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WEDDING BELLES 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION & FUNDRAISING PROJECT

 

                       14th JUNE ,2008 at BARCUD TELEVISION STUDIOS, CAERNARFON

              THE WHOLE PROJECT WAS FOLLOWED IN  YEAR- LONG OBSERVATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES

 

                      

                                 

                     

       WALES AIR AMBULANCE FACTS    

         

 it's YOUR Air Ambulance Service

  • funded by, and for, the people of Wales & those who visit us

  • costs £3 million annually to run
  • relies solely on charitable donations
  • Pilot can have the helicopter airborne within 3 minutes of receiving an emergency call.
  • Aircraft can travel at 140mph – over 2 miles per minute – reaching most parts of Wales within 20 minutes.
  • 40% to serious road traffic collisions
  • Treatment within the ‘Golden Hour’ improves the chance of patient survival / recovery
  • Helicopter has the capacity to carry 1 pilot, 2 paramedics and 2 patients.
  • CAERNARFON is one of the BUSIEST AIR AMBULANCES IN THE UK.
  • Missions flown from Swansea and Caernarfon – 1000 each year.
  • costs set to soar in 2009 to £4 million, with the mandatory upgrade to NEW GENERATION AIRCRAFT