Description

Every year Devon’s two Air Ambulances flymorethan 1,000 missions. The county has many remote orinaccessibleareas where the helicopters come into their own becausethey canfly straight to the patient, over difficult terrain andbypassingtraffic.

Our aircraft can reach 50% of Devon within 5 minutes withtheremainder of the county within 20 minutes – reassuring shouldyouneed essential medical help quickly.

Our specialist HEMS desk (helicopter emergency medicalservices),working with South West Ambulance Service FoundationTrust at thelocal 999 control room, is responsible for deployingthe aircraft tothose patients who need an Air Ambulance. Theservice is fundedtotally by the Devon community.

The Devon Air Ambulance app aims to help anyone who needs toknowtheir current location by way of a grid reference. Forexample, ifyou need help fast, you can use the app's map whichshows yourlocation and provides an OSGB (Ordnance Survey GridReference) whichis more accurate than a standard longitude andlatitude reading.What’s more, this location finder still workseven if you don’t havea mobile phone signal.

Other features include:

- Fast Access to emergency services
- Built in torch that flashes SOS in morse code
- Latest weather update including colour coded warnings
- Helicopter advice
- Devon Air Ambulance Trust news
- Detailed information relating to Devon Air Ambulance Trust
- Handy advice for donating to the Devon Air AmbulanceTrustincluding via SMS
- Link to download St John Ambulance app

We would like to thank St John Ambulance for allowing us toputdetails and a link to their fantastic first aid advice appwithinour app.

For further information on how much it costs to keepthisessential life-saving service airborne why not visitwww.daat.organd find out how you can make a difference.