About Great Western Air Ambulance
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Our Critical Care Team stands ready to save the lives of local people…
We provide emergency care to people who are in a state so critical that they require the specialist skills of our team at the scene of the accident or medical incident. Though we are part of the regional 999 response service and work closely with NHS hospitals, we are a charity entirely funded by local people just like you.
GWAAC saves lives across Bristol, Bath, and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, North Somerset and parts of Wiltshire. Without you, we couldn’t do it. It’s your support that allows us to keep the air ambulance going, so our team can keep saving lives.
How we work – We don’t simply fly people to the nearest hospital. Our priority is to get to the patient fast. We treat people at the scene, on the road, and in the air, providing complex interventions to stabilise and treat the patient and give them the best chance of a positive outcome. The service we provide is reliant on our brilliant team of pilots, Advanced and Specialist Paramedics, and Consultant Doctors who specialise in pre-hospital care.
Rapid response – Within five minutes of a call to the GWAAC base, our team can take off or hit the road and be on their way to deliver vital, life-saving treatment. With the help of people like you donating and volunteering their time, GWAAC has been able to help countless people.
We can only operate with your help – Many of our highly skilled team are volunteers who give up their precious time to help save people in their local community. It’s your donations, including gifts in wills, that allow us to fund our clinical team and keep the ambulance in the air, so our team can keep saving lives. We receive no day-to-day government funding and rely on your support.
Our High Street Shops – Visit one of our retail shops from across the South West, where every purchase powers lifesaving missions. Discover quality items at discounted prices, knowing that your support directly funds critical air ambulance services.
Volunteering – Here at GWAAC, we’re very lucky to have a dedicated and passionate team of volunteers who give up their time to raise awareness and support from the local community. There are lots of interesting volunteering opportunities, for more info, please click here