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G-TVAL, the current EC135 operated by the charity.

The Thames Valley Air Ambulance (TVAA, previously the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance) is an organisation providing emergency medical services through the provision of a helicopter air ambulance covering the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire in the South East of England.

As the charity's helicopter is night-capable, it flies a Eurocopter EC135[1] between 7am and 2am,[2] from its base at RAF Benson - roughly halfway between Oxford and Reading - with two pilots and a medical team. It also operates 4 Emergency Response Vehicles (ERV), which, like the helicopter, carries a doctor and paramedic.[1] The ERV's are operational between 7am and 7pm.[1]

G-HBOB, the previous helicopter used by the charity

From 8 March 2018, the charity will appear on Channel 4's TV programme Emergency Helicopter Medics, which follows the crews responding and treating emergency patients.[3] Other air ambulances that will feature in the show include Great North Air Ambulance and East Anglian Air Ambulance.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Our Vehicles". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. ^ "TVAA starts night flying". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Emergency Helicopter Medics". Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Retrieved 5 April 2018.


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