Honiton: 2021 was 'busiest year ever', Devon Air Ambulance says

Devon Air Ambulance had its 'busiest year ever' in 2021, the charity has said.

It attended over 1,900 incidents - not just in Devon, but also in Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset and were called out once to Hampshire.

844 of the incidents involved patients with medical conditions and a further 1050 involved people with injuries sustained in accidents or road traffic collisions.

Installing more defibrillators

The charity has also said that it will focus on cardiac arrests in 2022 as they were the most common condition recorded of all of its medical-related missions.

Charlotte Leventis, Head of Communications at Devon Air Ambulance said: "As part of our Quarter One Campaign Help with all your Heart, we will be sharing news and information about cardiac arrest, including ways in which we can help to build public confidence in using defibrillators within our local communities.

"To do this we would like to ask everyone to take part in a very quick anonymous survey about defibrillators – if you can spare just a couple of minutes to answer a handful of questions, it will really help us to shape our campaign and will give us the opportunity to be able to answer any questions and concerns that you may have.

"We know that swift help from a bystander can help to save a life so, we are installing a defibrillator for public use, outside each of our 19 shops. So far, we are very proud to have installations completed at the following locations: Kingsbridge, Totnes, Exmouth, Exeter - Cowick Street, St Marychurch - Torquay, Heavitree, Bideford, and Budleigh Salterton with more to follow in the coming weeks."

Click here to access the survey.

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