Below you will find some facts and statistics about the Kent Air Ambulance, we hope you find them useful.

• For current Operational Updates please visit the website, you can click on ‘Operational Update’ from the Homepage: www.surreyairambulance.co.uk/home/OperationalUpdate

• During 2009 our life-saving helicopter flew 694 missions and airlifted 96 patients. That's an average of two to three missions per day! Of the incidents they attended; 46% were road traffic collisions, 13% were medical emergencies.
  

• Since the helicopters launch on 8^th June 2007 at DunsfoldPark, our crews have flown over 1800 missions.
  

• At any one time the crew that fly out to save lives consists of one pilot, one doctor and one critical care paramedic (CCP).

• Each day the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance crew consists of 2 pilots, 2 doctors, 3 critical care paramedics, one clinical manager and an operations manager, across two helicopters.
  

• Surrey Air Ambulance is almost entirely funded by the people of Surrey.
  

• It costs £1.7 million per annum to continue to support our life saving helicopter, that's £141,660 per month, £4657 per day.

• It costs £1500 - £2000 per mission, depending on the mission.
  

• HEMS - stands for Helicopter Emergency Medical Service.
  

• The helicopter is an MD902 Explorer and this helicopter would cost approximately £5 million to buy.
  

• The Surrey Air Ambulance charity number is: 1021367
  

• Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance is a subsidiary of The Kent Air Ambulance Trust. The Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Appeal began in 2005 with its own dedicated helicopter launch in June 2007.

• Although the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulances are administered by the Kent Air Ambulance Trust, all monies are kept completely separately; therefore whatever money raised through an event, cheque presentation or talk in Kent, will always remain in Kent.

• For information about other air ambulance charities please visit www.airambulanceassociation.co.uk

• We are one of only a few Air Ambulance charities that have our helicopter on the same site as our charity offices. This is a huge advantage and helps us work as a 'whole', with medic teams and office staff working in the same direction; saving lives. We have a wonderful team spirit, which can only enhance our charity! Team work is of the essence.