Members of the Wales Air Ambulance discuss their new H145s and their role in providing emergency assistance by air. The Welsh charity, Wales Air Ambulance, operates three H145s for helicopter emergency medical services (#HEMS) in Wales, plus an #H135 for Childrens Wales Air Ambulance. As only the third HEMS operator in the UK to use the twin-engine #H145, Wales Air Ambulance puts their “four dragons” to use providing primary care services for the Welsh people, an undertaking made possible with t

In its first two years the Air Ambulance has been called out more than a thousand times. From a complement of 15 specialist doctors and 7 paramedics, the flying medical teams deliver the sort of critical care found in a hospital emergency department. Donna Traynor has been meeting some of those involved. | BBC Newsline