Magpas: 1,903 patients treated for emergencies in 2023

The amount of emergencies that Magpas responded to in 2023 was a 42 per cent increase from 2022.

Cardiac arrests and other life-threatening medical emergencies remained the number one reason for Magpas call outs in 2023.

Magpas treated 368 patients in cardiac arrest last year. 

70 per cent of cardiac arrest patients treated by the Magpas Air Ambulance charity were given CPR by bystanders prior to the team's arrival.

66 per cent of Magpas' call outs in 2023 were for patients injured in crashes on the road.

Of all of the patients treated by Magpas in 2023, 59 per cent of them were male. The Air Ambulance charity were called to an average of two critically ill or injured children a week.

The Magpas Air Ambulance team travelled a distance of 4.5 times the circumference of the world in 2023, responding to medical emergencies across the East of England.

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The Magpas Air Ambulance charity moved into its new base in Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire in 2023. From there, it provides emergency care every day of the year. 

Natalie Church, Magpas Air Ambulance Director of Operations, said: "Our doctors and paramedics have had an extremely busy year.

"With activations increasing by more than 40 per cent, they have done everything possible to continue delivering lifesaving pre-hospital care to patients, wherever they are.

"It's important to remember that behind the data, every statistic and figure is a person whose life is on the line, and it's the incredible Magpas Air Ambulance medical team who make crucial differences for those patients everyday." 

Magpas Air Ambulance Director of Fundraising and Marketing, Lucy Chapman, added: "After working through our busiest year on record, it's clear from these figures that there is more demand for our service than ever before."

To see how you can donate to Magpas, visit magpas.org.uk.