Helicopter Emergency Landing Pad Appeal (HELP) Southampton: County Air Ambulance Trust

"A new onsite helipad has opened at Southampton General Hospital..."


The construction of the life saving helipad on top of the hospital's multi-storey car park has been possible thanks to charitable donations made to the County Air Ambulance Helicopter Emergency Landing Pads Appeal -- the HELP Appeal.

Critically ill patients and seriously injured people served by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance have a much better chance of survival and recovery now that they can be flown directly to hospital.

Prior to the new helipad, the air ambulance landed at a playing field two miles away from the hospital.

Patients faced a transfer time of up to 30 minutes by road ambulance.

Every second counts when a patient is in need of emergency medical treatment after a suffering major trauma.

Now, patients arriving by air ambulance at Southampton General have just a short trolley journey down the ramp into the emergency department.

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