Cornwall Air Ambulance
| Founded | April 1987 |
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| Type | Charitable organisation |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 50°25′58″N 4°59′02″W / 50.4329°N 4.9838°W |
Area served | Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly |
Aircraft operated | Leonardo AW169 |
Patron | Queen Camilla |
Key people | Tim Bunting (CEO) Colonel Sir Edward Bolitho (President) Barbara Sharples (Vice President) |
| Revenue | £10.1 million (2023) |
| Staff | 53 (2023) |
| Volunteers | 230 (2023) |
| Website | cornwallairambulancetrust |
The Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust is a charity that provides a dedicated helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The service operates a Leonardo AW169 helicopter and two critical care cars that are utilised when the helicopter is unable to fly. Together they attend about 1,100 incidents per year. As of December 2018, the helicopter service had flown over 28,000 missions since 1987.
When introduced on 1 April 1987, Cornwall's air ambulance was the first dedicated HEMS operational in the United Kingdom. The helicopter enables a fast response to the most critically ill or injured and can facilitate access to isolated locations, such as beaches, cliff-tops and moorland areas, which are less accessible by road.