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May 20, 2021
“This last year has been tough on everyone, but it has been especially testing for the crew, who have worked tirelessly to save lives in your […]
May 7, 2021
Great Western Air Ambulance Charity was founded in 2007. In our first year we ran the service using two cars from a room at the Central […]
May 7, 2021
Great Western Air Ambulance Charity’s (GWAAC) Critical Care Team are called to the most serious and life-threatening emergencies across the region. What they see and deal […]
May 6, 2021
Our crew train every day to ensure that their skills and confidence are the best they can be. They never know what they will be called […]
May 5, 2021
Introducing our newest member of the team Callum! We are excited to introduce our new Trainee Specialist Paramedic in Critical Care, Callum. Callum has recently moved […]
April 21, 2021
We saw a record number of call-outs last week (12 –18 April) with the crew responding to 52 incidents across the week. Our Critical Care Team […]
April 19, 2021
Five years on from when GWAAC’s crew first started carrying blood products, Medical Director Dr Ed Valentine, describes how being able to give emergency blood transfusions […]
March 31, 2021
GWAAC’s Critical Care Team must wear a very specialist uniform to keep them safe whilst responding to people in need. Our patients need help fast. Often […]
Patient Stories
February 5, 2020
Hi, I’m Becky and I’m one of the PR and Digital Communications Coordinators at Great Western Air Ambulance Charity. I have been working at GWAAC for […]
January 27, 2020
The importance of giving blood and the impact it can have on saving someone’s life is clear in Oliver Berry’s story. Great Western Air Ambulance Charity […]
December 6, 2019
Lea had been a Lift Engineer for 28 years, and so when he was called to a maintenance job in a Bristol City Centre office in […]
December 4, 2019
On Valentine’s Day this year, Great Western Air Ambulance Charity was called out to Robin after he had a high speed cycling incident that left him […]