Canary Wharf 250 ft abseil + acrophobia = fantastic charity event!

Please donate to this great event during which I will abseil 20 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf on Sunday the 8th May 2011.

Santander will match donations up to £700.00The cause: London’s Air Ambulance (Registered Charity no. 801013) is London’s only helicopter emergency medical service, which provides pre-hospital care to victims of major trauma throughout London - servicing the 10 million people who live, work and commute within the M25.

During 2009 London's Air Ambulance undertook a total of 1,741 missions, down slightly from 1,771 in 2008. The crews attended the following emergency incidents:

• 672 road traffic collisions
• 377 falls from height
• 349 stabbings
• 69 shootings

 

The Air Ambulance team have been involved in many major incidents over the past few years, including the train crashes at Cannon Street, Southall and Paddington; and the 7 July 2005 terrorist attacks, when the HEMS team carried out 26 missions using the helicopter and constant deployment of rapid response cars to deliver medical care and supplies to the scenes of the bombings. This was only possible because a meeting, attended by many current and former HEMS staff, was coincidentally scheduled for the same day. 208 people were treated at the Royal London Hospital on that day. HEMS holds a contract with the London Ambulance Service obliging them to provide medical oversight at declared major incidents.

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So please dig deep and donate now.