jumps with his friend Dave Armstrong. Cameron had previously travelled around Britain most weekends either training or competing in downhill mountain bike races and things we’re … Continued
Among these call-outs are people working on one of the thousands of farms based in the county, so we had a chat with Lee Salmon, our head of operations for Cumbria and the Isle of Man, about the role GNAAS plays in the farming sector. If a farmer has an incident in a rural area, … Continued
Lee Oliver, 72, from Brackley, Northamptonshire, had travelled to Hawes with his wife Jan, 73, for a long-awaited holiday in the Yorkshire Dales. Lee had recently taken up wildlife photography as a hobby and planned to photograph the waterfalls in the Keld area, however unbeknownst to him, his hobby would lead him to require the … Continued
Due to the varied incidents that our team respond to, they need an aircraft which can handle the demands of flying in challenging environments and safely and efficiently land on scene. A few years ago, we upgraded our fleet of helicopters from AS365 Dauphin N2s to the newest variants in the Dauphin family, which are … Continued
