First air ambulance lands at Southern General
The first air ambulance aircraft, a Scottish Ambulance Service EC135, landed on the state-of-the-art helipad on the roof of the new Southern General hospital building in Glasgow, Scotland recently.
The first air ambulance aircraft, a Scottish Ambulance Service EC135, landed on the state-of-the-art helipad on the roof of the new Southern General hospital building in Glasgow, Scotland recently; the helicopter reportedly performed a perfect landing. It was one of two test landings mandated by the Civil Aviation Authority.
“The helipad on the roof of the new hospital will provide quicker direct access to the emergency department,” said Garry Fraser, general manager, air ambulance at the Scottish Ambulance Service, “doing away with the need to transfer the patient to a road ambulance for transport into the hospital.”
The helipad has a dedicated rapid access lift that can transfer a patient from the helicopter to the relevant emergency department within minutes.
Mandy Langfield
Mandy Langfield is a Director of Palladium Media Partners and former Publishing Director at Voyageur Group. She has written extensively on international travel and health insurance, medical assistance provision, and air medical transportation. She was Editor of AirMed&Rescue from December 2017 until April 2021. Her favourite helicopter is the Chinook, having grown up near an RAF training ground.