GNAAS on the Isle of Man
The only critical care air ambulance responding to the Isle of Man every day!
The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) have made a significant impact on the lives of people on the Isle of Man since delivering our service on the Isle.
We started a trial with Manx Care in March 2022 to provide critical care interventions and transfer seriously injured or unwell patients by helicopter from the Isle of Man directly to the UK for emergency medical treatment.
The direct transfer of patients to trauma units or specialist centres in the North West ensures they receive off-Island treatment in the shortest possible time.
We started responding to the Isle of Man in March 2022, providing emergency critical care every day to residents and visitors at the scene of an incident.
GNAAS are the only emergency Air Ambulance Service that cares for the people in the Isle of Man when they need it the most. We are proud to have already attended over 30 incidents in the Isle of Man in 2023, and will continue to do so into 2025 and beyond.
We are proud to be the official emergency Air Ambulance Service that attends the Isle of Man, providing quick-response, advanced critical care interventions to people in their time of need.
Previously, patients who needed immediate hospital care were brought to Noble’s Hospital and if they required further treatment off-Island, were subsequently transferred by fixed wing air ambulance.
Despite a good and reliable air ambulance service for secondary transfers, there existed no access to a pre-hospital Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) able to provide the full spectrum of advanced critical care procedures.
Initially a six-month trial period of this service began in March 2022 which offered a primary HEMS retrieval from the scene of an incident, including stabilisation and transfer to a major trauma centre within the UK, and also secondary transfers from the emergency department of Nobles Hospital to the relevant UK mainland hospital.
GNAAS has carried out numerous interventions on the island which would not have been possible with only a standard road paramedic crew.
A spokesperson for GNAAS said: “We are very proud to be able to provide our pre-hospital service to the Island and make a positive difference in people’s lives.
Our service is only going to get busier in the future, and we are committed to providing the best quality of emergency pre-hospital care to the people of the Isle of Man.
At GNAAS, we have our own specially trained critical care team that are dedicated to providing the best possible care and emergency treatment to those that find themselves in the worst of situations. We are able to carry out life-saving interventions before patients have the chance to reach hospital, a service that has not previously been available in the Isle of Man.
With your support, we can continue to provide the Isle of Man with this service in the future and continue to care for the fantastic people on the Isle.
We are committed to providing the Isle of Man with emergency critical care when it is needed the most. Help us keep our helicopters flying to the island into the future. Donate now!
