GWAAC welcomes MPs to airbase
August 12, 2025
So far this year, our Critical Care Team have responded to an average of around 45 missions every week. We’ve looked back at a typical week — one where we were called to exactly 45 patients across our region. Behind every call-out was someone critically ill or injured and a crew bringing the skills and equipment of a hospital emergency department right to them.
None of those patients would have known their day was about to change. But every one of them needed urgent medical help, fast. Here’s what that week looked like:
One week. 45 emergencies
Monday
- 07:12 - Hewish, North Somerset - Road Traffic Collision (Motorcycle) - Male, Adult - Ground escorted to Southmead Hospital by our crew via land ambulance
- 08:05 - Lawrence Hill, Bristol - Cardiac Arrest
- 09:05 - Bedminster, Bristol - Acute Behavioural Disturbance
- 11:36 - Fishponds, Bristol - Neurological (Epileptic) - Male, Adult - Ground escorted to Southmead Hospital by our crew via land ambulance
- 13:00 - Henbury, Bristol - Maternity - Male, Baby - Ground escorted to Southmead Hospital by our crew via land ambulance
- 13:28 - Bristol - Acute Behavioural Disturbance
- 14:11 - Fishponds, Bristol - Medical Incident
- 14:51 - Thornbury, South Gloucestershire - Febrile Convulsion
- 16:29 - Barrow Gurney, North Somerset - Road Traffic Collision (Motorcycle) - Male, Adult - Ground escorted to Southmead Hospital by our crew via land ambulance
- 20:41 - Swindon, Wiltshire - Respiratory
- 21:35 - Pensford, Bath and North East Somerset - Agricultural
Tuesday
- 16:49 - Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire - Respiratory
- 19:51 - Stockwood, Bristol - Road Traffic Collision (Motorcycle)
- 20:18 - Stockwood, Bristol - Cardiac Arrest
- 22:15 - Gloucester, Gloucestershire - Cardiac Arrest
- 22:38 - Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire - Cardiac Arrest
Wednesday
- 08:38 - Avonmouth, Bristol - Maternity
- 12:43 - Southville, Bristol - Overdose
- 13:31 - Malmesbury, Wiltshire - Collapse
- 16:00 - Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset - Accident at Home - Male, Adult - Ground escorted to Southmead Hospital by our crew via land ambulance
- 19:43 - Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire - Medical Incident
- 23:08 - Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire - Road Traffic Collision
Thursday
- 09:10 - Street, Somerset - Neurological (Cerebrovascular Accident) - Male, Adult - Conveyed to Southmead Hospital via helicopter
- 13:05 - Berkeley, Gloucestershire - Cardiac Arrest - Male, Adult - Ground escorted to Southmead Hospital by our crew via land ambulance
- 16:58 - Eastville, Bristol - Respiratory
- 23:52 - Kingswood, South Gloucestershire - Acute Behavioural Disturbance
Friday
- 12:48 - Bath, Bath and North East Somerset - Fall
- 15:33 - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - Fall
- 15:55 - Burnham on Sea, Somerset - Cardiac Arrest
- 16:16 - Stroud, Gloucestershire - Cardiac Arrest - Male, Adult - Ground escorted to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital by our crew via land ambulance
- 20:12 - Hartcliffe, Bristol - Assault
- 21:03 - Kingswood, South Gloucestershire - Road Traffic Collision (Pedestrian) - Male, Teenager - Ground escorted to Southmead Hospital by our crew via land ambulance
Saturday
- 11:34 - Marlborough, Wiltshire - Neurological (Cerebrovascular Accident) - Male, Child - Ground escorted to Bristol Children's Hospital by our crew via land ambulance
- 13:15 - Kingswood, South Gloucestershire - Sporting - Male, Adult - Ground escorted to Southmead Hospital by our crew via land ambulance
- 14:13 - Clevedon, North Somerset - Cardiac Arrest
- 14:33 - Coleford, Gloucestershire - Assault - Male, Adult - Ground escorted to Southmead Hospital by our crew via land ambulance
- 16:05 - Chepstow, Wales - Road Traffic Collision (Motorcycle) - Male, Adult - Ground escorted to Southmead Hospital by our crew via land ambulance
- 22:04 - Axbridge, Somerset - Road Traffic Collision - Male, Teenager - Ground escorted to Bristol Children's Hospital by our crew via land ambulance
Sunday
- 08:34 - Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset - Medical Incident - Male, Elderly - Ground escorted to the BRI by our crew via land ambulance
- 13:05 - Keynsham, Bath and North East Somerset - Collapse
- 14:17 - Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire - Cardiac Arrest
- 15:01 - Knowle, Bristol - Collapsed - Male, Adult - Ground escorted to Southmead Hospital by our crew via land ambulance
- 16:05 - Gloucester, Gloucestershire - Road Traffic Collision
- 17:48 - Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire - Road Traffic Collision - Male, Adult - Ground escorted to Southmead Hospital by our crew via land ambulance
- 19:14 - Chippenham, Wiltshire - Fire - Male, Adult - Conveyed to Southmead Hospital by our crew and a neighbouring air ambulance via helicopter
Behind every incident was someone who mattered. A child, a parent, a friend, a neighbour. Each of them needed hospital-level care in moments where minutes truly counted.
And that’s what our crew prepares for, every single day. Our Specialist and Advanced Paramedics, Critical Care Doctors and Pilots are ready to respond. They drive to or land in city centres, on country roads, in remote fields and even on beaches. They go wherever they’re needed.
Because:
- It’s always a normal day. Until it isn’t.
- You don’t expect it to happen here, or there. Until it does.
- You never expect it to be someone you know. Until it is.
With your support, we can plan for the next call. Especially when the patient can’t. Thank you.
