As 206 Jock said, why couldn't a local air ambulance take on this job, and I would love to know if the TCAA gave E Flt 202 Sqn at Leconfield a call saying they were flying overhead enroute Scarb - Hull !
Is that baby unit/incubator part of TCAA or was it a 'carry on' from the hospital? Judging by the photo in Waypoint, it was a 'carry on', meaning
any air asset could have been asked to assist in this life threatening case, possibly even from Carr Gate, Teeside or Sheffield who would have been most convenient for picking up the Embrace Team.
More details;
TCAA chalks up first child flight Waypoint AirMed and Rescue Magazine
Transport (Embrace) Yorkshire Neonatal Network
I love the comment;
UK child flight charity The Children’s Air Ambulance (TCAA) has reported that it completed it’s first ever patient transport mission on 11 May,
TCAA pilots X and X took off in the Agusta 109 Grand at 09:25 hrs from Coventry Airport.
They collected the specialist medical team from Embrace headquarters (J37 M1) and travelled to Scarborough Hospital to pick up the patient, and then conducted a flight of just 15 minutes to Hull Royal Infirmary.
TCAA lead pilot X added: “We estimated that by road this journey would have taken over an hour. Our total flight time was only 15 minutes with the patient onboard. As we flew along, we could see congested roads and the difficulty a land ambulance would face, especially if it needed to travel in rush hour traffic. It’s cases like this where every minute can, and does, count.”
Every minute counts, despite taking over an hour to get somewhere in order to save an hour. Somewhere that other air assets are far closer. As for the rush hour traffic problem, 11 May was a Saturday
